Duke Research & Innovation

Last year, @DukeOTC spotlighted Extellis, a startup using @DukeEngineering tech to revolutionize satellite imaging with metamaterials. 🛰️ Recently, the company raised $6.8M, including from @DukeCapPartners, as it continues its journey into orbit. today.duke.edu/2025/11/duke-i…

Whether restoring hearing or solving rare medical mysteries, research at Duke continues to change and save lives, including those of Duke colleagues. See how federally funded research makes an impact at Duke. bit.ly/SavedByDukeRes… @DukeHealth @dukeresearch

Duke professor Anne Yoder (@DukeTrinity) co-edited the most recent Special Feature in @PNASNews on Monitoring and Restoring Gene Flow in the Increasingly Fragmented Ecosystems of the Anthropocene: bit.ly/SGFlow.

We've all experienced that "aha!" moment -- when you're wrestling with a tough problem, and suddenly the answer comes to you like a bolt from the blue. Brain scans let scientists peer inside the mind to watch these flashes of insight form: today.duke.edu/2025/05/brain-… @DukePsychNeuro

New study from @DukeU says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/ai-… @DukeFuqua

Rooted in the land, ready for the future: A new generation of tribal scientists and storytellers is navigating the complexities of recognition and history, rebuilding ties to land and water, and preparing for what’s next. theassemblync.com/environment/tr… @DukeEnvironment

Here's the only science-backed lesson on exercise you need to lose fat: sciencefocus.com/the-human-body… @HermanPontzer @EvAnthDuke

Phones and GPS owe their existence to US government-funded research. Here's what’s at stake with cuts to university funding: cnn.com/2025/04/17/us/…

As drone technology evolves, researchers are using these flying tools to gather data where traditional tools and human eyes cannot reach -- including @TheDukeForest dukeforest.duke.edu/2025/04/23/how… @DukeU

What if the tech behind "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" could actually help fight disease? Meet the researchers behind Raygun, an AI tool to help “shrink” or “expand” existing proteins so they’re easier to deliver into the body: medschool.duke.edu/stories/honey-… @DukeMedSchool

How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice: researchblog.duke.edu/2025/04/21/how… @DukeLemurCenter @EvAnthDuke @DukeTrinity

Phones and GPS owe their existence to US government-funded research. What’s at stake with cuts to university funding: cnn.com/2025/04/17/us/…

Greater understanding of brain disorders with AI: medschool.duke.edu/news/neuroscie… @DukeMedSchool

The first Black sorority @DukeU. A first edition copy of Pauli Murray’s “Proud Shoes." Check out some of the remarkable stories of “Black Lives in the Archives” @DukeLib: today.duke.edu/2025/04/remark…

When he's not supporting the academic and research mission @DukeU, he's a biologist and self-described "science fiction nerd." Meet Executive Vice Provost Mohamed Noor: today.duke.edu/2025/04/new-du… @mafnoor

Are all those punishing functional fitness classes and expensive exercise machines helping us lose weight or not? Here’s the surprising science of how exercise really changes your body: sciencefocus.com/the-human-body… w/@HermanPontzer @EvAnthDuke @DukeU

Since January, government science agencies have faced deep budget cuts and restrictions on certain research. Scientists have responded with protest—but what does it mean for science when scientists get political? flaminghydra.com/issue-277/?ct=t @DukeSci_Soc

When Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, it left more than flood damage—it fostered mold and fungal growth. Now, a @DukeU team is studying how post-disaster fungi could affect health and recovery in a warming world. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/fungal…

For these college basketball fans, crunching numbers to predict the season’s nail-biters and biggest blowouts was a competition in itself. First-ever Triangle Sports Analytics competition draws 15 teams from Duke, UNC and NC State: researchblog.duke.edu/2025/04/08/tri… @DukeTrinity @DukeU

‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. Researchers think there may be a faster, cheaper way to figure out which ones might be hazardous to our health -- using worms. tinyurl.com/5n8cjvu5 @TessLeuthner @DukeBiology @DukeEnvironment