This year, Ghulami’s dreams of studying engineering have come true, thanks to Duke’s Initiative for Students from the ...

Breaking Glass in Infinite Dimensions 30 Pages of Calculations Settle a 30-Year Debate over a Mysterious New Phase of Matter ...

Hiroaki Matsunami led a team of scientists who systematically explored the triggers for specific odor receptors in the nose. No two people apparently smell things the same way. Photo credit - ...

Logo Can Make You 'Think Different' Researchers find that even the briefest exposure to well-known brands can cause people to behave in ways that mirror those brands' traits.

How Much Water Does U.S. Fracking Really Use? Water used in fracking makes up less than 1 percent of total industrial water use nationwide, study finds ...

Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators Regions of bird's brain likely duplicated at least 29 million years ago ...

Study Suggests Why Parents Stricter With Older Children A new study concludes that parents punish older children more harshly -- and they're wise to do so.

Church might be good for the soul, but it can be bad for one’s waistline, says a new report from Duke University. Research from Duke’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center for Social Equity shows that black men ...

The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired creature from Southeast Asia, many people who have met one notice the same thing: it smells like a movie theater snack bar. Most ...

Meet the Winners of the 2022 DST Launch Seed Grants Comprising eight teams from across Duke, 20 faculty recognized for high-impact interdisciplinary projects ...

Duke Study: Homework Helps Students Succeed in School, As Long as There Isn't Too Much The study, led by professor Harris Cooper, also shows that the positive correlation is much stronger for ...