DURHAM, North Carolina, May 21 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy Has Failed 19 Times Building Nuclear Plants 63% failure rate has wasted billions; now Duke wants customers and taxpayers stuck with even more risk for mythical reactors Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren: A new analysis by NC WARN shows that Duke Energy and its subsidiaries cancelled 18 of the nuclear reactors they tried to build between the  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 20 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Astronomy Trick Enables Researchers to Capture High-Speed, 4D Videos of Moving Organisms By Michaela Martinez The imaging technique makes it easier to conduct behavioral studies of freely moving animals Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a computational imaging system that borrows techniques from astronomy to reconstruct 4D videos of freely moving small model or  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 20 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Empowering Robots with Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain A new Duke-developed AI system fuses vision, vibrations, touch and its own body states to help robots understand and move through difficult in-the-wild environments. The wealth of information provided by our senses that allows our brain to navigate the world around us is remarkable. Touch, smell, hearing, and   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 20 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Medical Insights, Now Available on Your Wrist Jessilyn Dunn gathers biometric data from smartwatches to study and predict health changes Wearable devices like Fitbits, Apple and Garmin watches, and Oura Rings can provide users with a fairly comprehensive view of their own health--they provide data about resting heart rates and measure sleep cycles, record exercise segments and sugge  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 20 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Journalist Scott Pelley tells graduates 'Your country needs you' In a speech filled with urgency and hope, award-winning '60 Minutes' journalist and author Scott Pelley delivered a powerful commencement message to Wake Forest University's Class of 2025, telling them, "Your country needs you." "America works well when we listen to those with whom we disagree and when we listen and when we have co  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 21 -- The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators issued the following news: * * * North Carolina to Join State-to-State Verification Service Driver History Record and Implement NRII Solution North Carolina will begin using the State-to-State Verification Service (S2S) Driver History Record (DHR) functionality and implement the Medical Examiner Certification Integration Final Rule (NRII) from Monday, June 30, 2025. Tasks related to onboarding NC will be   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Outdoor Recreation Roundtable issued the following news on May 20, 2025: * * * Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Awards Post-Helene Rebuilding and Recovery Micro-Grants for Outdoor Recreation Communities OLD FORT, N.C. - At a press conference today in Old Fort, North Carolina, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) proudly announced the recipients of its Rebuilding and Recovery Micro-Grant Program, a targeted effort to aid the restoration of outdoor recreation assets in communi  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 20 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * WFU's Educating Character Initiative announces 2025 Capacity-Building Grant recipients The Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a part of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, has awarded 40 grants of up to $50,000, impacting 42 institutions nationwide seeking to educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts of higher education. "We were overwhelmed by t  more