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Discover New Innovations at Invented at Duke 2025
10/29/25 Duke Today

Discover New Innovations at Invented at Duke 2025

Professors David Smith, Xiaoyue Ni and Ken Gall are among those who will share tech being spun out of their labs at the annual event.

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Duke Startup Resolv to Deliver Valuable Building and Construction Insights
10/7/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Startup Resolv to Deliver Valuable Building and Construction Insights

Resolv, a spinout of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, closed on $5 million seed funding round to develop metamaterials-based device that could impact the $10 billion building construction and remediation industry.

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Bending Waves with Metamaterials: Why Do You Study That?
10/2/25 Duke Today

Bending Waves with Metamaterials: Why Do You Study That?

Metamaterials are materials engineered to bend light in ways nature never intended. From invisibility cloaks to seeing through objects, David R. Smith’s research shows how metamaterials are changing optics, physics, and the future of technology.