Duke Energy (United States)

Indigenous Strengths, Community Care, and Cancer Disparities: Insights from Talking Circles with American Indian Tribes in North Carolina

Abstract Background: American Indian communities experience disproportionally higher cancer incidence and mortality rates compared to other populations in North Carolina (NC). As part of the SAICEP (Southeastern American Indian Cancer health Equity Partnership) initiative, talkin...

How Many PM2.5 Sensors are Needed to Estimate Daily and Annual Deployed-Network Mean Concentrations in City-Scale Sensor Networks?

Abstract Low-cost PM2.5 sensors make it possible to deploy dense networks, but the density required depends on the monitoring objective and local variability. We examined how well smaller subnetworks reproduce deployed-network daily and annual or study-period mean concentrations...

From Trace Element Biogeochemistry to Critical Minerals Resourcing: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Innovation

Abstract Critical minerals and materials, which are raw materials essential to modern technologies yet vulnerable to supply disruption, have emerged as a major focal point of research to diversify resources, advance processing technologies, and bolster supply chains. Many of thes...

Building Community to Bridge Research and Practice: The North Carolina Chemistry Educators and Researchers (NC CER) Group

Abstract Communities of practice in chemical education provide networks for fostering collaboration, professional development, and integration of research with classroom practice. Here we describe the growth of the North Carolina Chemistry Educators and Researchers (NC CER) commu...

The scaling of motion: dynamic body acceleration declines with body mass in black-tailed prairie dogs

Dynamic body acceleration (DBA) derived from animal-borne accelerometers is widely used to infer behaviour and movement-related energetic expenditure, yet its interpretation in comparative contexts may be complicated by body size. Biomechanical scaling predicts that smaller anima...

Smartphone AI-Enabled Lateral Flow Immunoassay Platform Using Advanced Quantum Dots for Intelligent Quantitative Diagnostics

Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) are widely used in point-of-care diagnostics for their low cost and simplicity, but conventional formats rely on subjective visual readout and lack quantitative accuracy and sensitivity. Here, we present a smartphone-guided, artificial-intelligen...

Machine Learning Guided Discovery of Microbiome Metabolites That Inhibit HDAC

Abstract Histone deacetylase (HDAC) is a family of key epigenetic regulator implicated in inflammation, metabolism, and cancer. Microbiome metabolites can modulate host histone acetylation, yet systematic identification of metabolites that target HDAC remains limited. Here we pre...

Development and Assessment of Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate-Embedded Metalloporphyrin for Phosphorescence Lifetime-Based In Vivo Monitoring of Oxygen Tension

Abstract The timely detection of ischemia is crucial for enhancing outcomes in reconstructive surgery. This study presents the development and in vivo evaluation of a metalloporphyrin-based phosphorescence lifetime oxygen sensor embedded in poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA...