Past News
Purdue scientist working to remove persistent chemicals from drinking water
October 25, 2019
Linda Lee, professor in the Department of Agronomy, believes the key to lowering PFAS levels in drinking water is to reduce their use on products and to capture or remediate them before they leave wastewater treatment plants.
Purdue scientist working to remove persistent chemicals from drinking water
‘Imagination heaven’ playground on Purdue campus built to help children with communication challenges
October 25, 2019
The Bob L. and Joyce Beery Miles Outdoor Learning Space at Purdue University’s Lyles-Porter Hall was designed for researchers in the Purdue Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences to investigate and treat communication challenges in children.
‘Imagination heaven’ playground on Purdue campus built to help children with communication challenges
Corinne Alexander Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award winner helping to shape the field of food science
October 25, 2019
Haley Oliver has spent years working toward developing the first food technology program in Afghanistan. The project is one of the many reasons Oliver, an associate professor of food science at Purdue University, received the 2019 Corinne Alexander Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award on Oct. 24.
Corinne Alexander Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award winner helping to shape the field of food science
Purdue scientist sending tomatoes into space to study plant defense
October 25, 2019
Purdue University’s Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi aims to improve the odds of successful crops with a recently awarded NASA grant to understand the effects of spaceflight and simulated microgravity on plant defense responses
Purdue scientist sending tomatoes into space to study plant defense
Purdue Foundry unveils first DDX cohort
October 23, 2019
The Purdue Foundry has unveiled its first cohort for the Double Down Experiment (DDX), which includes nine businesses ready to reach the next level with technologies designed to advance the world.
Scientists develop efficient methods to turn woody biomass into fuels
October 23, 2019
Purdue University’s Nick Carpita and Maureen McCann have developed and refined methods for efficiently converting cellulosic biomass into fuels. Their findings could be used with gene-editing technology to make fuel from biomass sorghum, seen here, or other bio feedstock plants.
Scientists develop efficient methods to turn woody biomass into fuels
Watch your ghost teach a robot how to tag-team
October 22, 2019
For those manufacturing jobs where humans have an edge, Purdue University engineers have introduced “GhostX:” An augmented reality platform that turns the user and robot into “ghosts.” The user can then plan out how to collaborate with the robot and work out kinks before actually performing a task. The technology solves a big engineering conundrum: For humans and robots to truly collaborate, they would have to know exactly what each other is doing.
$2.3 million DoE grant to advance ethanol fuel research
October 22, 2019
Researchers at Purdue University have received $2.3 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office for their work to create computer models to simplify the design and construction of biorefineries to help them better perform reliably, sustainably, safely and economically.
DoE awards nearly $7 million to Purdue-based startup to advance nuclear technology using artificial intelligence and machine learning
October 16, 2019
One of the hot topics in artificial intelligence and machine learning is predictive analysis – knowing the future by analyzing data from the past. A Purdue University-affiliated startup, Blue Wave AI Labs, is using predictive analytics to operate nuclear reactors across the United States and to help them operate as safely and efficiently as possible.
DoE awards nearly $7 million to Purdue-based startup to advance nuclear technology using artificial intelligence and machine learning
Enzyme trigger that tells cells to move characterized for first time
October 16, 2019
The physical structure of the enzyme that signals cells to move within the body—to fight infection or to spread cancer — has been identified by a Purdue-led team. The information is expected to be used to develop new drug therapies to prevent certain cancers from metastasizing.
Enzyme trigger that tells cells to move characterized for first time
