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  • Reading Everyday History in Tattered Scraps

    Classicist Joshua D. Sosin is making digital archives from Greek and Latin documents preserved on papyrus, pottery and wood.

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  • Remote Haven

    Surveys led by a Duke biologist found 11 species of whales and dolphins living and breeding near American Samoa, smack-dab in the middle of the Pacific.

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  • Melting Spacetime

    Duke physicists are smashing gold atoms at 99.995 percent the speed of light, creating temperatures and pressures greater than the hottest stars.

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  • History in a Box

    The global reputation of Duke anthropologist Elwyn Simon rests in part on a monumental collection of primate fossil specimens from more than 40 years of fieldwork.

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  • Rethinking Stem Cells

    Duke Medicine Chancellor Victor Dzau's lab proposes that it's not stem cells themselves that restore damaged heart tissue, but rather the chemical signals they secrete.

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  • Putting Artificial Atoms to Use

    Duke engineer Adrienne Stiff-Roberts is focused on nanoscale structures that may dramatically improve night vision technology, infrared sensing and solar cells.

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