Research

Duke researchers have identified a potential drug candidate against enterovirus 71, a common cause of hand, foot and mouth disease in infants and young children. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

PUBLISHED September 22, 2020 IN Research

New Drug Candidate Found for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Targeting RNA with small molecules could pave the way for new antivirals

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Why Our Media Silos Are Promoting Political Polarization

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PUBLISHED September 17, 2020 IN Research , Academics

Yuly's diagram of the energy landscape from his paper.

Ph.D. Student Solves 40-year-Old Physics Mystery

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PUBLISHED September 16, 2020 IN Research

This image from a confocal microscope shows four retinal ganglion cells, the cells that send a signal from the retina to the brain. (Marija Rudzite, Duke University)

Real Neurons are Noisy. Can Neural Implants Figure That Out?

The brain has adaptive noise filters that change with conditions, making signals 20 – 100 percent more accurate

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PUBLISHED September 15, 2020 IN Medicine , Research

image of a person using a pad computer to record worship service in church

PUBLISHED October 19, 2020 IN Research

Going to Church? Bring Your Smartphone!

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Duke Faculty in the News

PUBLISHED October 16, 2020 IN Academics, Research

Duke in the News: Faculty on the Election, COVID-Testing and Ecosystem Collapse

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At home experimental set-up and data collection in the author's apartment.

PUBLISHED October 16, 2020 IN Research, Academics

Why Wednesday Is the Favorite Day for This Undergraduate Science Student

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SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, appears to have evolved silent changes to its RNA code that gave it a biological edge over previous strains. Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed

PUBLISHED October 15, 2020 IN Research

'Silent' Mutations Gave the Coronavirus an Evolutionary Edge

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PUBLISHED October 14, 2020 IN Research, Medicine

SSRI Wants to Hear Your Pandemic Story

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XIAOYUE NI

PUBLISHED October 13, 2020 IN Research

Xiaoyue Ni: Designing Smart Materials and Wearable Technologies to Improve Health

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