{"id":11659,"date":"2024-12-06T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=11659"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:09:15","slug":"todays-top-5-from-purdue-university-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q4\/todays-top-5-from-purdue-university-79","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s top 5 from Purdue University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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From winter commencement to the beloved Purdue Memorial Union Christmas tree, Trevor Peters has everything you need to know in this week\u2019s \u201cPurdue News Now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plus, check out five good stories below you may have missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue scientist expecting new world to reveal itself to Mars rover<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NASA\u2019s Mars 2020 rover mission and Purdue University planetary scientist Briony Horgan are approaching a new phase in the search for details about the red planet\u2019s history and potential for previously hosting life. The mission\u2019s Perseverance rover is only weeks away from emerging from the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater to explore new terrain. It\u2019s a point in the mission Horgan set her sights on following the rover\u2019s landing in the crater four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Erin Murphy, emurphyv@purdue.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New ranking demonstrates Purdue prominence in AI research supercomputing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue University\u2019s newest supercomputing community cluster Gautschi<\/a> has debuted at No. 7 among U.S. universities and in the top third of the world\u2019s most powerful supercomputers listed in the new Top500 list. The ranking was released at SC24, an international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis. Gautschi also ranks No. 43 on the Green500 list of the world\u2019s most energy-efficient supercomputers, with only three other universities ranking higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Erin Murphy, emurphyv@purdue.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cement grows stronger, more resilient with Purdue cellulose innovation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Youngblood<\/a>, a Purdue University researcher, has increased the strength and resilience of cement by integrating patent-pending chemically modified cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibers that he has developed. Mechanical tests show a 30% increase in concrete\u2019s flexural strength, or the ability to resist bending when an external force is applied, when 0.2% volume of the nanocellulose is integrated. Youngblood and his team found that by increasing the heat of hydration, the chemically modified nanocellulose reacted to improve the behavior of cement paste in a variety of chemical reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Erin Murphy, emurphyv@purdue.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AP video \u2014 Top STEM toys for kids in 2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tamara Moore is a professor of engineering education in the College of Engineering and the director of the INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering at Purdue University. In this video, she explains what the Purdue Engineering Gift Guide is and how it can connect kids with engineering-inspired gifts this holiday season. The Engineering Gift Guide is a collection of toys and gifts compiled annually by researchers at Purdue that aim to introduce children to engineering in fun and exciting ways. This year, the guide focuses on microelectronics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Erin Murphy, emurphyv@purdue.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue researchers identify infrastructure and communication challenges as barriers to food safety in the low-moisture food industry<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Low-moisture foods such as dried fruits, seeds, tree nuts and wheat flour were once considered to carry minimal microbial risks. However, the increased number of outbreaks linked to bacteria-contaminated low-moisture foods has resulted in product recalls, lawsuits and financial losses. Despite these growing concerns, there have been limited studies into the food safety research and Extension needs for the low-moisture food sector. Purdue University researchers like Yaohua Feng, associate professor and Extension specialist in Purdue\u2019s Department of Food Science<\/a> and principal investigator in the Food Safety Human Factor Lab<\/a>, are stepping in to fill this gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact: <\/strong>Erin Murphy, emurphyv@purdue.edu<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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