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ECE student Maxwell Tardif offers his opinion that the future of U.S. energy should include a stronger commitment to nuclear power.

Modern flush toilets waste a gallon and a half of treated, potable water every time you flush. And for many countries, wastewater infrastructure is too expensive to install. Toilet engineers all over the world are trying to solve this basic question: how do we get rid of waste efficiently?

Math/ECE Professor Ingrid Daubechies is recognized as one of 23 all-time amazing women in science and math

Modern flush toilets waste a gallon and a half of treated, potable water every time you flush. The Duke Center for WaSH-AID is working on ways to get rid of waste more efficiently.

Stefano Curtarolo

Former CEE PhD student Sarah Diringer writes about how working with Bass Connections and the Duke Global Health Institute teams helped her see water as part of an intricate web of people and the environment. 

ECE Professor Maria Gorlatova has developed a set of "virtual eyes" that can help train metaverse platforms to respond to users' eye movements.

ECE Professor Jungsang Kim talks about a new way to compare the performance of quantum computers operating with different underlying technologies.

ECE Adrienne Stiff-Roberts adds personal insights into an exploration of the struggles Black physicists face in bringing more Black students into the field, and why diversity advocates agree that lasting change won’t happen until the existing dominant white male culture becomes fully engaged in finding solutions.

BME Professor Lingchong You has shown that it's not just leftovers that make dish sponges breeding grounds for bacterial cultures—the structure of the sponge itself plays a role.

IonQ quantum computing, co-founded by Duke ECE Professors Jungsang Kim and Chris Monroe, and Hyundai Motor Company recently announced a partnership focused on using quantum computing to study lithium compounds and battery chemistry.

Jessilyn Dunn