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Duke Engineers Build Living Patch for Damaged Hearts
May 6, 2013
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University biomedical engineers have grown three-dimensional human heart muscle that acts just like natural tissue. This advancement could be important in treating heart attack patients or in serving as a platform for testing...
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Do-It-Yourself Invisibility with 3-D Printing
May 6, 2013
DURHAM, N.C. – Seven years ago, Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments. Now it appears creating a simple cloak has become a lot simpler. “I would argue that essentially anyone...
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Sapiro, Knio Named as Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. Professors of Engineering
Apr 30, 2013
Two Duke engineering faculty have been named as the inaugural recipients of the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. Professorships.
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Cicadas Get a Jump on Cleaning
Apr 29, 2013
URHAM, N.C. – As cicadas on the East Coast begin emerging from their 17-year slumber, researchers at Duke University and James Cook University have figured out one of the mysteries surrounding these bulging red-eyed insects -- namely how they keep...
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Engineering Alumni, Faculty & Staff Honored at 2013 Awards Banquet
Apr 23, 2013
Nine outstanding members of the Pratt School of Engineering community were honored at the 2013 Engineering Awards Banquet, held April 20, 2013 at the Washington Duke Inn. The annual event celebrates the honorees for their career accomplishments,...
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Pratt Student Wins 2013 Start-Up Challenge
Apr 12, 2013
Ever forget your contact case on a trip and you have nowhere to put your lenses? Pratt Engineering student Matt Pleatman and his co-founders have a solution for you: the Contact Lens Refresh Card, an ultra slim, all-in-one contact lens case and...

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