Media Hits

7/13 Nature

Epigenetic Editing Makes Its Mark

BME Professor Charlie Gersbach is one of several researchers worldwide interviewed for an article on using CRISPR to influence gene expression by editing the epigenome with the goal of treating disease.

6/15 Forbes

Why Insurers Are Turning To NASA To Understand Weather Risk

Mark Borsuk and Duke's CIRCAD center are working with insurance industry partners to develop new insights, tools, and approaches that improve how individuals, organizations, and communities anticipate, manage, and recover from catastrophic events.

6/12 ASME

The Next Era of Programmable Matter

Xiaoyue Ni has unlocked robotic building blocks using electrically heated elements that turn solids to liquids, which allows the material to mimic a wide range of mechanical behaviors.

6/5 Ivanhoe

Extreme Cells Hold Key to Pregnancy and Cancer

Amy Gladfelter describes her work studying "extreme cells" that break many of the rules of biology and may hold clues to pregnancy complications, certain diseases, and even cancer.