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Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic

Mar 15, 2012

DURHAM, N.C. -- Just as a chameleon changes its color to blend in with its environment, Duke University engineers have demonstrated for the first time that they can alter the texture of plastics on demand, for example, switching back and forth...

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Supports Next Generation of Problem-Solvers

Mar 13, 2012

It makes perfect sense that Sidney Primas is double-majoring in biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering – his father suffered from the effects of a blood vessel disorder in his brain during a good portion of Primas’s...

Exotic Material Boosts Electromagnetism Safely

Feb 29, 2012

DURHAM, N.C. – By using exotic man-made materials, scientists from Duke University and Boston College believe they can greatly enhance the forces of electromagnetism (EM), one of the four fundamental forces of nature, without harming living beings...

Wringing More Energy Out Of Everyday Motions

Feb 21, 2012

DURHAM N.C. – Randomness and chaos in nature, as it turns out, can be a good thing – especially when trying to harvest energy from the movements of everyday activities. Duke University engineers believe they have come up with the theoretical...

I’ll Take Dream Fulfillment for 100, Alex

Feb 3, 2012

Watch Greer compete Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7. p.m. on the ABC network's Durham's affiliate WTVD-TV. Watch a sneak preview. ---

At the Intersection of Technology and Business

Jan 31, 2012

For Andrew Mang, the Grand Challenge Scholars Program was a natural fit. “I’ve always seen myself at the intersection of technology and business,” said Mang, a senior double majoring in mechanical engineering and economics and one of Duke’s National...

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