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Features

One Mother, Two Species: Ant Queens Clone Other Species to Increase Colony Productivity

Alessandra Dodson

Credit: Blueprint

The Cost of Five Letters: Rethinking the MD-PhD Advantage

Real-World AI, Not-So-Real Foundations: How Synthetic Data Shapes the World’s Leading Models

Arjun Saha Choudhury

Credit: Dr. Laura Tafe

Beyond the Stethoscope: Medicine, Mindfulness, and the Art of Looking Within

News

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Sniffing Out Cancer: How Dogs and AI Could Revolutionize Cancer Diagnosis

Michelle Hsiung

Credit: Conservation Biology Institute

The Science Behind the California Wildfires

Credit: Discover Durham

Duke’s Role in the Quantum Revolution

Emerson Cortazar

Credit: Nobel Prize Foundation

Hopfield and Hinton: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

Spotlights

Undergraduate Spotlight: Maia Kotelanski (Trinity ’25)

Credit: Csilla Cseke/EPA

Katalin Karikó and the mRNA Vaccine

Mutants among Us: A Conversation with Dr. Katsanis

Duke Vertices Staff

Chemical Pathways: Dean Ashby’s Experiences in Research

Duke Vertices Staff

High School Science Communication Challenge

Credit: Assil Gaur Eye Institute

Reprogramming Sight: How Stem Cells Are Being Harnessed to Reverse Vision Loss

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: Getty Images

Biology’s Biggest Plot Twist: The Jellyfish That Rewinds Time

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: the NIH

Navigating Nav1.7: The Future of Pain Medication

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: California Institute of Technology

The Bandage of the Future: Healing Wounds with Smart Technology

Duke Vertices Staff