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A New Path for Brain-to-Speech Tech
9/9 Duke University School of Medicine

A New Path for Brain-to-Speech Tech

New research shows that pooling data across patients can make brain-to-speech computer interfaces faster and easier to deploy

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Duke Part of $19.8 Million NSF Investment in Polymer Network Science
8/24 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Duke Part of $19.8 Million NSF Investment in Polymer Network Science

Michael Rubinstein will help lead the Duke-led research center that explores the science of polymer networks: long, repeating molecules found in a broad range of materials and products from trees to tires to plastics.

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Digital Twins Modeling Blood Flow Could Predict Heart Problems
8/17 The Scientist

Digital Twins Modeling Blood Flow Could Predict Heart Problems

Amanda Randles's HARVEY platform leverages supercomputing, physics-based simulations,and wearable device data to monitor real-time hemodynamics and spot heart failure early.

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AI Risk in 2026: What Happens When Engineers Don’t Understand It
8/12 Duke Engineering Blueprint

AI Risk in 2026: What Happens When Engineers Don’t Understand It

Every day, AI tools get more capable, and deployment is outpacing our understanding of what they get wrong. Duke Engineering Dean Jerry Lynch connects with three Duke University experts to break down where that gap is already showing up: in cybersecurity, in the everyday AI tools people use to get advice, and in healthcare.

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A Human Blood–Retina Barrier-On-A-Chip
8/12 Nature Methods Research Highlight

A Human Blood–Retina Barrier-On-A-Chip

Sharon Gerecht's laboratory has constructed an in vitro model to study the inner blood–retina barrier.

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Using AI to Simulate the Body’s Fight Against Disease
7/16 Duke Today

Using AI to Simulate the Body’s Fight Against Disease

A team of students in Duke's Data+ Program is spending the summer building virtual models to find out how the human body fights diseases in John Hickey's lab.

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Epigenetic Editing Makes Its Mark
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.