December 28, 2009 | Posted by admin
Duke University engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater detail.
Categories: Science & Nanotechnology | 
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December 17, 2009 | Posted by admin
DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University study of more than 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children in five Asian and African countries has found that children in institutional orphanages fare as well or better than those who live in the community.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: african countries, better health, care settings, clusters, cognitive function, cognitive functioning, duke university, duke university study, emotional difficulties, Environment, flu, functioning, global health, health institute, health policy, hou, institutional care, open access, orphanages, orphans, physical health, plos one, study leader, viable option, well-being, whetten, world health organization | No Comments »
December 13, 2009 | Posted by admin
DURHAM, N.C. – As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through small incisions.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: arterial pressure, associate professor, author james, bioactivity, blood gas, carbo, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide gas, cardiac output, cells, chemical parameters, concentration, CTS, duke university, duke university medical, duke university medical center, DURHAM, endosurgery, functioning, hou, incisions, invasive surgery, James D. Reynolds, kidney function, medical procedures, N.C., normal blood, open surgery, organ dysfunction, oxygen, part, research, surgical patients, University | No Comments »
December 12, 2009 | Posted by admin
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: advanced breast cancer, avastin, blood clots in the lungs, brain, breast cancer patients, breast cancer specialist, breast cancer symposium, breast cancers, college of medicine, colon cancer, duke university, food and drug administration, GlaxoSmithKline, kidney problems, m d anderson cancer center, san antonio breast, san antonio breast cancer, san antonio breast cancer symposium, sick women, survival advantage, survival benefit, target tumors, university of texas m d anderson cancer center | No Comments »
October 31, 2009 | Posted by admin
DURHAM, N.C. — By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions of everyday life.
Categories: Technology & Engineering | Tags: Brian Mann, duke university, electronic devices, experimental device, harvest electricity, life energy, linear approach, linear devices, novel approach, Physics, Samuel Stanton, source of energy, vagaries, wind farms | No Comments »