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By limiting production in member countries, OPEC drove up oil production costs and reshaped the world’s oil industry.| Duke Stories
To get some overhead images while doing archaeology field work several years ago, Katherine McCusker rigged a camera to a weather balloon attached to a really long rope. She let the balloon drift upward, holding tight to the rope while hoping she had programmed the camera properly to snap some photos.| Duke Stories
Duke University has become a hub of research to improve the way the world protects people and water from human waste.| Duke Stories
Dr. Ray Barfield was once broken by physician burnout. Now he's mentoring the next generation of doctors on how to keep their humanity intact — while reshaping a field in crisis.| Duke Stories
A world-class team of academic researchers at Duke are working to create the first practical, scalable quantum computer.| Duke Stories
The 7,052-acre Duke Forest became the largest research lab on campus and home to perhaps the longest-running experiment at Duke: an 85-year study into the childhood and adolescence of a forest.| Duke Stories
From the outside, nothing about Buchanan House advertises its importance. The two-story 1920s clapboard perches on the wooded edge of the George Mason University campus, barely inviting a passing glance. But inside, in a jumble of forgotten files, Duke historian Nancy MacLean found a fresh take on a critical American story: the rise of the “radical right.”| Duke Stories
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Features, Health, Medicine | Duke Stories
Duke-developed “metamaterials” are carefully designed structures that control all sorts of physical waves in previously impossible ways. Our researchers are poised to make these devices a household name.| Duke Stories
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Five undergraduates find themselves in honors projects capping their Duke experience.| Duke Stories
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface - and an untold quantity of its lifeforms - lie hidden beneath the oceans. Yet only a handful of scientific instruments are available to explore this vast wilderness, making it less understood than the Moon.| Duke Stories
The Many Faces of Cancer portrait series captures the powerful stories of individuals navigating the cancer experience — each in their own way. We are humbled by their resilience in the face of adversity and we are honored that they entrusted Duke Cancer Institute with their care.| Duke Stories
Throughout disciplines and across programs, Duke is creating a climate for climate education. Feel like diving headfirst into ocean health? Want to invest some time in learning about green business? Ready to march through the history of youth activism? Whatever your course of study, Duke provides curricular opportunities to deepen your climate and sustainability knowledge and to empower bold climate solutions.| Duke Stories
As part of Duke’s Climate Commitment, the university has prioritized investments in climate-related areas of research where Duke already has momentum: energy transformation, empowering climate-resilient communities, amplifying environmental and climate justice, and developing climate solutions based on data-driven outcomes. Across the University, researchers and faculty from every discipline and department are engaged in climate research that impacts all disciplines, across our 10 schools. ...| Duke Stories
Duke has been committed to building a culture of sustainability for decades. Efforts to reduce the university’s environmental impact include strategic planning, community education regarding sustainability on campus and the development of programs to positively influence campus sustainability behavior and operations.| Duke Stories
The Duke Puppy Kindergarten is a five-year project funded by the National Institute with the goal of increasing the supply of service dogs by studying the cognitive development of puppies.| Duke Stories
