Past News
Climate study points to western Canada as the route of human migration into North America
October 8, 2018
When and how the first humans reached North America is a complicated puzzle. Scientists believe these people arrived in Alaska after crossing the Bering Strait, only to be stopped by the enormous Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets. The migrants would eventually make their way down to the Americas via one of two paths: the western coast of Canada or an opening between the two ice sheets.
Climate study points to western Canada as the route of human migration into North America
Purdue team receives $2.5 million to develop quantum computing technologies
October 5, 2018
A team of Purdue University researchers, led by Sabre Kais, a professor of chemistry, has received a grant for $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop new quantum technologies and systems.
Purdue team receives $2.5 million to develop quantum computing technologies
Global honor recognizes Purdue innovator for using the human body as a wire to improve health care, neuroscience
October 5, 2018
A Purdue University researcher has combined his wealth of experience in wireless and wireline communication with his longstanding passion for medical sciences, to develop an invention with the potential to improve health care, neuroscience and human-computer interaction.
Nonaddictive drug compound could replace opioids for chronic pain sufferers
October 4, 2018
A new nonaddictive drug compound discovered by Purdue University researchers could lead to the treatment of chronic pain without the need to rely on opioids, just as a bipartisan package of bills moves through the U.S. House and Senate to battle the nation’s opioid epidemic. A compound developed by a research team led by Val Watts, professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology and associate dean for research in Purdue’s College of Pharmacy, shows unparalleled selectivity in inhibiting the adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1), making it a potential target for treating pain and reducing the dependency on opioids for pain management.
Nonaddictive drug compound could replace opioids for chronic pain sufferers
Cancer researchers at Purdue aim to take the ‘accelerator’ off aggressive prostate and other deadly tumors
October 3, 2018
Purdue University researchers are studying ways to make prostate cancer, ranked as the second most common and second most fatal cancer among men by the American Cancer Society, less lethal by making it less aggressive.
New 3D-printed cement paste gets stronger when it cracks — just like structures in nature
October 3, 2018
What if the inherent weaknesses of a material actually made houses and buildings stronger during wildfires and earthquakes? Purdue University researchers have 3D-printed cement paste, a key ingredient of the concrete and mortar used to build various elements of infrastructure, that gets tougher under pressure like the shells of arthropods such as lobsters and beetles. The technique could eventually contribute to more resilient structures during natural disasters.
New 3D-printed cement paste gets stronger when it cracks — just like structures in nature
A life-changing trip: Purdue alum working to reduce deaths from AIDS-related infection after visiting Kenya
October 2, 2018
What Purdue University alumnus Alexander Mills saw during his pharmacy student service-learning project in Kenya changed his career path. Now, he is on a journey to reduce the morbidity from Kaposi Sarcoma, one of AIDS’ most debilitating opportunistic infections.
Better surgery: New glue developed at Purdue could make millions of medical procedures safer, less invasive for patients
September 27, 2018
More than 230 million invasive surgeries are performed worldwide each year – and nearly all of those procedures create additional tissue damage from stitches and staples. Researchers at Purdue University are hoping to significantly decrease that damage with a new surgical adhesive technology.
Maria Sepúlveda receives Purdue Agriculture Research Award
September 27, 2018
Maria (“Marisol”) Sepúlveda, professor of ecology and natural systems and associate head of research for the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been selected to receive Purdue University’s 2018 Agriculture Research Award. The award has been presented annually since 1982 and is the highest honor recognizing research excellence by a faculty member in the College of Agriculture.
Millions of birds die in collisions each year, but lights could change that
September 26, 2018
Millions of birds die each year in collisions with planes, and airports have used everything from fireworks to herding dogs to scare them away. Some methods have been relatively successful, but they’re useless after the plane takes off. Researchers at Purdue University may have just found a solution.
Millions of birds die in collisions each year, but lights could change that
