Research News
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Developing Biomaterial Implants to Improve Human Health
Duke materials scientists combine engineering and medicine to treat bone injury, disease, pain and more
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Designing for the Future of Safe Flight, Energy Generation and National Security
The sky's the limit for Duke engineers designing the safest, most cost-efficient aircraft and turbomachinery
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Writing New Recipes for High-Performance Materials
Duke materials scientists and engineers deploy AI and other digital tools to accelerate development of new materials to harvest energy, heal the body and more
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Sound Waves Spin Droplets to Concentrate, Separate Nanoparticles
New centrifuge-like device concentrates and separates biomedically important nanoparticles in tiny samples in less than a minute
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Nanomaterials Enable Passive Dual-Mode Heating and Cooling Device
Dual-mode device to heat and cool buildings could cut HVAC energy use by nearly 20% in the U.S.
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Predicting Forces between Oddly Shaped Nanoparticles
Simplified model of van der Waals forces will allow previously impossible simulations of how faceted nanoparticles self-assemble into larger structures
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Cooling Fabrics Fight Climate Change, As Well As Sweat
Duke engineers are developing comfortable textiles that reduce demand for air conditioning
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Chiral Ingredients Split Electron Spins in Hybrid Semiconductors
Adding left- or right-handed organic molecules to hybrid perovskite semiconductors may offer a path toward spintronic computing