Fourth Industrial Revolution
This sensor tests your sweat to monitor your health
New wearable sensors provide real-time measurements of sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.
Kara Manke
Kara joined the Office of News and Communications at Duke University in 2016 after serving as a Science Communication Intern at Brookhaven National Laboratory. She was a 2014 AAAS Mass Media Fellow and a founding organizer of ComSciCon, a series of communication workshops for graduate students in STEM. Kara earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from MIT in 2015 and is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.
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Researchers want you to play this game to understand the risks of nuclear conflict
The creators of SIGNAL hope to gain insights into how countries may fight with nuclear weapons by studying tactics used by players online.
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A single neuron could be at fault for your bad habits
Kara Manke from Duke University discusses new findings of a cell that could control all of our habitual behaviour.
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This camera shows you how you get ill
A team of researchers has developed a microscope powerful enough to see a virus in the act of infecting a cell.
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Could this be the key to understanding how the body heals itself?
Scientists are using genetically engineered 'technicolour' zebra fish to work out how skin tissue heals.