Past News
‘A first for cancer research’: New approach to study tumors
August 20, 2019
For the first time in cancer research, scientists can create tumor models that can closely mimic the tumors found in the body.
Treat cancer with cold plasma? Purdue aerospace engineer helps bring first clinical trial
August 19, 2019
Purdue aerospace engineer Alexey Shashurin assisted in the development of the Canady Helios Cold Plasma System and Scalpel. Cold atmospheric plasma technology, currently the only way to remove microscopic cancer tumors remaining from surgery, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for first-ever use in a clinical trial.
Treat cancer with cold plasma? Purdue aerospace engineer helps bring first clinical trial
Electronic merge: Expanded ion beams light new way for next-generation electronic devices, energy storage, smart homes
August 15, 2019
A device from Purdue University researchers may light a new way for next-generation electronic devices, energy storage and smart homes
Electronic merge: Expanded ion beams light new way for next-generation electronic devices, energy storage, smart homes
Discovery provides path to pathogen-targeted antibiotics
August 15, 2019
Current antibiotics kill bacteria indiscriminately, including the helpful bacteria in our intestines that help us digest our food, causing digestive distress, and even worse outcomes. Now a protein discovered in Legionella pneumophila (left) shows how the bacterium infects cells in the body, and may provide a path for new antibiotics that only affect virulent bacteria.
The power of 4D technology advances care for heart patients
August 14, 2019
Ultrasound techniques offer new options, advanced images for doctors, patients
Researchers propose new topological phase of atomic matter hosting ‘photonic skyrmions’
August 14, 2019
The field of topology or the study of how surfaces behave in different dimensions has profoundly influenced the current understanding of matter. The prime example is the topological insulator, which conducts electricity only on the surface while being completely insulating inside the bulk. Now electrical and computer engineering researchers have proposed for the first time that this same electronic conductivity influences the topological properties of light inside atomic matter.
Researchers propose new topological phase of atomic matter hosting ‘photonic skyrmions’
Invasive pests kill so many trees each year, it’s equal to 5 million car emissions
August 13, 2019
Invasive insects and pathogens have wreaked havoc on ash, elm, chestnut trees and others, wiping some of them almost completely from American forests. In addition to the ecological impact, a Purdue University study shows that the carbon storage lost to these pests each year is the same as the amount of carbon emitted by 5 million vehicles.
Invasive pests kill so many trees each year, it’s equal to 5 million car emissions
Purdue leading $10 million effort to address global food safety
August 13, 2019
Purdue’s Haley Oliver will lead the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL) in partnership with Cornell University. The lab, funded by $10 million from USAID, will focus on developing programs to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cambodia
Purdue leading $10 million effort to address global food safety
Data: Indiana farmers markets as affordable as grocery stores
August 8, 2019
Purdue’s Ariana Torres and her graduate student, Orlando Rodriguez, gathered price data on common produce items found at Indiana farmers markets and grocery stores since 2017. They found that prices at a farmers market are often comparable with those at the grocery store.
Data: Indiana farmers markets as affordable as grocery stores
New research aims to optimize farmland use for crops, solar electricity production
August 8, 2019
A tractor plants corn seed in early June around solar photovoltaic panels in a field north of the Agronomy Center for Research and Education. The panels are part of the Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems (SFEWS) research project intended to examine how to produce electricity without inhibiting crop yield.
New research aims to optimize farmland use for crops, solar electricity production
