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Duke Smart Home Celebrates Ten Years

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Duke's 22 ivory dolls are among only 180 known to exist. (Photo: Mark Zupan)

Doctor Dolls, Coming Soon in 3D

Figurines remain a mystery, but 3D scanning Xray will make them easier to study

Bonobos Help Strangers Without Being Asked

Humans aren't the only species eager to make a good first impression

Car, Stroller, Juice: Babies Understand When Words are Related

Eye-tracking data reveal babies understand more than we realize

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Imaging Renders Decayed Texts Visible Once More
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New Finding Could Unmask Blood Doping in Athletes
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Research Blog

Coding: A Piece of Cake
by Lydia Goff
October 19, 2018
Imagine a cake, your favorite cake. Has your interest been piqued? “Start with Cake” has proved...
Drug Homing Method Helps Rethink Parkinson’s
by Sarah Haurin
October 18, 2018
The brain is the body’s most complex organ, and consequently the least understood. In fact,...
Creating a Gender Inclusive Campus: Reflecting on “Becoming Johanna”
by Anne Littlewood
October 17, 2018
Following Duke’s Oct. 4 screening of the 2016 documentary, “Becoming Johanna,”...

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