Despite its critical role providing oxygen and nutrients to unborn children, little is known about how the placenta grows and functions, and there are few effective treatments for when things go wrong. Discover how Duke researchers are using ultrafast imaging tools to provide a brand new perspective on its complex inner workings.
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innovation with deep purpose |
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The fundamental causes and inner workings of most autoimmune diseases are shrouded in mystery. Find out why Duke researchers believe synthetic nanoparticles covered in DNA will uncover their secrets.
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Biomolecules called chaperones help proteins maintain their shape and functionality under stressful conditions. Check out Duke's work to provide new insights into how these cellular mechanisms protect us from unravelling.
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The odds of success for any tech startup are long. Join a group of Duke graduate students on a two-day bootcamp aimed at demystifying the process and increasing their entrepreneurial odds.
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Jessilyn Dunn recently won a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. See how the five-year grant will support her efforts to improve the accuracy of wearable devices so that they can become better diagnostic tools.
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Learn from a leader of the crusade against "forever chemicals" called PFAS, and his LEGO avatar, how scientists are sussing out the invisible contaminant.
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| Featuring Charles Gersbach
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| Featuring Douglas Nowacek
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| Featuring Tyler Felgenhauer
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Take a quick peek into Duke's new "InventHERs Institute," an outreach initiative that lets underrepresented girls see themselves in STEM through hands-on activities like designing and building makeshift water filters.
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celebrating Duke’s centennial |
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Ingrid Daubechies' work on wavelets was a revolution—a tour de force—in the way the information in images and other signals are stored compactly in computers. Find out what makes her insights so legendary from her former student, Cynthia Rudin, who is also now Duke faculty.
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When someone is invited to the White House to meet the president of the United States, it generally signals they’ve reached the pinnacle of their career. Discover why Heileen Hsu-Kim was just getting started down a path that makes her a "Duke Trailblazer."
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“Facial recognition technology is both a really important and useful technology that we can’t do without in the future, and it’s also incredibly dangerous.”
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—PROFESSOR CYNTHIA RUDIN,
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