10 Current news of Duke University
rssNew system uses software that acts like a robotic scientist
11-12-2009
Every time a person snorts cocaine, it doesn't just go to his or her head: It also provokes a response in the immune system, creating special biomolecules that may serve as a permanent record of each exposure. With the support of a $2.7 million Recovery Act grant from the National Institute ...
08-18-2009
Researchers have identified the first genetic marker that predicts response to hepatitis C treatments, and a single letter of DNA code appears to make a huge difference. Duke University Medical Center scientists says the biomarker not only predicts who is most likely to respond to treatment ...
05-26-2009
Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being produced, it is almost impossible for scientists to determine if it poses any threat to the environment or human health. Civil engineers at Duke University believe they have come up with a novel way of estimating how much of one ...
Duke and Brookhaven examine free-flowing 'exploding cigars'
02-17-2009
Several years after Duke University researchers announced spectacular behavior of a low density ultracold gas cloud, researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed strikingly similar properties in a very hot and dense plasma "fluid" created to simulate conditions when the ...
01-20-2009
A device that can bestow invisibility to an object by "cloaking" it from visual light is closer to reality. After being the first to demonstrate the feasibility of such a device by constructing a prototype in 2006, a team of Duke University engineers has produced a new type of cloaking ...
10-20-2008
Duke University chemists say they have developed a new way to measure temperature changes inside the body with unprecedented precision by correcting a subtle error in the original theory underlying Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). "We can get five to 10 times better accuracy in temperature ...
Centers will focus on environmental effects of nanotechnology and its applications
09-19-2008
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have made awards to establish two Centers for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN). The centers, led by UCLA and Duke University, will study how nanomaterials interact with the ...
International group addresses lack of consensus on test procedures
09-11-2008
A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals. The International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization (IANH) was ...
12-03-2007
Scientists at Duke University have created the first map of imprinted genes throughout the human genome, and they say a modern-day Rosetta stone - a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning - was the key to their success. The study revealed four times as many imprinted genes as ...
01-11-2006
Affymetrix Inc. announced that it has entered into a five-year collaboration with Duke University to analyze genomic information across large patient samples. Under terms of the agreement, Duke researchers will use Affymetrix GeneChip(R) microarray technology to develop new applications for ...
