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Capturing DNA Origami Folding with a New Dynamic Model
4/17/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Capturing DNA Origami Folding with a New Dynamic Model

Coarser modeling approach allows researchers to better understand the process by which DNA folds into engineered nanoscale structures to speed innovation

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A Blue Devil Family
4/16/24 Pratt School of Engineering

A Blue Devil Family

When Becky Simmons first got to Duke in the 1990s, she wouldn’t have guessed it then, but a future awaited her that included graduate school, a husband, two daughters, professorship and ties that would bind them all to Duke for decades.

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When It Comes to Heat Shock Proteins, It’s All About Stress
3/20/24 Pratt School of Engineering

When It Comes to Heat Shock Proteins, It’s All About Stress

With five major chaperone classes identified, particularly the HSP70 family, Dimitra Apostolidou's research challenges the "universal mechanism" concept, aiming to understand specific protein interactions.

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Pushing Duke Tech Down the Commercialization Pathway
3/19/24 Duke Office of Translation and Commercialization

Pushing Duke Tech Down the Commercialization Pathway

Thirty graduate and professional students from across Duke took part in a two-day technology commercialization bootcamp

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Curiosity Drives Grade School Dropout to Solar Materials Discovery
2/19/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Curiosity Drives Grade School Dropout to Solar Materials Discovery

Akash Singh earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur. His current focus is on developing design rules to transform crystalline metal-halide perovskite semiconductors.

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Hall Wins the 2024 R. Tom Sawyer Award
2/19/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Hall Wins the 2024 R. Tom Sawyer Award

Kenneth Hall was recognized for his research spanning several key areas in aerodynamics, including unsteady aerodynamics, structural dynamics and aeroelasticity.