Mary-Russell Roberson, science writer
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Tufts University

What is Causing the National Blood Shortage? March 2022

When Will the Pandemic Be Over?
February 2022

How Can We Set a Fair Price for Drugs? January 2022

Taking a Broader View of Pandemics, January 2022

Tracking the Shifting Landscape of the Opioid Crisis, September 2021

UC Santa Cruz

​Adaptable Academics: Amid Pandemic Upheaval, Flexibility Finds Opportunity, October 2021
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Duke University and Duke School of Medicine

The Kids are Not Alright, November 2022

Do the Math and Find the Model, November 2022

Developing New Tools to Fight Cancer, October 2022

Bringing Together Physics, Neuroscience and Dance, September 2022
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Alumni are Forging the Future of Biotech and the Business of Health Care, July 2022

Smooth as Glass, June 2022

​Ken Frazier: Listening with Respect, June 2022

Ken Frazier on the Role of the Private Sector in Improving Society, June 2022

Food Sustainability in Focus, May 2022

A Fountain of Youth for the Brain, March 2022

Simulate the Human Heart? Without Missing a Beat, February 2022

Better Stats. Better Outcomes, February 2022

Dr. Charles Johnson and his Legacy of Change, February 2022

Using Machine Learning to Predict Catastrophic Events, January 2022

Helping Kids Navigate the Pandemic, December 2021

Discovery of I-Shaped Antibody Opens New Avenue to HIV Vaccine, Fall 2021

Better Preclinical Testing with Organs-on-Chip, Fall 2021

One Step Ahead: Using Machine Learning to Predict Catastrophic Events, Fall 2021

Staying Healthy in Space, August 2021

Presidential Award for Holland and Wolfe is Cause for Celebration All Around, April 2021

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Healthcare for All, March 2021

Shining a Light in a Black Box: Creating Better Machine Learning Programs, March 2021

Harnessing the Brain's Resilience to Fight Alzheimer's Disease, March 2021

Using New Materials to Treat an Old Problem, March 2021

Two Blues Join Forces to Fight Alzheimer's Disease, March 2021

About Time: Reducing Health Disparities in Cancer, Winter 2021

Years in the Making: Duke Human Vaccine Researchers Apply Lessons from HIV to COVID-19, November 2020

Clinical Researchers Seek Ways to Lesson the Severity of COVID-19, October 2020
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At the Intersection of Sickle Cell Disease and Geriatrics with Charity Oyedeji, August 2020

​About Duke & Durham, August 2020
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A Gathering: Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis, June 2020

​Embracing Global Health's Teachable Moment, June 2020
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Understanding COVID-19 Antibodies is Crucial to Vaccine Development, May 2020

​Children and COVID-19, April 2020

​Duke Researchers Pivot to Attack the New Coronavirus, March 2020

How to Talk to Your Older Parents about the Coronavirus, March 2020

​​Ghana: Healthcare for a Country in Transition, March 2020

Creating Communities to Address Health Disparities, January 2020

Mind, Body, and Soul: Warrior Wellness for Older Vets with PTSD, October 2019

​Changing of the Guard at the Aging Center, October 2019

​Programming Cell Behavior, October 2019

Death Cafe: Tea, Cake, and Conversation, September 2019

Overcoming Resistance, Fall 2019
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CAR-T Therapy: A Living Drug, Fall 2019

​Harvey Cohen Says Yes, June 2019

Liquid Biopsies Smooth the Way for Personalized Medicine, Spring 2019

Helping Women with Rheumatic Disease Have Families, April 2019

​Annual Report for Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, 2018-2019

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Dan Scolnic: Using Supernovae to Construct Expansion History of the Universe, January 2019​

​Michael Troxel: Using Weak Gravitational Lensing to Map the Invisible Universe, January 2019

​Helping the Heart to Repair Itself, July 2018

Christoph Schmidt: Using Physics to Understand Biology, December 2017

Pratt Undergrads Explore Nanoscience Research, August 2017
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POSH Program Takes Team-Based Approach for Care of Older Patients Who Need Surgery, August 2017

​Ben Cerio: From Physicist to Data Scientist, December 2016

Duke Med Student Looks for Clues to Predict Lung Transplant Outcomes, August 2016
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Duke's Materials Science Sparks a Brighter Energy Future, March 2016

Celebratory Bottles Mark the March of Time, November 2015

Scott Winton's Fine-Feathered Life, September 2015

A New Way of Looking at Melanomas and Renaissance Paintings, May 2015

Weitao Yang on Knowing How Electrons Behave, May 2015

After the Tsunami: Ten Years of Recovery and Resilience, November 2014

Grappling with Climate Change Policy, Spring 2014

Environmental Influences on Health, Starting Before Birth, February 2014

Sheila Patek: Research With a Powerful Punch, October 2013
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Living Bird magazine, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Mockingbirds Can Learn Hundreds of Songs, But There's a Limit, Spring 2016
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Raleigh News & Observer/Charlotte Observer 

Primate Armpits: What They Reveal about Us and Apes, February 2016

The Real Problem with Black Holes, November 2015

UNC-Chapel Hill Research Suggests RNA from Fathers Works Harder, May 2015

Could Autism and 'Chemo Brain' Share Similar Origin? February 2015

Helping the Body's Own Stem Cells Repair Tissue After a Heart Attack, October 2014

10 New NC Plants for the 21st Century, July 2014

Asheville Entrepreneur Aims to Harness Cyanobacteria's Photosynthetic Prowess, May 2014

Quest website: the science of sustainability

Cats, Chemicals, and Consumer Power, March 2014

Carleton Voice

Don't Worry, Be Happy, Fall 2008
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