Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz can decline for up to two years after a piracy attack, a new Duke University study finds, but the adverse effects of the slowdown are far greater on some Persian Gulf countries ...
Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2020
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for making small particles that are safe for living tissues that will allow them to create new shapes attractive for drug delivery, diagnostics and tissue engineering.
Materials Science
Mar 12, 2020
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Set against a piece of black construction paper, the wings of the male cattleheart butterfly look even blacker than black.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2020
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Professor Aaron Kay's research examines bias, including gender bias and inequality. His work has illuminated gender bias in people's perceptions of creativity and documented the unintended effects of the "Lean In" call to ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2020
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It's 1 p.m. and you're only halfway through a six-hour hike, climbing in steep terrain under a 100° cloudless sky. Your water bottle is nearly empty, and you've heard the worst of this hike is yet to come.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2020
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As legend has it, when French workers felt their livelihoods threatened by automation in the early 1900s, they flung their wooden shoes called sabots into the machines to stop them. Hence the word sabotage.
Environment
Feb 18, 2020
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Even kids who are nearly grown still need a parental figure to help them navigate the long path to adulthood—and our closest animal relatives are no exception.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2020
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Rural and urban Americans are divided in their views on the environment, but common ground does exist, says a new report led by Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Fossils just aren't found. They are made visible by the gentle and professional work of the scholars who work with them.
Archaeology
Feb 11, 2020
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The water filter on your refrigerator door, the pitcher-style filter you keep inside the fridge and the whole-house filtration system you installed last year may function differently and have vastly different price tags, ...
Environment
Feb 5, 2020
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