Research news
Breakthrough in reverse osmosis may lead to most energy-efficient seawater desalination ever
Making fresh water out of seawater usually requires huge amounts of energy. The most widespread process for desalination is called reverse osmosis, which works by flowing seawater over a membrane at high pressure to remove the minerals.
Can dogs live longer?
Audrey Ruple loves Great Danes so much that, while in the middle of Texas on a family vacation in 2012, she made the decision to get another one.
Lowering the costs of using solar-powered electricity when it’s not sunny
Solar power accounts for about 2% of U.S. electricity, but it could become more widespread if it were cheaper to generate this electricity and make it readily available on cloudy days and at nighttime.
Purdue researchers join Rolls-Royce, Carnegie Mellon network to create cyber-resilient systems
Proposed research at Purdue University is developing innovative solutions using artificial intelligence to enhance the security of current and future Rolls-Royce platforms powered by the company’s propulsion systems.
Monkeys are less cuddly with each other when dealing with an infection, study finds
Brandi Wren was studying social distancing and infections before masking tape marks appeared on the grocery store floor and plastic barriers went up in the post office.
‘Undruggable’ cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub
A chemist from Purdue University has found a way to synthesize a compound to fight a previously “undruggable” cancer protein with benefits across a myriad of cancer types.
