Today's Top 5 From Purdue University

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New Purdue, MITRE research partnership to focus on innovation

Purdue and MITRE are combining their expertise and capabilities to form a new public-private partnership focusing on key areas of national safety and security.

Media Contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

Astronomer maps and studies the stars from afar

Dan Milisavljevic, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue, and his team explore and map the Crab Nebula in a new paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society – allowing scientists to explore the nebula in unprecedented three-dimensional detail, shining light on how it may have formed.

Media Contact: Brittany Steff, bsteff@purdu.edu

Purdue-developed dashboards will offer timely food supply info during crises

Jayson Lusk, distinguished professor and head of Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics, led a partnership among Purdue, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Microsoft to create open-access online dashboards, which can track and report the factors that could lead to food supply disruptions during national and global emergencies.

Media Contact: Maureen Manier, mmanier@purdue.edu

Green flash: High-speed infrared helps reveal safer hypergolic propellant

Purdue researchers are developing ammonia borane as a safer, less toxic alternative to current hypergolic fuels for spacecraft.

Media contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu

Latino Cultural Center releases schedule of spring virtual events

Purdue’s Latino Cultural Center has released its upcoming schedule of virtual events.

Media Contact: Matthew Oates, oatesw@purdue.edu

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