Boosting solar power: Duke researchers are exploring ways to improve panels
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Why isn’t solar energy more widely used? After all, photovoltaic cells generate electricity out of sunlight, a free and essentially…
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New blood test targets Parkinson’s; Duke Health neuroscientists lead development
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Researchers have developed a blood test that detects Parkinson’s disease, potentially establishing a way to help diagnose the condition before…
Targeting tough bacteria: Durham biotech startup advances synthetic antibiotic technology
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It’s often said that success doesn’t happen overnight.
Consider Durham-based anti-infectives startup ValanBio Therapeutics. The journey that led to the development…
Durham startup with ‘intelligent homebuilding platform’ lands Home Depot as investor
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Startup Higharc, which has developed what it calls an “intelligent homebuilding platform,” keeps drawing investors, this time with HomeDepot’s venture arm…
Novo Nordisk strikes potential $2B-plus gene editing deal with Durham’s Life Edit
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Gene editing from a Durham-based firm that will target possible new therapeutics has led to a deal with international drug…
Durham company grows human blood vessels, sends them to wounded Ukraine soldiers
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A Durham company is saving lives in Ukraine in an unusual way.
They’re producing blood vessels – in a lab…
CRISPR salads – greens made tastier by gene editing – head to market from Durham startup
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A Durham startup pioneering the use of gene editing technology known as CRISPR is shipping its first products to market…
Facebook parent company Meta to HQ about 100 employees at American Tobacco Campus
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will have offices at American Tobacco Campus in Durham, a spokesperson for…
Novo Nordisk donates $6M to Durham Tech, will partner on life science workforce programs
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Novo Nordisk has gifted $6 million to Durham Technical Community College in an effort to boost the institution’s life sciences…