Natural Sciences

October 31, 2019

As We Age, Do Our Brains Become Less Efficient?

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Freedy presented the preliminary results of her project at Duke’s BioCORE Symposium.

October 29, 2019

Predicting Your Sleep Quality With the Brain

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Richard Leakey

October 25, 2019

Richard Leakey on What the Origins of Our Species Can Tell Us About Our Future

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October 14, 2019

Paleontologist Richard Leakey to Deliver Lecture on Humanity’s Future

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David Dunson's research will not just assist mapping of biodiversity around the world but will develop new methodologies to use Big Data.

October 11, 2019

Statistician Receives European Research Council Grant to Aid in Mapping Biodiversity Around the Globe

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Arpita Bose’s research explores the metabolism of microorganisms.

October 10, 2019

These Microbes 'Eat' Electrons for Energy

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September 27, 2019

Duke Students Speak on Being 'Out' in STEM

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Zinnia stamen by Thomas Barlow, Duke University

September 26, 2019

Close Views of Science and Nature, Combined With Magic Light

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Jenny Tung, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and biology at Duke, has been awarded a 2019 MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her work on the social determinants of health.

September 25, 2019

Duke's Jenny Tung Wins $625k MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant

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September 23, 2019

Is Stress Always Bad?

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Examples of bigSMILES symbols from the recent paper

September 20, 2019

Big SMILES All Around for Polymer Chemists at Duke, MIT and Northwestern

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A mother lemur’s pregnancy hormones affect her daughter’s aggression later in life, researchers report. Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center

September 16, 2019

Lemur Sex Role Reversal Gets Its Start in the Womb

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Imagine trying to move the 26,000 tourists who visit the Louvre each day through the maze of galleries and out of harm’s way. One Duke team spent 100 straight hours doing just that, and took home a prize.

September 16, 2019

Leaving the Louvre: Duke Team Shows How to Get out Fast

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August 28, 2019

What Lemurs Can Tell Us About Love at First Whiff

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undergrad explores hefty questions about morality and memory

August 8, 2019

How Do Our Sins Shape Who We Become Afterwards?

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July 30, 2019

Nature Shows a U-Turn Path to Better Solar Cells

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