News
July 21, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Silver-Plated Gold Nanostars Detect Early Cancer Biomarkers
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have engineered a method for simultaneously detecting the presence of multiple specific microRNAs in RNA extracted from tissue samples without the need for labeling or target amplification. The technique could be used to identify early biomarkers of cancer [...]
June 12, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
'Covidentify' Adapts to Address a Changing Pandemic
Researchers at Duke University are expanding a recent study intended to help identify the symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This expanded effort will help the team establish a more comprehensive method of early-symptom detection and provide more information about [...]
May 18, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
‘Vortex Microlaser’ Encodes Information in Twisting Beams of Light
Researchers from a worldwide collaboration have demonstrated the ability to precisely control a property of a laser called its orbital angular momentum. The technology will allow researchers to transmit more data in optical communications devices, offering a new route to stay ahead of the world’s [...]
May 14, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Retinal Texture Could Provide Early Biomarker Of Alzheimer’s Disease
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a new imaging device capable of measuring both the thickness and texture of the various layers of the retina at the back of the eye. The advance could be used to detect a biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease, potentially offering a widespread early [...]
May 13, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Virtual Reality Blood Flow Simulation To Improve Cardiovascular Interventions
Biomedical engineers at Duke University are developing a massive fluid dynamics simulator that can model blood flow through the full human arterial system at subcellular resolution. One of the goals of the effort is to provide doctors with guidance in their treatment plans by allowing them to [...]
May 12, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Silver Nanocubes Make Point-of-Care Diagnostics Easier to Read
Engineers at Duke University have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter. Combined with an emerging point-of-care diagnostic platform already shown capable of detecting small traces of viruses [...]
May 11, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Inexpensively Locating Friendly (and Unfriendly) Radio Waves
Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a low-cost method for passively locating sources of radio waves such as Wi-Fi and cellular communication signals. Their technique could lead to inexpensive devices that can find radio wave devices like cellular phones or Wi-Fi emitters, or [...]
June 28, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
Low-Cost Retinal Scanner Could Help Prevent Blindness Worldwide
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a low-cost, portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanner that promises to bring the vision-saving technology to underserved regions throughout the United States and abroad. Thanks to a redesigned, 3D-printed spectrometer, the scanner is [...]
June 19, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
Ramanujam Receives 2019 Social Impact Abie Award
Nimmi Ramanujam, the Robert W. Carr, Jr., Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, has won the 2019 Social Impact Abie Award. Given by AnitaB.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting, inspiring and guiding women in computing and organizations that view technology [...]
May 07, 2019
FIP Pioneer Award
To recognize the dedicated contributions that researchers have made in the photonics community, the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP) created a FIP Pioneer Award to honor these individuals. The 2019 FIP Pioneer Award was presented to Shuji Nakamura, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2019).