It’s No Accident: These Selfies are Winners Safety photos demonstrate how Duke employees keep the workspace safe Whether working in a chaotic lab or doing construction site inspections, winners of the Duke...
Researchers Find the Adhesions that Build the Brain’s Networks An important clue to several maladies, including epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders DURHAM, N.C. – The brain’s neurons tend to get most of the scientific attention, but...
Staff and Faculty Share Glimpses of a Post-Pandemic Life Duke employees describe their hopes after COVID-19 With all Duke staff and faculty able to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine, Working@Duke...
Brain Clears the Way for Binocular Vision Even Before Eyes Are Open Selective pruning of key brain connections brings two-eyed vision into focus DURHAM, N.C. – To prepare the brain for binocular vision and depth perception, first you...
Astrocytes Identified as Master ‘Conductors’ of the Brain Star-shaped ‘glue’ cells make it their business to govern connections between neurons DURHAM, N.C. -- In the orchestra of the brain, the firing of each neuron is controlled by two...
Lab-Grown Mini-Lungs Mimic the Real Thing – Right Down to Covid Infection Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate Covid research DURHAM, N.C. -- A team of Duke University researchers has developed a lab-grown living lung...
Graduate Student’s Mutant Zebrafish Reveals Evolutionary History Single-letter change in DNA also makes the fish a useful model for human spinal defects DURHAM, N.C. -- A chance mutation that led to spinal defects in a zebrafish has opened a little...
Glowing Worms Provide Live-Action Movies of the Body’s Internal Scaffolding Light-up proteins in the sheet-like matrix that encases tissues offer new toolkit for studying everything from kidney disease to aging. Duke University researchers have made the first time-lapse movies of the sheet-like latticework...
New Molecule Stops Drug Cravings in Mice With Fewer Side Effects New class of drugs may promise more specific cell-signaling with fewer side effects Duke University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that selectively dampens the...
