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
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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
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
A Self-Aware Robot Taught Itself How to Use Its Body
MEMS Professor Boyuan Chen lead a project that created a robot that could learn, through practice, what its own form can do
Boyuan Chen, Now With Duke MEMS, Develops a Robotic Arm That Learns to Imagine Itself
A robot learns to perceive its own physical constraints
Duke Rainforest XPRIZE Team Advances to Semifinals
An expedition to Costa Rica gave the Blue Devil Forest Divers the field experience they needed to effectively ID and count the rainforest’s residents
Five Duke Engineering PhD Students Named Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellows
Fellowships support professional development for research in biological sciences, climate change and human health
Why Does Time Fly or Drag? How Emotions Warp Our Temporal Perceptions
MEMS Professor Adrian Bejan says the brain’s processing speed slows as we age – caused by the greater complexity of our neural networks that means signals travel greater distances.
NAE Grand Challenges Scholar Program Recognized with Gordon Prize
The National Academy of Engineering recognized the program's innovative approach to engineering education
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
Earl H. Dowell to Receive the 2022 ASME Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Medal
Dowell is an international leader in computational modeling and experimentation for aeroelastic systems in which fluids and structure interact