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Jay Melosh map moon's gravity field

Purdue-led team solves one of the moon's mysteries

A mystery of the moon that imperiled astronauts and spacecraft on lunar missions has been solved by a Purdue University-led team of scientists as part of NASA's GRAIL mission.
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Purdue part of field study to improve severe weather forecasting

Purdue University professors and students will intercept storms as part of a major field project to improve predictions of severe weather and offer earlier warnings to those in its path.
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Shape-It-Up new tool design

'Makers' 3-D print shapes created using new design tool, bare hands

A new design tool interprets hand gestures, enabling designers and artists to create and modify three-dimensional shapes using only their hands as a 'natural user interface' instead of keyboard and mouse.
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Corec bouldering wall

College students working out at campus gyms get better grades

College students who visit their campus gyms are more likely to succeed in the classroom, according to data from Purdue University.
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Applications being taken for disabled veterans' program

Applications are being accepted for the fifth class of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities.

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Purdue builds nation's fastest campus supercomputer—again

For the third year in a row, Purdue University has confirmed its lead in the rarified realm of supercomputing by unveiling Conte, the nation's fastest university-owned supercomputer, developed in a collaboration with HP, Intel, and Mellanox.

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Purdue researchers seek treatment for new MERS coronavirus

A pair of Purdue University researchers who in the past created compounds to block the SARS virus are now tackling the new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.

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Local youth learn judo

12th PALS camp to help more than 500 local youth

An annual Purdue University summer program that has benefited nearly 3,000 low-income Tippecanoe County children for more than a decade by providing lessons about sports and healthy living, also is boosting campers' self-esteem and interest in physical activity, according to new research.

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