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September 05, 2023 | Nicholas Institute

Duke Named a Partner in Network for Engineering With Nature

Duke University is bringing its expertise in environmental management, policy and engineering to an active community of researchers, practitioners and educators who are addressing major infrastructure challenges in the United States through “Engineering With Nature®.”

August 31, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Growing Triple-Decker Hybrid Crystals for Lasers

Collaboration between Duke and Purdue explores the fabrication and optoelectric characterization of multilayered perovskites
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July 19, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Unlocking the Future Potential of Living Materials

Researchers across campus aim to harness bacteria to engineer adaptive living materials

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July 12, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Eyes in the Skies Confirm the End of Trash Burning in the Maldives

A new AI approach needs only a small amount of visual data to identify and track plumes of smoke in satellite imagery
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June 06, 2023 | Duke Engineering

The Problems With Coal Ash Start Smaller Than Anyone Thought

How well toxic elements leach out of coal ash depends on the ash’s nanoscale composition
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December 08, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Duke CEE's Mark Wiesner: Modeling a ‘River of Plastic’

Plastic particles are everywhere in our environment. Wiesner explains in this Q&A why we must better understand the implications
Intercomparison in Thimphu, Bhutan. Photo by Prakash Bhave

November 21, 2022 | Duke Engineering Magazine

How the Internet of Things is Shaping Accessible Tech

The IoT is expanding measurement and data analysis capabilities, with applications in air quality, earthquake sensing applications and beyond
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November 01, 2022 | Nicholas School of the Environment

NIEHS Awards $11.7 Million Grant to Duke Superfund Research Center

DUSRC brings together teams of scientists, engineers and social scientists to advance solutions to the most pressing and complex issues in environmental health
NASA image of Hurricane Florence

September 28, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Hurricane Season

Hurricane season is here. Here’s what you should know about flooding, floodwater contaminants, and those baffling spaghetti models
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September 07, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Duke Awarded $12M Research Grant to Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Autism

Duke ECE and CEE faculty will use AI to identify and track behavioral characteristics associated with autism