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Nenad Bursac is growing beating human heart tissue in his lab to test emerging heart repair treatments such as gene therapy.

Tingjun Chen part of a new $3.8 million NSF grant for COSMOS³, a project to expand and enhance New York City’s urban wireless testbed in West Harlem.

Chen joins a multi-institution team to advance analog neural network accelerators toward large-scale deployment.

Story behind the discovery in North Carolina’s Haw River watershed offers insights and raises concerns for other communities dealing with high levels of PFAS

Cancer-fighting drugs, medical devices like asthma inhalers, and new approaches to heart transplants – these are just some of the many lifesaving treatments that began as research in a university lab.

Former MEMS Chair Cate Brinson reflects on her five-and-a-half years working to strengthen departmental organization and expand faculty hiring in key research areas.

Ann Saterbak brings students to Uganda for an eight-week summer experience working with community partners and addressing the needs of Ugandan healthcare facilities.

Brinson has been elected a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in recognition of her pioneering contributions to polymer science, shape memory alloys and the materials genome space.

Through interest‑based matching, curriculum orientation and an AI‑supported advising system, MEMS is redefining how undergraduates and faculty engage with each other.

Yiran Chen, Stefano Curtarolo, Charles Gersbach, David Mitzi and Junjie Yao were recognized for ranking in the top 1% by citation in their fields.

Duke Engineering spinoff company Extellis announced an oversubscribed $6.8 million round of seed funding.

Bursts of electrical stimulation could help restore gut motion to treat constipation, a technique recently licensed by industry leader Boston Scientific