Research News

Computer graphics of red spirals of different shapes

May 18, 2020 | Duke Engineering

‘Vortex Microlaser’ Encodes Information in Twisting Beams of Light

Engineers develop first tunable, chip-based vortex microlaser and detector, providing a new route to increasing the bandwidth of fiber optic communications

Yiran Chen

May 14, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Yiran Chen Inducted into HPCA Hall of Fame

Chen Joins a Small, Prolific Group of Computing Experts

A cartoon graphic of the pieces of a new way to read fluorescent biomarkers

May 12, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Silver Nanocubes Make Point-of-Care Diagnostics Easier to Read

Researchers use plasmonics to enhance fluorescent markers in lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices

A copper rectangle with slits cut in the shape of a smiley face (left) and a blue screen with red and yellow blobs showing up in the same pattern

May 11, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Inexpensively Locating Friendly (and Unfriendly) Radio Waves

Passive method for locating and characterizing radio waves could lead to cameras that can capture images using ambient radio waves

Natalia Litchinitser

May 08, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Litchinitser, Collaborators Win Aspen Institute Italia Award 2020

Duke professor of electrical and computer engineering Natalia Litchinitser belongs to a US-Italy team that has produced a “revolutionary” microlaser that twists light

Ask a Scientist ad with Steve Cummer

May 07, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Ask a Scientist: Lightning

Steven Cummer answers your questions about the physical processes that happen when lightning strikes, and the effects that we see and feel on the ground

What looks like a tangled mess of furry spaghetti strands in black and white

March 19, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Stretchable Supercapacitors to Power Tomorrow’s Wearable Devices

Researchers demonstrate robust supercapacitors that still work when stretched to eight times their original size

A blue digitalized human head with lots of numbers and lines flowing around it

March 01, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Machine Learning Protecting Human Privacy

Duke Engineers are pioneering techniques to scan a person’s face while ignoring certain sensitive features that someone might not want their device to access

A man stands and points at a computer screen with two women colleagues

February 20, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Faster. Stronger. Smarter.

Artificial intelligence is shaping the future of eye care—and Duke is leading the way

A conveyor belt jammed up with wet toilet paper

February 17, 2020 | Duke Engineering

Off-Grid Sanitation Systems Show Promise in Global Testing, Despite Toilet Paper Sabotage

Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation “Reinvent the Toilet” project