http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/ Colllege of Science News Feed from Purdue University News Service en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/tornado,-severe-weather-forecasting-expert-available.html Michael Baldwin, Purdue University associate professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences; severe weather forecasting expert. Baldwin can discuss tornadoes, severe weather forecasting and warnings. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/tornado,-severe-weather-forecasting-expert-available.html Thu, 16 May 2013 16:06:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-part-of-national-study-of-science-education-specialists.html A new type of science faculty, those who specialize in science education, is on the rise, but less than half have formal training in education, according to a recent study. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-part-of-national-study-of-science-education-specialists.html Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-part-of-field-study-to-improve-severe-weather-forecasting.html 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. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-part-of-field-study-to-improve-severe-weather-forecasting.html Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/dream-social-networks-take-spotlight-at-upcoming-science-on-tap.html A Purdue University researcher of dreams will give the next Science on Tap talk on the social networks revealed from sleep. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/dream-social-networks-take-spotlight-at-upcoming-science-on-tap.html Thu, 09 May 2013 13:11:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/bird-flu-expert-working-on-vaccine-that-protects-against-multiple-strains.html As the bird flu outbreak in China worsens, a Purdue University expert is working on vaccines that offer broader protection against multiple strains of the virus. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/bird-flu-expert-working-on-vaccine-that-protects-against-multiple-strains.html Tue, 07 May 2013 14:38:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-wins-dreyfus-prize-in-the-chemical-sciences.html A Purdue University professor has won the 2013 Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences, this year awarded in the field of chemical instrumentation. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-wins-dreyfus-prize-in-the-chemical-sciences.html Tue, 07 May 2013 09:07:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-low-to-participate-in-ibj-panel-discussion-on-outlook-for-indianas-life-sciences-industry.html Purdue University researcher Philip Low will join a panel of experts on Friday (May 10) for the Indianapolis Business Journal's Power Breakfast Series focusing on the outlook for Indiana's life sciences industry. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-low-to-participate-in-ibj-panel-discussion-on-outlook-for-indianas-life-sciences-industry.html Thu, 02 May 2013 14:55:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences.html A Purdue University professor has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/home-of-two-nobel-laureates,-purdues-wetherill-laboratory-of-chemistry-named-acs-national-historic-chemical-landmark.html Purdue University's R.B. Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry building will be dedicated as a National Historic Chemical Landmark at 4 p.m. on Friday (April 26). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/home-of-two-nobel-laureates,-purdues-wetherill-laboratory-of-chemistry-named-acs-national-historic-chemical-landmark.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:43:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/sinkhole-expert-urban-development-common-culprit-of-sudden-collapse.html Although water main breaks can cause sudden holes to open up as they wash away dirt and material, much like the one that swallowed three cars in Chicago, a different issue of urban development is more often responsible for such collapses, according to a Purdue University sinkhole expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/sinkhole-expert-urban-development-common-culprit-of-sudden-collapse.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:14:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-identifies-proton-pathway-in-photosynthesis.html A Purdue University-led team has revealed the proton transfer pathway responsible for a majority of energy storage in photosynthesis. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-identifies-proton-pathway-in-photosynthesis.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/biological-sciences-expert-can-speak-about-biodefense-issues-in-wake-of-ricin-scare.html Biological sciences expert can speak about biodefense issues in wake of ricin scare http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/biological-sciences-expert-can-speak-about-biodefense-issues-in-wake-of-ricin-scare.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:44:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/college-of-science-honors-distinguished-alumni.html Purdue University's College of Science inducted nine distinguished alumni on Friday (April 12). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/college-of-science-honors-distinguished-alumni.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:34:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/sunlit-snow-triggers-atmospheric-cleaning,-ozone-depletion-in-the-arctic.html 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. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/sunlit-snow-triggers-atmospheric-cleaning,-ozone-depletion-in-the-arctic.html Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:37:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/discovery-points-to-new-approach-to-fight-dengue-virus.html Researchers have discovered that rising temperature induces key changes in the dengue virus when it enters its human host, and the findings represent a new approach for designing vaccines against the aggressive mosquito-borne pathogen. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/discovery-points-to-new-approach-to-fight-dengue-virus.html Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:32:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/study-environmental-policies-matter-for-growing-megacities.html A new study shows clean-air regulations have dramatically reduced acid rain in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea over the past 30 years, but the opposite is true in fast-growing East Asian megacities, possibly due to lax antipollution rules or lack of enforcement. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/study-environmental-policies-matter-for-growing-megacities.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:11:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-part-of-indiana-black-barbershop-health-initiative-and-kickoff-at-state-house.html Purdue University is a partner of this year's Indiana Black Barbershop Health Initiative and kickoff event featuring free haircuts and health screenings at the Indiana State House on April 11. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-part-of-indiana-black-barbershop-health-initiative-and-kickoff-at-state-house.