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Soft Matter Matters
10/1 Pratt School of Engineering

Soft Matter Matters

A three-decade quest by Michael Rubinstein spanning multiple institutions has made the North Carolina Research Triangle into a hub of new scientific study

Using Physics to Understand Biology
9/27 Duke Science & Technology

Using Physics to Understand Biology

Recent discoveries from the lab of Michael Rubinstein, PhD, the Aleksander S. Vesic Distinguished Professor, could one day allow cystic fibrosis patients to breathe easier and perhaps live longer

Xianyi Cheng: Going Beyond Human Dexterity
9/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Xianyi Cheng: Going Beyond Human Dexterity

Cheng’s work focuses on dexterous manipulation in robotics, emphasizing the need for robotic systems that can handle diverse complicated manual tasks

$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program
9/24 Pratt School of Engineering

$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

The Karsh STEM+ Scholars Program will match undergraduate students who have declared majors in disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and STEM-related fields with faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

Christopher Douglas: Shaping the Flow of Fluid Dynamics
9/18 Pratt School of Engineering

Christopher Douglas: Shaping the Flow of Fluid Dynamics

New faculty member Christopher Douglas plans to expand on his research of thermo-fluid dynamics, motivated by applications in renewable power generation

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Why Children Perceive Time Slower Than Adults
9/9 BBC

Why Children Perceive Time Slower Than Adults

Adrian Bejan proposes a theory about how many mental images our brain takes as we age as a reason why time seems to go slower in our youths