Research News
September 21, 2022
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 University School of Medicine
Duke Engineering-hosted Cryo-EM is a Workhorse in Search for a Vaccine for HIV
Cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) rapidly creates high-resolution images of the smallest pieces of proteins at the atomic level.
August 23, 2022 | Duke Today
Patient Wearables, Meds-by-Tattoo, Pollution Detection & Ag Tech Among 2022 Duke Science & Technology Seed Grants
This year’s DST Seed Grant winners represent the great potential for significant medical, engineering and scientific contributions to region and nation.
August 15, 2022 | Duke Today
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
July 26, 2022 | Columbia University
New Duke MEMS Faculty Member Boyuan Chen Trains AI to Advance Physics
The AI observes physical phenomena to uncover relevant variables—a necessary precursor to any physics theory
July 18, 2022
Boyuan Chen: Making General-Purpose Robots That Are Smarter and Self-Aware
The new Duke MEMS faculty member is developing robots that will help release human creativity
July 14, 2022 | Columbia University
Boyuan Chen, Now With Duke MEMS, Develops a Robotic Arm That Learns to Imagine Itself
A robot learns to perceive its own physical constraints
May 18, 2022
Triangle Soft Matter Workshop Reunites Materials Researchers in Person
The symposium drew 180 from Duke, NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss polymers, biomaterials and more
March 24, 2022
Cells Dancing to Harmonic Duets Could Enable Personalized Cancer Therapies
Acoustic tweezers manipulate particles and cells with complex sound waves
January 18, 2022 | New Atlas
Eco-Friendly Plastics Made From Sugars Boast "Unprecedented" Properties
Pursuing more sustainable alternatives, Duke materials scientist Matt Becker and University of Birmingham colleagues have produced a new form of plastic using sugar alcohols