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:47:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/research-reveals-how-antibodies-neutralize-mosquito-borne-virus.html Researchers have learned the precise structure of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus pathogen while it is bound to antibodies, showing how the infection is likely neutralized. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/research-reveals-how-antibodies-neutralize-mosquito-borne-virus.html Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:16:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/students-recreate-historic-hot-air-balloon-experiment.html A pair of Purdue University and McCutcheon High School students will measure cosmic rays across altitudes of up to 10,000 feet from a hot air balloon on Saturday (March 30) to commemorate Nobel Prize winner Victor Hess's experiment 100 years ago. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/students-recreate-historic-hot-air-balloon-experiment.html Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:33:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/findings-to-help-in-design-of-drugs-against-virus-causing-childhood-illnesses.html New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/findings-to-help-in-design-of-drugs-against-virus-causing-childhood-illnesses.html Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/computer-science-professor-wins-commercialization-award.html Mikhail Atallah, distinguished professor of computer science in the College of Science, is the recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/computer-science-professor-wins-commercialization-award.html Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:34:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/science-on-tap-talk-to-feature-offbeat-talk-on-world-of-scientists.html A Purdue University chemist will give an insider's view of the unbelievable and sometimes crazy world of science in an offbeat version of the next Science on Tap on March 21 in Lafayette. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/science-on-tap-talk-to-feature-offbeat-talk-on-world-of-scientists.html Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:31:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-professor-studies-how-2011-japan-earthquake-increased,-decreased-risks-on-other-fault-lines.html A Purdue University geophysicist is studying how earthquake risks in other areas of Japan were affected by the March 10, 2011, Tohoku earthquakes that led to a devastating tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-professor-studies-how-2011-japan-earthquake-increased,-decreased-risks-on-other-fault-lines.html Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/state-mathletes-to-compete-at-purdue.html Purdue University will host the MATHCOUNTS state competition Saturday (March 9), with more than 200 'mathletes' from Indiana middle and junior high schools testing their math skills. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/state-mathletes-to-compete-at-purdue.html Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-physics-outreach-teaches-boy-scout-troop-range-of-scientific-topics.html The Purdue University Physics Outreach team will host guided physics experiments for Boy Scout Troop 154 at 6 p.m. Friday (March 1) at Roosevelt Middle School in Monticello. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-physics-outreach-teaches-boy-scout-troop-range-of-scientific-topics.html Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:08:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-to-host-regional-science-olympiad-competition.html More than 200 middle and high school students from throughout Indiana will test their scientific knowledge in the Science Olympiad regional competition March 2 at Purdue University. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-to-host-regional-science-olympiad-competition.html Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/gpri-awards-100,000-to-study-food,-health-issues.html Food, health and nutrition are the focus of two $50,000 grand challenge awards recently funded by the university's Global Policy Research Institute. These grants are presented in collaboration with the College of Agriculture and the College of Health and Human Sciences. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/gpri-awards-100,000-to-study-food,-health-issues.html Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:49:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/expert-asteroid-would-explode-like-a-thermonuclear-weapon.html If the asteroid rapidly approaching us this week were to impact rather than nearly miss Earth, it would explode with a four-megaton force near what the military calls optimum height for damage. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/expert-asteroid-would-explode-like-a-thermonuclear-weapon.html Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/research-roundtable-gives-students-opportunity-for-campus-jobs.html The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers and Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honor society, are hosting the second annual Research Roundtable from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 19 in the Purdue Memorial Union's North Ballroom. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/research-roundtable-gives-students-opportunity-for-campus-jobs.html Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/mathcounts-regional-competition-comes-to-purdue.html Purdue University will host approximately 80 'Mathletes' from 10 middle and elementary schools from central and northern Indiana on Saturday (Feb. 9) in this year's regional MATHCOUNTS competition. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/mathcounts-regional-competition-comes-to-purdue.html Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:29:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-scientist-studies-dna-repair-hopes-to-improve-breast-cancer-treatment.html A Purdue University scientist is studying the way cells repair damaged DNA in the hopes of making cancer cells more susceptible to treatment and normal tissue better able to withstand it. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-scientist-studies-dna-repair-hopes-to-improve-breast-cancer-treatment.html Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:23:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-researcher-to-highlight-hepatitis-b-advancements-at-next-science-on-tap.html A Purdue University molecular biologist will speak on her research efforts to identify molecules and genes that may help in the early detection of the often fatal hepatitis B virus-mediated liver cancer at the next Science on Tap on Jan. 24. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-researcher-to-highlight-hepatitis-b-advancements-at-next-science-on-tap.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:40:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-tool-to-help-brain-surgeons-one-step-closer-to-operating-room.html A new tool that could allow for faster, more comprehensive testing of brain tissue during surgery successfully identified the cancer type, grade and tumor margins in five brain surgery patients, according to a Purdue University and Brigham and Women's Hospital study. