Research News


| 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.


| 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.


| 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


| 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


| Duke Engineering
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


| 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


| Duke Engineering
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


| Duke Engineering
Cells Dancing to Harmonic Duets Could Enable Personalized Cancer Therapies
Acoustic tweezers manipulate particles and cells with complex sound waves