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An ink jet printer printing silicon electronic onto a plastic sheet An ink jet printer printing silicon electronic onto a plastic sheet

| Duke Engineering

Putting the SE Back in Silicon Electronics

Researchers from across the southeastern US gathered at Duke University to answer the CHIPS and Science Act’s call to reinvigorate the nation’s silicon-related research and manufacturing abilities
Artistic graphic of a blue brain with a red tumor and red branching blood vessels Artistic graphic of a blue brain with a red tumor and red branching blood vessels

| University of Nottingham

Brain Tumour Discovery Paves Way for New Drug Treatments

MEMS prof David Needham and colleagues are working to confirm that some brain tumors feature high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors, which could inform therapeutics
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| Duke Engineering

Measuring the Lightest Touch Your Body Responds To

Duke engineers and neuroscientists put four touch-sensitive, electrically responsive proteins to the test
Adrian Bejan of Duke University Adrian Bejan of Duke University

| Rate of Change Podcast

New Episode: Adrian Bejan and the Inescapable Need for Freedom

Duke MEMS professor Adrian Bejan escaped the Iron Curtain to pursue his dreams. In this new episode of 'Rate of Change,' discover how his freedom led him to develop the Constructal Law
A sheet of water with ripples running over a concrete driveway A sheet of water with ripples running over a concrete driveway

| Duke Engineering

Physics Reveals Some Obstacles Aren’t Obstacles At All

Researchers find that cataracts and turbulence that seem to slow water’s flow actually facilitate it
A graphic drawing of many types of drones traveling together, such as air drones, cars and semi-trucks A graphic drawing of many types of drones traveling together, such as air drones, cars and semi-trucks

| Duke Engineering

Bridgeman Wins Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

Award will help unlock the potential of historically underappreciated control theory to solve modern challenges of controlling fleets of autonomous vehicles
Warren Grill, Charles Gersbach, Matthew Becker Warren Grill, Charles Gersbach, Matthew Becker

| Duke Engineering

Three Duke Engineers Elected to National Academy of Inventors

With the elections of Grill, Gersbach and Becker, Duke Engineering is home to 13 NAI Fellows
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| Duke Engineering

“Virtual Pillars” Separate and Sort Blood-Based Nanoparticles

Sorting biological nanoparticles 500 times thinner than a human hair could improve a wide variety of diagnostics and treatments
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| Duke Engineering

Heat-Proof Chaotic Carbides Could Revolutionize Aerospace Technology

Super-hard, high-temperature, “high-entropy” carbides demonstrate plasmonic properties useful for a wide range of aerospace applications
A grid of gold filaments with forming waves together on a test platform A grid of gold filaments with forming waves together on a test platform

| Duke Engineering

Artificial Soft Surface Autonomously Mimics Shapes From Nature

Soft surface adapts and reshapes itself to match a wide array of objects and motions