January 24, 2024
Ivy Tech Community College and Purdue University signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday for a program designed to produce more engineers and keep them in Indiana. The Green2Gold program will launch this fall on Ivy Tech’s Columbus campus, giving students a chance to earn a combined associate’s degree in engineering from Ivy Tech and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Purdue. Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann says the program could serve as a model that could potentially be replicated in other parts of the state. Arvind Raman, dean of the Purdue College of Engineering, told Inside INdiana Business the partners want to take advantage of the great talent throughout the state.
Ivy Tech, Purdue partnering to fill Indiana’s engineer pipeline
January 23, 2024
The electrostatic linear ion trap (ELIT) can be operated as a multi-reflection time-of-flight (MR-TOF) or Fourier transform (FT) mass analyzer. It has been shown to be capable of performing high-resolution mass analysis and high-resolution ion isolations. Although it has been used in charge-detection mass spectrometry (CDMS), it has not been widely used as a conventional mass spectrometer for ensemble measurements of ions, or for tandem mass spectrometer.
January 23, 2024
Lab studies in animals show compounds able to reach into the brain
Small molecules aim to detangle and stop protein clumps of Parkinson’s
January 18, 2024
Purdue University researcher Jessica Sonia Fortin and her collaborators are creating multiple patent-pending compounds to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 diabetes. The compounds inhibit protein aggregation in the brain and pancreas associated with the diseases.
Treating diseases by eliminating protein aggregation in the brain, pancreas
January 18, 2024
In a paper published on 3 January in Science Advances, researchers from Purdue University, in Indiana, have created a new prototype of electroluminescent thread that can glow blue, green, and yellow while maintaining its shape, even under the rigors of machine embroidery. Chi Hwan Lee is an associate professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering at Purdue and the senior author on the new paper. He says that electroluminescent thread offers an opportunity to incorporate smart features and detectors into clothing and wearables that traditional fibers or even LEDs alone can’t accomplish.
January 17, 2024
The company evokes images of a garden paradise on earth. But the idea behind the Houston-based NASA spinoff came from a more pragmatic view of the world. Womack’s company sells indoor food towers, self-contained, modular plant growth systems built on years of research by NASA scientists looking for the best way to feed astronauts in space.
Houston startup with next-gen farming tech calls for crowdfunding as it plans to grow
January 12, 2024
A long-term study that tracked the health of Scottish terriers indicates cigarette smoke exposure leads to a sixfold increase in the risk of bladder cancer
January 12, 2024
When Indiana pork producers gathered in Lebanon, Indiana for the 2023 Midwest Pork Conference last month, they had the opportunity to interact with representatives of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. Held at the Boone County Fairgrounds, the one day conference on Tuesday, December 5, included an annual economic update, educational sessions on issues important to pork producers, a swine specific trade show, and industry networking opportunities. The Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Purdue University Farm Animal Hospital were showcased at a booth that was part of the conference trade show, which featured more than 50 vendors and was a hub of activity involving pork producers, veterinarians, legislators, and industry leaders. ADDL Director Kenitra Hendrix and Assistant Director Craig Bowen helped staff the PVM booth. Dr. Bowen also provided an ADDL update at a related session with Indiana swine veterinarians. “The Midwest Pork Conference always provides a great opportunity for the ADDL to connect with the swine veterinarians and pork producers of Indiana,” Dr. Bowen said.
Midwest Pork Conference Provides Visibility for ADDL and Farm Animal Hospital
January 11, 2024
A Purdue University research team led by Chi Hwan Lee has overcome that obstacle by developing multicolor electroluminescent threads in blue, green and yellow for use with standard embroidery machines. This enables manufacturers to stitch their decorative designs on consumer fabrics without degrading the textiles’ wear resistance and light-emitting properties.
BME's Lee ‘lights up’ wearables with high-tech embroidery solution
January 2, 2024
Peptide formation from amino acids is thermodynamically unfavorable but a recent study provided evidence that the reaction occurs at the air/solution interfaces of aqueous microdroplets. Here, we show that i) the suggested amino acid complex in microdroplets undergoes dehydration to form oxazolone; ii) addition of water to oxazolone forms the dipeptide; and iii) reaction of oxazolone with other amino acids forms tripeptides.
Oxazolone mediated peptide chain extension and homochirality in aqueous microdroplets
