Natural Sciences

Genetics research in the lab of biology professor Mohamed Noor. Photo by Duke Photography

April 20, 2017

Glad You Asked: Is America Still a Beacon for Immigrant Scientists?

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A ‘ribbon diagram’ model of how anticancer and antiviral drugs can be transported into cells.

April 17, 2017

Time-Lapse Shows How Anticancer and Antiviral Drugs Get Into Cells

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Duke students and local school children meet on science.

April 9, 2017

Durham Students Give Themselves a Hand Up to Stay in School and Pursue Science

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Brain activity when people make choices consistent with (hot colors) or against (cool colors) the Framing Effect.

March 31, 2017

Mental Shortcuts, Not Emotion, May Guide Irrational Decisions

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Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Fay Cobb Payton, Kyla McMullen, Robin Coger and Valerie Ashby on stage at the Hidden Figures No More panel discussion. Credit: Chris Hildreth, Duke Photography.

March 30, 2017

Hidden No More: Women in STEM Reflect on Their Journeys

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Students helped socialize two 6-week old golden retriever puppies as part of their class. The puppies, MATTOX and CHESSIE, are in training to become assistance dogs through the paws4people foundation. Photo by Megan Mendenhall/Duke Photography

March 21, 2017

Spring Breakthrough: A Week of Learning for Learning's Sake

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In this image, bacteria (yellow) interact with a human white blood cell. If left unchecked, this encounter might develop into the runaway immune response to infection called sepsis. Credit: NIH-NIAID

March 8, 2017

Researchers Identify Biomarker That Predicts Death in Sepsis Patients

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Buz Waitzkin of Science & Society (blue shirt) gave grad students a highly accelerated intro to matters of science policy.

March 3, 2017

Venturing Out of the Lab to Defend Science

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February 23, 2017

The Importance of 'Hidden Figures'

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Marshall Price edited a catalog accompanying the new Nasher Museum exhibit of works by Nina Chanel Abney. All videos by Julie Schoonmaker

February 6, 2017

Old Movies, Memoirs and Research: New Books This Winter From Duke Faculty

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Panelists at a November 16 WiSE event share their perspectives how to be good allies to colleagues who face bias in STEM.

December 6, 2016

WiSE, Graduate School Explore Remedies to Implicit Bias in STEM

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Demonstration of the Relationship between Solar Power and Hydrogen Fuel. Image courtesy of DukeEngineering.

October 23, 2016

Girls Get An Eye-Opening Introduction to Photonics

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RNA molecules of the hepatitis C virus carrying the N6-methyladenosine chemical tag interact with proteins that bind to this tag (green) at sites in the cells (red) that are known for virus assembly. Photo by Nandan S. Gokhale.

October 20, 2016

Chemical Tags Affect Ability of RNA Viruses to Infect Cells

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Ghissi Alterpiece

September 30, 2016

Ingrid Daubechies: Using Mathematics to Repair a Masterpiece

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Aging Gracefully, and Cheaply, in a Small Space

September 26, 2016

Aging Gracefully, and Cheaply, in a Small Space

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Lemurs

September 23, 2016

How to Get a Lemur to Notice You

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