https://today.duke.edu/ en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:43:11 -0400 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:56:07 -0400 https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/watching-day-go-mostly-dark <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Monday was a day of awe for the Duke community.</p><p>At 3:15 p.m., crowds on the Bryan Center Plaza and at Duke Gardens spontaneously broke out in applause at the moment of peak solar eclipse in Durham. With the sun’s power partially blocked by the moon, shadows became crescents and the daylight looked filtered. Special eclipse glasses that filtered dangerous ultraviolet rays were a precious commodity, but across campus, community members shared theirs so others could watch the rare and remarkable</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/watching-day-go-mostly-dark Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:56:07 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Natural Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/02/what-so-special-about-leap-year And what do the seasons have to do with it? Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/02/what-so-special-about-leap-year Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:11:12 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Natural Sciences|Physics|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/sloan-scholarships-attract-innovative-thinkers-stem-fields Program received $1 million grant to support Duke efforts Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/sloan-scholarships-attract-innovative-thinkers-stem-fields Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:52:00 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Graduate School|Natural Sciences|Pratt School of Engineering|Race & Equity|students, graduate and professional|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/how-do-animals-get-where-theyre-going <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Research Blog https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/how-do-animals-get-where-theyre-going Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:43:52 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Biology|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/11/new-physics-faculty-members-big-thoughts-how-universe-will-end <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Department of Physics https://today.duke.edu/2023/11/new-physics-faculty-members-big-thoughts-how-universe-will-end Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:17:06 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Natural Sciences|Physics|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/04/secret-more-resilient-tomatoes-no-seeds <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Research https://today.duke.edu/2023/04/secret-more-resilient-tomatoes-no-seeds Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:09:23 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Biology|Faculty|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/calculus-classes-dismantle-barriers-stem-success <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Trinity College of Arts and Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/calculus-classes-dismantle-barriers-stem-success Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:16:33 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Education & Classroom Learning|Mathematics|Natural Sciences|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/catching-dark-matter-basement <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Trinity College of Arts and Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/catching-dark-matter-basement Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:31:15 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Natural Sciences|Physics|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/celebrating-pi-day-duke-mathematicians <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Pi Day presents a special opportunity to eat pie and talk about favorite equations and other mathematical uses of Pi. Here's three examples from previous years showcasing Duke faculty discussing why this irrational number is essential to making the world around us seem more rational.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"></div></figure></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/celebrating-pi-day-duke-mathematicians Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:28:28 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Mathematics|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/spongy-moss-living-jelly-and-other-early-spring-delights <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Research Blog https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/spongy-moss-living-jelly-and-other-early-spring-delights Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:24:36 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Biology|Faculty|Natural Sciences|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences