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Cary Mitchell and Celina Gomez tomatoes

LEDs reduce costs for greenhouse tomato growers, study shows

Tomatoes grown around LED lights in the winter can significantly reduce greenhouse energy costs without sacrificing yield, according to a Purdue University study.
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Kerri Pratt snow chamber experiment

Sunlit snow triggers atmospheric cleaning, ozone depletion in the Arctic

A Purdue University-led team of researchers discovered sunlit snow to be the major source of atmospheric bromine in the Arctic, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ozone.
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treadmill run and read

System allows multitasking runners to read on a treadmill

A new innovation allows treadmill users to work their bodies and brains at the same time.
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Mitch Tuinstra

Purdue gets grant to improve heat-stress tolerance of maize

Purdue University scientists will receive $1.1 million to find ways to increase maize's tolerance to heat.
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Purdue trustees approve frozen tuition and fee cuts

Purdue University trustees on Wednesday (May 22) approved frozen tuition and cut costs for West Lafayette students.

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electron microscope images

Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays

Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future 'optoelectronic' circuits for sensors and information processing.

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Oliver Wendt SPEAK all device

Apps may open communication door for children, families affected by severe, non-verbal autism

Stephen and Diane Beaudoin have tried for years to fully communicate with their son, David, 11, who is diagnosed with severe, non-verbal autism. The Beaudoins credit SPEAK all!, an iPad application, with the enriched communication they now have with their son. David has been using SPEAK all! for about one year.

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impatiens plants with downy mildew

Purdue specialist warns of disease deadly to impatiens

Home gardeners making out their shopping list of annuals to plant should beware of a disease that is inflicting the always-popular impatiens, a Purdue Extension plant disease specialist says.

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