Vaccine Resistance Comes From Childhood Legacy of Mistrust Encouraging the vaccine-resistant will take more than advertising, Duke-led study reports DURHAM, N.C. – Curious about why some people have been so passionately, often angrily,...
Alzheimer's Research: Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain Duke has long been a leader in brain research and working to find treatments and cures for...
Blue Devil of the Week: Behind a Hearing Breakthrough Blake Wilson’s cochlear implant research has helped more than a million people improve their hearing Name: Blake S. WIlson Position: Director of...
Your Gut Senses the Difference Between Real Sugar and Artificial Sweetener Sugar preference isn’t just a matter of taste - it’s deeper than that DURHAM, N.C. – Your taste buds may or may not be able to tell real sugar from a sugar...
An Element of Surprise is the Recipe for Creating False Memories Who’s to say, "No, it wasn’t like that?" DURHAM, N.C. – You’re starting to tell that old story to a couple of new friends,...
Living Retina Achieves Sensitivity and Efficiency Engineers Can Only Dream About Nature’s ultra low-power, ultra-sensitive detector array should be the envy of smartphones everywhere DURHAM, N.C. – If you wanted to design the most perfect, low-energy, light-detecting...
Two Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Investigators Lefkowitz calls them "superbly talented and creative" Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, the K....
Imagination Exercise Helps People Get a Grip on Real Pandemic Risks Putting risk data into context of everyday activities leads to more realistic appraisals DURHAM, N.C. – Combining local and very real risk statistics for SARS-CoV-2 infection with...
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...
