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Duke Quantum Center Kicks Off
4/13/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Quantum Center Kicks Off

Quantum information enthusiasts from around the world gathered in Durham to learn about the Duke Quantum Center's unique user facility

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Rudin Wins 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship
4/11/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Rudin Wins 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship

Open-ended funding award will support Rudin’s work to promote transparent, interpretable, socially responsible AI

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Duke Takes a Quantum Leap
4/1/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Takes a Quantum Leap

The Duke Quantum Center has the excitement of a startup and the ambition to match as it races to compete with the likes of Google and IBM

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Is Nuclear Power the Future?
3/28/22 The Wall Street Journal

Is Nuclear Power the Future?

ECE student Maxwell Tardif offers his opinion that the future of U.S. energy should include a stronger commitment to nuclear power.

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Why Flush Toilets are Wasteful
3/22/22 Sci NC

Why Flush Toilets are Wasteful

Modern flush toilets waste a gallon and a half of treated, potable water every time you flush. And for many countries, wastewater infrastructure is too expensive to install. Toilet engineers all over the world are trying to solve this basic question: how do we get rid of waste efficiently?