September 17, 2024
New grant co-led by Purdue University researcher takes aim at vaccines for emerging tick- and mosquito-borne viruses, including West Nile and dengue fever
The key to fighting viruses: Understanding their structure is vital to unlock a healthy future for humanity
September 16, 2024
The newest class of Trailblazers in Engineering (TBE) Fellows completed a three- and half-day workshop last month that helped prepare the group to secure positions as future engineering faculty. TBE is an initiative intended to increase the number and success of engineering faculty in the U.S., who, in turn, will blaze trails with new discoveries, innovations and social impact and serve as role models for the next generation of engineers.
Latest cohort of Trailblazers in Engineering Fellows selected
September 13, 2024
Haley Oliver, professor of food science in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, has been awarded $10 million in funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a five-year extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL).
Purdue researcher awarded $10M for extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety
September 12, 2024
Millions of people watched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969. Marshall Porterfield, of Purdue’s agricultural and biological engineering and horticulture and landscape architecture departments, three-years old at the time, remembers running from his family’s television set to the backyard of their Florida home. His mother lifted him up to see the orange-and-red flames arc in the sky as the Saturn V rocket took three astronauts to the moon.
Purdue and NASA Scientists Plant the Seeds for Lunar Agriculture
September 11, 2024
Faculty and staff honors:
September 10, 2024
Millions of people watched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969. Marshall Porterfield, of Purdue’s agricultural and biological engineering and horticulture and landscape architecture departments, three-years old at the time, remembers running from his family’s television set to the backyard of their Florida home. His mother lifted him up to see the orange-and-red flames arc in the sky as the Saturn V rocket took three astronauts to the moon.
Purdue and NASA scientists plant the seeds for lunar agriculture
September 9, 2024
Research from Purdue University in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals that, thanks to a new computational tool, a cancer drug dismissed by traditional testing methods may be effective in treating bladder cancer.
Computational tool reveals untapped efficacy of cancer drug, leveling up cancer fight
September 5, 2024
Our Network speaks with Nick Jones of the World Bank's Global Facility to Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), co-author of 'We need to prepare our transport systems for heatwaves - here's how', to learn more about the links between heat, transportation and health.
September 4, 2024
Shakespeare wrote, “Eyes are the window to the soul.” However, many might not know that eyes are often related to many health conditions and are one of the most important organs of the human body.
Purdue research team hopes to find treatments for chronic eye diseasesShakespeare wrote, “Eyes are the window to the soul.” However, many might not know that eyes are often related to many health conditions and are one of the most important organs of the human body.
September 3, 2024
Special sensors installed into the concrete on a few Indiana highways last summer are now gaining national attention. The technology, invented at Purdue University, is known as "talking concrete" and it could change road construction all across the country.
Purdue's 'talking concrete' technology recognized as national standard
