Translating Sanitation Solutions Across the World
Since 2018, Duke has been a critical node in efforts to field test sanitation systems across the world for projects funded by the Gates Foundation.
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A Season of Hurricanes and Wildfires Is Upon Us. Are We Prepared?
Experts across Duke are urgently thinking through ways for communities to become more resilient in the face of disaster.
New Hubs Represent “Big Bets” on Interdisciplinarity at Duke
Leanne Gilbertson is leading the new "Duke Critical Minerals Hub" to examine their full life cycle from extraction and mining to processing, use and reuse.
Drones, Data and Discovery: Mapping Change in Antarctica
Duke engineering students join an interdisciplinary Bass Connections team diving deep into a vast wealth of visual data of Antarctica collected by drones.
The Fungal Fallout of Climate Disasters
A-Andrew Jones is working with an interdisciplinary team across Duke to study how fungal and bacterial microbes spread in the wake of natural disasters.
Duke Researcher Strives to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out of North Carolina Water Supply
Lee Ferguson serves as a ‘watchdog’ for industrial pollutants.
Breath of Life: Duke Inventors Secure $5M for Novel Oxygenation Startup
Duke start-up VQ Biomedical is developing and commercializing a minimally-invasive catheter-based oxygenator.
Seed Funding Helps Duke Research Collaborations Flourish
Seed funding from the Provost’s Collaboratories program helped Mike Bergin develop technologies, found startups and teach students around keeping solar panels clean from pollution
Engineering More Sustainable Materials for the Future
A new venture focused on materials development seeks to make greener materials for infrastructure, energy and resource health.
Uncovering the Might of Microbes Around Us
Join Dean Jerry Lynch and Professor Claudia Gunsch as they discuss how Duke’s NSF-funded PreMiEr center is revolutionizing microbiome technology: boosting the good, minimizing the bad and transforming public health.
Planting the Seeds for a More Sustainable Future
Students in the first Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering cohort share their experiences in this new and unique program.
Building Air Quality Management Capacities Worldwide
A group of researchers with air quality projects across six continents funded by the U.S. Department of State recently gathered at Duke University to build capacity and collaboration