Shabazz paused to acknowledge the formidable jazz pianist and composer, Mary Lou Williams, and the mission of Duke’s Mary Lou ...

The following is a summary of a story that originally appeared on the Pratt School of Engineering website. Nimmi Ramanujam, the Robert W. Carr Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, ...

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A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes -- from platypuses to puffballs -- has been released.A collaborative effort among ...

The parrot's brain has a nested 'core and shell' structure for vocal learning. Neurons in the shell surrounding the established vocal centers of the parrot brain play a part in vocal learning and ...

Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center on Duke’s campus will serve as an early voting location in Durham County for the March 3 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Whether it’s an on-line quiz, a $300 chromosome test or an $800 blood panel, a lot of people seem to be interested in whether they’re aging faster or slower than their chronological ...

It turns out that parents are right to nag: To succeed in school, kids should do their homework. Duke University researchers have reviewed more than 60 research studies on homework between 1987 and ...

A difference at the smallest level of DNA -- one amino acid on one gene -- can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant. A different amino acid on the same gene in your friend's body could ...

Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University's Fuqua School of ...

The discovery of the "exercise hormone" irisin three years ago and more than 170 related papers about it since have been called into question by recent research showing they were based on flawed ...