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-tool-to-help-brain-surgeons-one-step-closer-to-operating-room.html Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:15:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/trustees-approve-academic-appointments.html The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Saturday (Dec. 16) ratified appointments to two named chairs and three distinguished professorships. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/trustees-approve-academic-appointments.html Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:30:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/oil-and-water-an-icy-interaction-when-oil-chains-are-short,-but-steamy-when-chains-are-long.html Water transforms into a previously unknown structure in between a liquid and a vapor when in contact with alcohol molecules containing long oily chains, according to Purdue University researchers. However, around short oily chains water is more icelike. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/oil-and-water-an-icy-interaction-when-oil-chains-are-short,-but-steamy-when-chains-are-long.html Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:46:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/nobel-laureate-and-nasa-scientist-to-discuss-next-space-telescope.html Nobel laureate and NASA scientist John Mather will discuss the James Webb Space Telescope, which is the planned successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, during a Purdue University lecture on Thursday (Nov. 15). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/nobel-laureate-and-nasa-scientist-to-discuss-next-space-telescope.html Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/college-of-pharmacy-names-2012-distinguished-alumni.html Purdue University's College of Pharmacy honored its 2012 distinguished alumni on Friday (Nov. 9). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/college-of-pharmacy-names-2012-distinguished-alumni.html Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-chemistry-show-includes-color-changing-fountains,-glowing-reactions.html Colorful chemical reactions, including those that glow in the dark, are the focus of Purdue University's chemistry show on Saturday (Nov. 10). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-chemistry-show-includes-color-changing-fountains,-glowing-reactions.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:07:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/researchers-home-in-on-structure-of-sputnik-virus.html An international team of researchers has determined key structural features of the Sputnik virus, thought to play a role in illnesses caused by eating raw fish. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/researchers-home-in-on-structure-of-sputnik-virus.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/public-invited-to-sit-in-on-taping-of-science-laureates-on-tech-nation.html Public radio show 'Tech Nation,' featuring several leading national science writers, will be taped live 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 8) in the West Club Room of Mackey Arena. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/public-invited-to-sit-in-on-taping-of-science-laureates-on-tech-nation.html Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/you-can-avoid-being-scammed-in-donating-to-hurricane-sandy-victims.html The many pictures and news reports of massive destruction and loss of life and property from Hurricane Sandy is triggering an urge for people to help. But it's important that donors know where their money is actually going, says a Purdue University cybersecurity expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/you-can-avoid-being-scammed-in-donating-to-hurricane-sandy-victims.html Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/students-interactive-piece-joins-exhibit-of-the-intersection-of-art-and-computer-science.html A Purdue University student's smart phone-interactive piece is among three new works celebrating the intersections of computer science and artistic expression. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/students-interactive-piece-joins-exhibit-of-the-intersection-of-art-and-computer-science.html Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:59:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/mathematics-alum-gives-1.5-million-to-endow-professorship.html Purdue mathematics alumnus Andris Zoltners has given a $1.5 million gift to the university's College of Science to be used for a distinguished professorship. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/mathematics-alum-gives-1.5-million-to-endow-professorship.html Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/computer-science-workshop-for-students-and-parents-asks-are-you-smarter-than-your-5th-grader.html Purdue University's Department of Computer Science invites parents and children to create digital worlds, work with robotics and design interactive creations together through the Are you smarter than YOUR 5th grader? program. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/computer-science-workshop-for-students-and-parents-asks-are-you-smarter-than-your-5th-grader.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:39:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-designed-molecule-one-step-closer-to-possible-alzheimers-treatment.html A new molecule designed to treat Alzheimer's disease has significant promise and is potentially the safest to date, according to researchers. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-designed-molecule-one-step-closer-to-possible-alzheimers-treatment.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:35:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/day-camp-one-highlight-of-computer-sciences-50th-anniversary-celebration.html A daylong series of events highlight the 50th anniversary celebration of Purdue University's Department of Computer Science. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/day-camp-one-highlight-of-computer-sciences-50th-anniversary-celebration.html Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:56:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/signature-of-long-sought-particle-that-could-revolutionize-quantum-computing-seen-by-purdue-physicist.html A Purdue University physicist has observed evidence of long-sought Majorana fermions, special particles that could unleash the potential of fault-tolerant quantum computing. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/signature-of-long-sought-particle-that-could-revolutionize-quantum-computing-seen-by-purdue-physicist.html Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/biotechnology,-globalization-of-pharmaceutical-industry-subjects-of-purdues-annual-peck-symposium.html Pharmaceutical biotechnology and globalization of the pharmaceutical industry are the focus of Purdue University's 10th annual Garnet E. Peck Symposium. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/biotechnology,-globalization-of-pharmaceutical-industry-subjects-of-purdues-annual-peck-symposium.html Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/west-nile-virus-and-mosquito-control-experts-available-.html A team of Purdue University researchers was the first to map the structure of the West Nile Virus and a decade later continue to advance understanding of how it works and interacts with the human body. Purdue experts on the West Nile virus, public health and mosquito control are available to speak with the media. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/west-nile-virus-and-mosquito-control-experts-available-.html