Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time. When injected into mouse ...

Biomedical engineering recognizes unmet needs in health care and seeks solutions for clinicians and patients. Duke is a pioneer in this space, which is aimed at using innovation to save lives. Duke ...

Duke’s electrical and computer engineers have launched ambitious companies and research programs in two areas of great risk and potential—quantum computing and edge computing. We equip our ...

In this era of unprecedented global change, if humanity is to thrive, it must adapt—in harmony with the natural world. Duke CEE’s leading programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering ...

Innovation requires leadership. We equip leaders for our technological future who have the skills and character to succeed in times of challenge and uncertainty. The world moves fast. Duke moves ...

An environmental chemistry laboratory at Duke University has solved a longstanding mystery of the origin of high levels of PFAS—so-called “forever chemicals”—contaminating water sources in the ...

Duke engineers introduce Argus, a robot with no front, no back and 20 eyes, as proof-of-concept for a new design principle called dynamic symmetry. Symmetry is everywhere in nature, from the bilateral ...

Discoveries of new materials underlie many of the forward leaps in human society throughout the ages. Roads made from Roman concrete that still stand today allowed merchants and armies to travel ...

Glassfrogs make themselves transparent while they rest by taking red blood cells from circulation and concealing them in their livers. A multi-university team of biologists and biomedical engineers ...

Students in the first Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering cohort share their experiences in this new and unique program. Gabriel Sandoval’s interest in climate started with ...

There’s a strong chance that last week’s scorching temperatures were even hotter than reported for those living in underserved urban areas. It’s been well established that more impoverished areas ...

Imagine sitting in a dark movie theater wondering just how much soda is left in your oversized cup. Rather than prying off the cap and looking, you pick up and shake the cup a bit to hear how much ice ...