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March 07, 2023
Brain Tumour Discovery Paves Way for New Drug Treatments
MEMS prof David Needham and colleagues are working to confirm that some brain tumors feature high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors, which could inform therapeutics

February 23, 2023 | Duke Engineering News
Measuring the Lightest Touch Your Body Responds To
Duke engineers and neuroscientists put four touch-sensitive, electrically responsive proteins to the test

January 30, 2023
Video: Intro to Duke's Gradute Degree Programs in MatSci
Our graduate students learn materials design and engineering from Duke's world-class, multidisciplinary faculty

December 20, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
DMI Planning Retreat Peers into the Future of Materials Science
Students and faculty from every corner of campus gather to discuss the future of materials science research at Duke

October 28, 2022
Chilkoti Wins Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award
Ashutosh Chilkoti won Duke's 2022 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award after receiving a number of heartfelt nominations from trainees testifying to his support and encouragement.

October 20, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Gel-Like, Radioactive Implant Obliterates Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
Combination of internal radiation and chemotherapy dissolves tumors in 80 percent of mice across multiple models

October 11, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Heat-Proof Chaotic Carbides Could Revolutionize Aerospace Technology
Super-hard, high-temperature, “high-entropy” carbides demonstrate plasmonic properties useful for a wide range of aerospace applications

September 27, 2022 | Duke Research & Innovation
Managing and Sharing Data in the Natural Sciences: An Interview with Duke's Patrick Charbonneau
To facilitate data sharing, the chemist deposits data sets in Duke Libraries' Research Data Repository when he publishes a paper.

September 21, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Artificial Soft Surface Autonomously Mimics Shapes From Nature
Soft surface adapts and reshapes itself to match a wide array of objects and motions

September 13, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Nanorattles Shake Up New Possibilities for Disease Detection
New nanoparticle shape can greatly enhance signals from multiple separate biomarkers at once, accurately detecting head and neck cancers without biopsies

September 13, 2022
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts Named Presidential Fellow for 2022-23 Academic Year
The Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical Computer Engineering at Duke will participate in strategic and operational discussions across the university

August 15, 2022
Stiff, Achy Knees? Lab-Made Cartilage Gel Outperforms the Real Thing
Duke researchers have developed a gel-based cartilage substitute to relieve achy knees that’s even stronger and more durable than the real thing

August 10, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Duke-led Center Seeks to Examine and Engineer the Microbial Communities of Indoor Spaces
New $26 million center will work to understand and engineer the microbiomes in our homes, workspaces and other built environments

August 02, 2022
Duke ECE's Aaron Franklin Co-leads National Group on Field-Effect Transistors
The panel will suggest guidelines for assessing the performance of this emerging nanotechnology
July 15, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Watching Primordial Neural Cells Grow in 3D Scaffolds to Heal Brain Injury
Tracking how neural progenitor cells respond to biochemical signals while moving and growing through a biocompatible jungle gym could help develop brain-healing