{"id":16933,"date":"2025-08-29T12:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=16933"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:24:46","slug":"top-5-stories-from-purdue-university-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/Q3\/top-5-stories-from-purdue-university-15","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 stories from Purdue University\u202f\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Some of the best stories from this week include Dean Katie Sermersheim\u2019s welcome message to students and Chipshub winning a National Science Foundation award for a Chip Design Hub to help ease the national semiconductor workforce shortage. Trevor Peters has all the latest Boilermaker news in this week\u2019s edition of \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

Putting the brakes on cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Researchers led by a team at Purdue University are exploring a molecular mechanism that curbs the breakneck cell division associated with cancer. Their work opens the door to developing drugs that capitalize on the mechanism\u2019s effects. \u201cWe think this system evolved naturally in the context of cancer. It\u2019s like a braking system. So now we\u2019re asking, \u2018How can we use this for drug discovery?\u2019\u201d said Danzhou Yang, the Martha and Fred Borch Chair in Cancer Therapeutics and Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology in the College of Pharmacy\u2019s Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Planetary scientist decodes clues in Bennu\u2019s surface composition to make sense of far-flung asteroids<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA\u2019s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. How these asteroids reflect light at red and blue wavelengths can give deeper insights into the evolution of rocky bodies in the solar system. It also enables future research. By having a better understanding and comparing what telemetry and telescope data say about an asteroid with what its actual surface particles say about it will enable future astronauts, scientists and explorers to navigate to and select asteroids for research or mining with greater certainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Purdue launching academic programs in Indianapolis to fill workforce needs<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Entering its second year in Indianapolis, Purdue University is strategically focusing on creating a pipeline of job-ready talent in fields that meet the workforce needs of the capital city and state of Indiana. The launch of new academic programs and expansion of current offerings over the next two years is a major part of Purdue\u2019s continued growth in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Derek Schultz, dcschultz@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MRI technology inspires quantum advancement with 2D materials<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The same technology behind MRI images of injury or disease also powers nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is used to analyze biological molecules for research on diseases and therapeutics. While NMR spectroscopy produces valuable data about the structure of molecules, the resolution is too low to sense individual atoms. Now, quantum researchers at Purdue University are advancing an approach that could improve the resolution of NMR spectroscopy to the atomic scale and may also have applications in developing quantum computing and quantum communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

AP video \u2014 Supersonic commercial flights explained<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

William Crossley is the head of aeronautics and astronautics in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. In this video, he explains what supersonic flight is and the challenges facing faster-than-sound commercial air travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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