Natural Sciences

Duke student Catherine Oliver and other students in the Knowledge in the Service of Society FOCUS cluster work with students at Watts Elementary School. Photo by Susie Post-Rust.

September 28, 2017

Two Decades Later, FOCUS Remains a Staple of Duke's First-Year Program

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New hires for the quantitative initiative include, from top: Amy Goldberg, Xiuyuan Cheng, Peter Hoff, Nicolas Brunel and Iman Marvian.

September 26, 2017

A Quantitative Investment in Promoting the Sciences at Duke

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Cells covering the heart regenerate in a wave led by large cells containing multiple nuclei per cell (magenta). These cells are under more mechanical tension (aqua streaks) than trailing cells which divide to produce cells with one nucleus each.

September 25, 2017

Tension Makes the Heart Grow Stronger

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September 13, 2017

Portions of Duke Forest to Close Weekdays for Hunting

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Fluorescence of the zebrafish intestine reveals activity of ancient genetic regulatory elements. Nuclei of epithelial cells lining the intestine are shown in blue, and cells that have activated a regulatory element are green. Photo credit: Colin Lickwar

August 29, 2017

Duke Scientists Map Genomic Atlas of Your Inner Fish Gut

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Baby lemur twins Nemesis and Narcissa were the product of a breeding program developed by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums to preserve the future genetic health of North America’s captive ring-tailed lemurs.

August 22, 2017

Captive Lemurs Get a Genetic Health Checkup

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Wayne Little uses a homemade device made of welders glass and a cardboard box to watch the eclipse in Duke Gardens. Photo by Megan Mendenhall/Duke Photography

August 21, 2017

A Solar Eclipse Party in Duke Gardens

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Solar eclipse

August 20, 2017

Bring Your Eclipse Glasses and Head to Duke Gardens Monday

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Braxton Craven

August 18, 2017

Braxton Craven and the Solar Eclipse of 1869

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Eclipse, May 28, 1900, North Carolina. Edward Featherston Small Papers, Rubenstein Library

August 18, 2017

Eclipse Watchers in the Rubenstein Collections

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The developing gut of a zebrafish, magnified.

August 7, 2017

Not Your Basic Bench: Zebrafish Reveal Secrets of the Developing Gut

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As the wheels turn, shear strain between the discs creates a dense web of inter-particle forces. Credit: Yiqiu Zhao, Duke University.

July 7, 2017

From Solid to Liquid and Back Again

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Image of a fly drawn by Robert Hooke in his Micrographia (1667), one of several rare historical volumes on entomology on display in the Stone Family Gallery.

July 6, 2017

Incredible Insects! Amazing Tales of Camouflage, Metamorphosis and Survival

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“There’s got to be a better way to do this. There’s got to be a way to put some sort of separation to keep nerves and bad situations like this from happening

June 21, 2017

Students Aim to Defuse Deadly Traffic-Stop Interactions

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Sara Haravifard

June 12, 2017

Cooking Up “Frustrated” Magnets in Search of Superconductivity

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Sensory neurons from human dorsal root ganglia, a collection of nerves and neurons near the top of the spinal cord, show red for PD-1, a binding site for immunotherapies against cancer. The blue stain shows cell nuclei. Photo credit: Ru-Rong Ji Lab, Duk

May 23, 2017

Immunotherapy Target Suppresses Pain to Mask Cancer

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