October 4, 2019
Purdue’s Women’s Global Health Institute has appointed two College of Health and Human Sciences faculty members in its top leadership roles. Dorothy Teegarden, professor of nutrition science, is WGHI’s new director. Ulrike Dydak, professor of health sciences, is the institute’s new associate director.
Women’s Global Health Institute names new director, associate director
October 2, 2019
From automobiles and planes to laptops and e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries have been blamed for causing fires in high-tech devices. Now, Purdue University scientists have come up with patented techniques that may cut down the risk from these popular batteries, which are found in everyday devices such as phones and tablets.
New materials to help stop lithium-ion battery fires, explosions and improve battery performance
September 30, 2019
As of October 2019, the Gun Violence Archive claims there's been more mass shootings than days in the year. When authorities aren't responding to this kind of violence, they've often been at the frontlines of several natural disasters. Purdue University is working on technology that deals with both.
Purdue University develops app to detect social media threats, SOS
September 27, 2019
Gina Kolata, author of “Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918,” recounted key details of the 1918 flu pandemic during her talk addressing the topic, “What IF the Next Pandemic is Inevitable?” on September 23 in Loeb Playhouse. Characterizing her book as a medical detective story, Kolata shared how the deadly 1918 flu strain affected young, healthy individuals and spread rapidly across the world. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with the virus. Her remarks facilitated discussion of how research on the 1918 outbreak offers insights regarding the next potential pandemic.
New York Times Journalist Tells Story of Deadly Flu Pandemic at PVM’s Ideas Festival Event
September 26, 2019
Powering everything from the development of new drugs and medical devices to the detection of dangerous chemicals, measurement science is a multibillion-dollar industry that is key to both U.S. and international economies. With a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University and Purdue University have formed a new center that will work to solve ongoing and emerging industry-relevant challenges in measurement science.
THREE UNIVERSITIES COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRY IN NEW NSF-FUNDED CENTER
September 25, 2019
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September 25, 2019
In the arms race between predators and prey, each evolves more and more sophisticated ways of catching or escaping from the other. Rachel Page, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Ximena Bernal, associate professor at Purdue University, review in Functional Ecology how bats use both private and social information to attack their prey.
September 25, 2019
Sensors developed by Purdue University engineers have been embedded into Indiana highways to more precisely determine when the concrete pavement is ready to handle heavy truck traffic, as part of a collaboration with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The data will provide a new recommendation for when roads should reopen following a construction project. The sensors were developed by a research team led by Luna Lu, an associate professor in Purdue’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering. The sensors track concrete strength development in real time through measurements of hydration, stiffness, compressive strength and other properties of concrete. After testing, the Indiana DOT will enable the sensors to be permanently embedded in the highways and continuously inform contractors on concrete distress.
September 24, 2019
David Relman, the Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor in Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University and chief of infectious diseases at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, will present “Thinking About the Human Microbiome as a Source of Benefit and Risk” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. This lecture is presented as part of the Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series, co-hosted by the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease and one of the events of Purdue’s sesquicentennial celebration, 150 Years of Giant Leaps.
September 20, 2019
With a grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers from Purdue, the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University have formed the Center for Bioanalytic Metrology (CBM), which will work to solve ongoing and emerging industry-relevant challenges in measurement science. Garth Simpson, professor of analytical and physical chemistry and associate dean for research and partnerships in the College of Science, is the Purdue site director. He says, “Precise chemical measurements inform critical decisions in health care, business, energy, defense and environmental impact. This center will partner with industry to develop instrumentation and methods for better informing these decisions, with a special emphasis on integrating data science tools with new measurement science capabilities.”
