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Student team wins $100,000 for innovation
May 14, 2013
A Purdue clean-tech startup walked away with $100,000 Thursday (Apr. 4) in a one-day, fast-pitch event before a live audience and a panel of judges.
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Analytical theory may bring improvements to lithium-ion batteries
March 5, 2013
Researchers have shown theoretically how to control or eliminate the formation of "dendrites" that cause lithium-ion batteries to fail, an advance that if realized would improve safety and might enable the batteries to be charged within a matter of m
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Prof on Japan tsunami, nuclear disaster: Opinion shifting central gov. emphasis to local control
March 4, 2013
Japan's history of a strong central government is evolving as the country continues to rebuild from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown, says a Purdue University expert. "Whether it is fiscal control, philanthropic invest
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Indiana spring: First warm and wet, then drying possible
February 26, 2013
Indiana farmers could be in for a warm and wet early spring when they head into the fields to plant their crops, the Indiana State Climate Office says. But they also could expect a return to drought in some parts of the state during the growing seaso
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Yeast study yields potential for new cholesterol, anti-fungal drugs
February 25, 2013
While studying a mutant strain of yeast, Purdue University researchers may have found a new target for drugs to combat cholesterol and fungal diseases. Scott Briggs, an associate professor of biochemistry, and Paul South, a postdoctoral researcher
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Understanding termite digestion could help biofuels, insect control
February 18, 2013
A termite's own biology with help from microorganisms called protists, are keys to the insect's digestion of woody material, according to a Purdue University scientist. Michael Scharf, the O. Wayne Rollins/Orkin Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology,
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Researcher taking shot at flu vaccine that's more effective, easier to make
February 6, 2013
In the midst of an unusually deadly flu season and armed with a vaccine that only offers partial protection, a Purdue University researcher is working on a flu vaccine that overcomes the need to predict which strains will hit each year and eliminates
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Purdue researchers awarded $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant
February 6, 2013
A team of Purdue University researchers has been awarded a $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant to create a material that forces electrons into rare states important to basic research and with potential applications for next generation quantum compu
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Purdue part of institute awarded up to $35 million by FDA
October 4, 2011
Purdue University is part of a national institute that received a grant of up to $35 million over the next five years from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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New technology uses solar UV to disinfect drinking water
September 28, 2011
A team of Purdue University researchers has invented a prototype water-disinfection system that could help the world's 800 million people who lack safe drinking water.
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Purdue engineer receives top award from President Obama
September 27, 2011
Rakesh Agrawal, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama.
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