Research News

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| 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
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| Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) Blog

Climate Engineering: Would Solar radiation Modification Increase or Decrease Overall Risk?

Duke risk engineers write that a consideration in deciding whether to pursue solar radiation modification to offset global warming should be a comparison of climate risk reduction against the severity of any countervailing risks

| 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
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| Duke Interdisciplinary Studies

Summer 2022: PhD student Rachel Lau to Study Landslides with JPL

One of 10 Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants provided by Duke's provost has allowed Lau to take an internship with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| Duke Engineering

Merging Policy and Technology for a Resilient Water System

New CEE faculty member Andrew Jones III is pursuing ways to remove tough biofilms and bring water equity to communities

| Duke Engineering

Cells Dancing to Harmonic Duets Could Enable Personalized Cancer Therapies

Acoustic tweezers manipulate particles and cells with complex sound waves

| Duke Today

Duke Scientists Find Brain Network That Makes Mice Mingle

A collection of coordinated brain regions predicts and directs social behavior
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| New Atlas

Eco-Friendly Plastics Made From Sugars Boast "Unprecedented" Properties

Pursuing more sustainable alternatives, Duke materials scientist Matt Becker and University of Birmingham colleagues have produced a new form of plastic using sugar alcohols

| Duke Engineering

Innovative Textile Vents to Release Heat When You Sweat

Moisture opens the vents, rather than electronics
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| Duke Engineering

From The Ground Up: Evolving Geomechanics to Meet Energy Needs

Duke CEE faculty are pushing the field of geomechanics into the future through interdisciplinary research focused on tomorrow’s energy needs