Past News
Light may increase magnetic memory speeds 1,000 times, decrease electricity consumption
July 10, 2019
Purdue University researchers have come up with technology involving a combination of spintronic and photonic materials to increase magnetic memory speeds and decrease electricity consumption.
Light may increase magnetic memory speeds 1,000 times, decrease electricity consumption
The organic label doesn’t tell the full story
July 8, 2019
During the summer of 2018, Andrew Flachs, an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University and Sreenu Panuganti, a graduate student at the University of Hyderaba, led surveys, interviews and focus groups, attended planning meetings and visited farms in two South Indian villages in the Adilabad district, as well as one village near Araku in Andhra Pradesh. They found that farmers decided to produce organic commodities like coffee and cotton not only to add value, but to safeguard their land from corporate interests and extraction operations.
New anticancer agents have potential to better control tumor growth in nearly every cancer type
July 8, 2019
A gene called MYC is known to drive tumor growth in nearly all cancer types – but successfully targeting the gene has been baffling researchers for more than three decades. Purdue University cancer and pharmacy researchers have discovered a novel set of MYC stabilizers that have demonstrated anticancer activity in human cancer cell cultures.
New anticancer agents have potential to better control tumor growth in nearly every cancer type
First all-digital nuclear reactor system in the U.S. installed at Purdue University
July 8, 2019
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has licensed Purdue University Reactor Number One (PUR-1) as the first entirely digital nuclear reactor instrumentation and control system in the nation. The upgraded reactor and facility, originally built in 1962, paves the way for widespread implementation of digital technology in both research and industry reactors.
First all-digital nuclear reactor system in the U.S. installed at Purdue University
Purdue veterinarian receives national Jefferson Award
July 5, 2019
Dr. Sandra San Miguel received an Outstanding Public Service award on June 18 at Multiplying Good's national Jefferson Awards Gala for the creation of an after-school program named This is How We "Role." The program shows grade school children what veterinary medicine is like to inspire their interest in sciences.
Magnets shown to create more power in electrical generators
July 2, 2019
Purdue University researchers have developed parallel inner-magnet device to reduce the size and increase the efficiency of moderate- to low-power electric generators, which are used in automobiles, aircraft and microgrids.
Dirty secret: Dry cleaning can be environmental mess, but Purdue graduates are developing faster, cleaner, less expensive method
June 27, 2019
Two Purdue University graduates are developing a device called Presso, a kiosk garment cleaning device that takes only three to seven minutes to clean clothes through a combination of steam, a cleaning liquid and air drying. The kiosk is less expensive than conventional dry cleaning and also more environmentally friendly.
3D body mapping could identify, treat organs, cells damaged from medical conditions
June 27, 2019
A Purdue University team has come up with 3D body mapping technology to help treat organs and cells damaged by cancer and other medical issues
3D body mapping could identify, treat organs, cells damaged from medical conditions
Pesticides found in monarchs’ milkweed near farm fields
June 26, 2019
Purdue University researchers have found evidence near agricultural fields of pesticides on milkweed, a vital source of food for monarch butterfly caterpillars. It raises questions about pesticide roles in the decline of the species.
Rapid cross-resistance bringing cockroaches closer to invincibility
June 25, 2019
A Purdue University study led by Michael Scharf, professor and O.W. Rollins/Orkin Chair in the Department of Entomology, now finds evidence that German cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.) are becoming more difficult to eliminate as they develop cross-resistance to exterminators’ best insecticides.
Rapid cross-resistance bringing cockroaches closer to invincibility
