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One Summer in Damak: Glimpses of Life in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp
Multi-media version of a photo exhibition on display at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University Fall 2011.Published 1 year ago
Deep Water Camouflage
A squid and an ocotpus that dwell 600 to 1000 meters deep in the open ocean are able to switch between transparent or opaque to evade different predators. http://research.duke.edu/Published 1 year ago
Android Add-on Monitors Eyewitness Mobile Media Reports
Duke computer scientists have created an Android feature to track and tag edits to photos and audio taken with mobile phones. The tags can be used to check the authenticity of crowd-sourced news from services such as CNN iReports, Al Jazeera's Sharek or Facebook.Published 1 year ago
Duke Researchers: Doctors can Learn Empathy Through a Computer-Based Tutorial
To help physicians better address their cancer patients' fears and worries, a Duke University researcher has developed a new interactive training tool. http://www.dukehealth.org/health_library/news/doctors-can-learn-empathy-through-a-computer-based-tutorialPublished 1 year ago
Financing Watershed Protection
Bill Holman, director of state policy for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and Lydia Olander, director for ecosystem services, were the third presenters in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the UPEP Environmental Institution Fall 2011 Seminar Series. They discussed the development of the regional payment for watershed services program and opportunities and challenges to creating integrated policy and programs for watershed and ecosystem services in the Upper Neuse.Published 1 year ago
Duke Chronicle: Durham's Home for Paranormal Activity
The Rhine Research Center, just minutes from Duke's campus, is a hub for parapsychology research, including telepathy and ESP. Until the 1960s, the research center was associated with Duke University. Now independent, the center still attracts a number of Duke graduates and professors in its work. Watch this video by The Chronicle's Molly Himmelstein and Samantha Brooks.Published 1 year ago
Late Pre-term Infant Study
Duke School of Nursing's Diane Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN and Debra H. Brandon, PhD, CCNS, FAAN talk about their research with late pre-term infants http://fds.duke.edu/db/nurse/faculty/debra.brandonPublished 1 year ago
Duke Storm Water Seminar
Steve Palumbo, Duke's Energy Manager for the Facilities Management Department, recently discussed the University's efforts to manage storm water pollution, to meet and exceed state and local standards, and to begin capturing and reusing rain water as a resource at a lecture sponsored by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.Published 1 year ago
Duke Basic Science Day Packs Auditorium
Several hundred faculty, postdocs and grad students packed into Love Auditorium on Monday, October 10, to hear leading Duke scientists present their latest research in a celebration of the work being done throughout the school's basic science communityThe second annual Duke Basic Science Day featured presentations from scientists in each of the eight basic science departments in the School of Medicine, as well as from the clinical departments of anesthesiology and radiology.
In addition, a colleague from the broader university community in the Department of Biomedical Engineering was invited to present his work. Trainees were also an important part of the day as they shared their research in poster sessions.
All too often the drive to complete experiments, analyze results, write papers and submit new grants prevent faculty from taking the time to fully understand the scope of work being done in their own backyard.
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Heartburn: Nothing About the Heart, Everything About the Burn
Richard Pierce, MD, PhD, from Duke's Department of Surgery, discusses the consequences and treatments of heartburn.Published 1 year ago
Update in Gynecologic Cancer
Fidel A. Velea, MD, from Duke Gynecologic Oncology, talks about gynecologic cancers and the unique problems, risk factors, and distinct symptoms that are associated with them.Published 1 year ago
Seeing Science
The Envisioning the Invisible Competition Challenges contestants to visually represent scientific concepts. Learn more at http://mahato.pratt.duke.edu.Published 1 year ago
Energy, Climate Change and Innovation: An Economist's Perspective
Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, recently spoke on a panel focused on climate change at the University of Delaware's Energy and Sustainability Conference 2011.Published 1 year ago
Monkeys 'Move and Feel' Virtual Objects Using Only Their Brains
In a first-ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering learned to employ brain activity alone to move an avatar hand and identify the texture of virtual objects.Published 1 year ago
Continuing Medical Education on Evolutionary Biology
In the summer of 2011, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) co-sponsored "Evolutionary Foundations for Medicine and Public Health," a one week intensive course for medical practitioners and clinicians. This was the first Continuing Medical Education course on evolutionary medicine. It was sponsored and hosted by the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and organized by Course Director Randolph Nesse. Faculty included William Aird, Gillian Bentley, Carl Bergstrom, Peter Ellision, Peter Gluckman, Chris Reiber and Stephen Stearns. Forty physicians, scientists, and educators from around the world attended. These videos were filmed by Sam Ellison, and posted on YouTube thanks to NESCent and the NESCent Working Group on Evolution and Medicine led by Mark Schwartz and Peter Ellison.For more information about the course please visit:
General information about the course: http://www.mdibl.org/courses/Evolution_and_Medicine/296/
Abstracts: https://my.mdibl.org/x/zgMkAQ
Course resources: https://my.mdibl.org/display/courses/Evolution+and+Medicine
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