Natural Sciences

Savannah Johnson (sitting at left) tests out questions for a focus group discussion on relationships and mental health with students at the Wiser Girls' Secondary School in Muhuru Bay, Kenya. Photo by Veasey Conway

July 7, 2024

Interrupting Relationship Violence Before It's Most Likely to Start

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students on West Quad watch the eclipse

April 8, 2024

Watching the Day Go (Mostly) Dark

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Physics Professor Ronan Plesser on how to Learn Leap year Math

February 28, 2024

What Is So Special About Leap Year?

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Sloan Scholars collaborated with Duke BioCoRE Scholars on building a Habitat for Humanity House in Durham.

January 31, 2024

Sloan Scholarships Attract Innovative Thinkers to STEM Fields

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Jesse Granger in her lab.

January 9, 2024

How Do Animals Get Where They're Going?

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Arun Kannawadi

November 8, 2023

New Physics Faculty Member’s Big Thoughts on How the Universe Will End

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development of a seedless tomato

April 13, 2023

The Secret to More Resilient Tomatoes? No Seeds

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Math professor Rann Bar-On's unusual classroom set-up

March 30, 2023

Calculus Classes Dismantle Barriers to STEM success

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Dark matter, the invisible stuff that makes up 85% of the Universe’s matter, isn’t just hidden away between galaxies. A team of scientists is trying to bring it out of the shadows. (X-ray: NASA/CXO/Fabian et al.; Radio: Gendron-Marsolais et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF Optical: NASA, SDSS)

March 28, 2023

Catching Dark Matter in a Basement

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Pi Day photo: D/pi. also equations using pi

March 13, 2023

Celebrating Pi Day with Duke Mathematicians

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“This is the best day of my life,” says Michelle, a Wild Ones member, while holding spotted salamander eggs.

March 13, 2023

Spongy Moss, Living Jelly, and Other Early Spring Delights

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The novel materials created in the Haravifard lab are most often synthesized in crystal form, which helps ensure absolute purity.

February 17, 2023

Physicist Sara Haravifard Creates the Extraordinary

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cover image for a video on a new metabolic chamber at Duke

February 16, 2023

A 36-Hour Stay in a Chamber to Advance Metabolism

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Yuansi Chen, assistant professor of Statistical Sciences (left), and Kevin Welsher, associate professor of Chemistry, are Duke’s 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

February 16, 2023

Two Trinity Faculty Named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

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Biologist susan alberts

February 7, 2023

Susan Alberts Wins International Frontiers of Knowledge Award

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Chimpanzees are among the best studied primates for parasite interactions. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

February 7, 2023

Why Some Primates Are Susceptible to Parasites

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