September 08, 2011
Recognizing that some of the leading scientists and engineers involved in the field of soft matter research are located in the Research Triangle Park area, the National Science Foundation has provided a six-year, $13.6 million grant to establish a multi-university center to investigate aspects of...
August 23, 2011
Americans by the millions rip open ketchup packets for their French Fries without even thinking twice about it.This simple act, however, could in the near future be a life-saver for a baby born in Africa of a mother infected with HIV, especially if the pouch is filled with anti-retroviral...
June 20, 2011
By altering the genetic makeup of normally “unexcitable” cells, Duke University bioengineers have turned them into cells capable of generating and passing electrical current. This proof-of-concept advance could have broad implications in treating diseases of the nervous system or the heart,...
May 27, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. –Duke University bioengineers have designed a one-by-three inch chip that can produce custom-made segments of DNA in two days in what it now takes many large pieces of equipment and significant manpower to produce in two weeks.
April 19, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. -- A $20 million endowment to foster research collaboration between bioengineers and clinicians, with the ultimate goal to develop new technologies to improve patient care, has been created by Duke University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.
April 19, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. -- A $20 million endowment to foster research collaboration between bioengineers and clinicians, with the ultimate goal to develop new technologies to improve patient care, has been created by Duke University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.
