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Interior wall brings breath of fresh air to home of the future
August 7, 2019
Biowall, a Purdue University project, is showing promise in the use of a wall of plants to clear the air within inhabited built spaces. More than 3.8 million deaths worldwide each year are blamed on household air pollution, and scientists are turning to many strategies to try to clean the air in homes and offices, including the use of everyday plants. A Purdue University project called the Biowall is showing promise in the use of a wall of plants to clear the air within built spaces inhabited by humans.
Interior wall brings breath of fresh air to home of the future
A satellite is solar sailing around Earth
July 25, 2019
The ability to sail across the cosmos, powered by the energy of the sun, is finally becoming a reality.
Gender Studies: Why Future Tense For Women In India
June 4, 2019
Fund cuts, scarcity of guides and death of literature are making gender studies increasingly difficult in India. This at a time when international organisations and MNCs have gender sensitivity in their programmes... Scholars allege that poor funding is not restricted to India; the situation is bad abroad too. Mangala Subramaniam, professor of sociology and director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center Leadership Excellence, Purdue University, says some US universities are facing a fund crunch and, thus, are taking steps to shut programmes and degrees in humanities. “This requires us to consider funding sources, government and private sources. It seems some private educational institutions in India like Ashoka University in Sonepat, Haryana, are recognising the importance of social sciences and gender studies.”
Purdue and Indian universities to collaborate on entrepreneurship and pharmaceutical sciences initiative
May 31, 2019
Purdue has just announced a partnership with two Indian universities in the state of Andhra Pradesh -- Andhra University and Sri Venkateswara University -- to collaborate on capacity-building activities focusing on entrepreneurship and pharmaceutical sciences. The partnership is part of the government of India’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) program, intended to improve the quality of Indian state public institutions, recognizing that the development of the country’s entrepreneurial talent is critically important to job creation and overall economic prosperity.
Purdue and Indian universities to collaborate on entrepreneurship and pharmaceutical sciences initiative
Purdue and Indian universities to collaborate on entrepreneurship and pharmaceutical sciences initiative
May 30, 2019
Purdue has just announced a partnership with two Indian universities in the state of Andhra Pradesh -- Andhra University and Sri Venkateswara University -- to collaborate on capacity-building activities focusing on entrepreneurship and pharmaceutical sciences. The partnership is part of the government of India’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) program, intended to improve the quality of Indian state public institutions, recognizing that the development of the country’s entrepreneurial talent is critically important to job creation and overall economic prosperity.
Purdue and Indian universities to collaborate on entrepreneurship and pharmaceutical sciences initiative
Space Debris and Purdue's 150th in Mumbai (in Marathi)
May 29, 2019
The article features the challenges in Space Debris Management and how researchers around the world, including Purdue University and its efforts. The Purdue University's Ideas Festival from January 2019 and Astronaut Jerry Ross are also featured in the article.
Samsung's new 'deepfake' tech can make Einstein and Mona Lisa come back to life
May 28, 2019
People have long wondered what would happen if Mona Lisa could talk and with Samsung's new deepfake tech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1b5aiTrGzY), they could find out using 'deepfakes'. Edward Delp, the director of the Video and Imaging Processing Lab at Purdue University remarks, "It's possible that people are going to use fake videos to make fake news and insert these into a political election." He adds, "There's been some evidence of that in other elections throughout the world already."
Samsung's new 'deepfake' tech can make Einstein and Mona Lisa come back to life
Robot drones that fly; Hummingbird robot that emulates drones
May 20, 2019
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers announced on Monday that they have developed the first experimental robot drone that flies like a typical quadcopter, drives on tough terrain and squeezes into tight spaces using the same motors. In a related development, Purdue University researchers said on Monday that they have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms based on various techniques the bird uses naturally every day. This means that after learning from a simulation, the robot “knows" how to move around on its own like a hummingbird would, such as discerning when to perform an escape maneuver.
Robot drones that fly; Hummingbird robot that emulates drones
Soft drinks, including diet sodas, contribute to increased sugar intake and total calorie consumption in children
May 16, 2019
Children who enjoy sweetened soft drinks consume more total calories and sugar compared with their water- and milk-drinking peers, according to a new study, “Consumption of Low-calorie Sweetened Beverages is Associated with Higher Total Energy and Sugar Intake Among Children, NHANES 2011-2016,” published Thursday (May 2) in the journal Pediatric Obesity. Susan E. Swithers, a professor in Purdue University’s Department of Psychological Sciences, is a co-author of the study, which sought to understand the effects of consuming beverages that contain artificial sweeteners on children’s eating and drinking patterns.
Soft drinks, including diet sodas, contribute to increased sugar intake and total calorie consumption in children
Chhole, Saambar ‘Unaffordable’ Once, Not Anymore: What Changed?
May 9, 2019
Storage is an issue. IIPR says radiation with low doses of gamma rays can prevent the infestation of bruchids (called ghun in Hindi). Dr Pooran Gaur of ICRISAT says that triple layer bags developed by Purdue University do the same, by depriving insects of oxygen. These bags are inexpensive, and don’t need insecticides. Odisha has distributed 60,000 of them to groundnut farmers this year. ICRISAT recommends them also for pulses.
Chhole, Saambar ‘Unaffordable’ Once, Not Anymore: What Changed?