Past News
Mars may provide our best glimpse into Earth’s beginnings. Meet the Purdue researcher exploring the Red Planet
September 26, 2018
Briony Horgan, a professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences and scientist on NASA’s Curiosity and 2020 Mars rover missions, searches Mars for clues about its early history, and ours.
The future is now: Purdue Quantum Center projects picked for NSF initiative
September 25, 2018
Quantum research at Purdue University is taking great leaps studying the smallest of particles with Monday’s (Sept. 24) announcement of two projects picked for the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Leap Initiative. The projects were two of only 25 picked by the NSF for the new initiative, which will use quantum mechanics to observe, manipulate and control the behavior of particles and energy at atomic and subatomic scales, resulting in next-generation technologies.
The future is now: Purdue Quantum Center projects picked for NSF initiative
Super cheap earth element to advance new battery tech to the industryv
September 19, 2018
Worldwide efforts to make sodium-ion batteries just as functional as lithium-ion batteries have long since controlled sodium’s tendency to explode, but not yet resolved how to prevent sodium-ions from “getting lost” during the first few times a battery charges and discharges. Now, Purdue University researchers made a sodium powder version that fixes this problem and holds a charge properly.
Super cheap earth element to advance new battery tech to the industryv
Simulations of every woman's breast tissue address delay on enhanced MRI cancer detection
September 19, 2018
Purdue University researchers have simulated how over 20 different breast tissue ratios respond to heat given off by MRIs at higher field strengths than available in hospitals today. The simulations would allow cutting-edge MRI techniques to finally show that they meet safety limits, as defined by entities like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and start clinical trials for real-life use.
Simulations of every woman's breast tissue address delay on enhanced MRI cancer detection
Standing on their own: Purdue body support device helps people learn to walk again after a stroke, trauma
September 18, 2018
A Purdue University researcher with a passion to use engineering technology to improve health care has created a weight support system to help people suffering from walking disabilities after a stroke. The Purdue team created an alternative to traditional gait rehabilitation training, an important part of retraining the legs for proper walking after a stroke or trauma.
Bad fat to good fat: Purdue-based startup developing technology aimed at helping treat obesity, diabetes
September 13, 2018
Imagine being able to turn bad fat into good fat inside your own body without exercising, but rather a simple injection. That’s the goal of technology from a Purdue University-based startup.
Astronomers witness birth of new star from stellar explosion
September 12, 2018
The explosions of supernovae can be so bright they outshine their host galaxies. They take months or years to fade away, and sometimes, the gaseous remains of the explosion slam into hydrogen-rich gas and temporarily get bright again – but could they remain luminous without any outside interference?
Astronomers witness birth of new star from stellar explosion
Purdue’s Ideas Festival to feature legacy, promise in cancer research during Biden initiative summit
September 12, 2018
Purdue University research experts will discuss their giant leaps in cancer research, including early detection and response to treatments, at the Purdue event of the Sept. 21 Biden Cancer Community Summit. This is a nationwide initiative in which campuses, hospitals and community organizers host events on the same day to show the progress they are making in cancer research.
Purdue’s Ideas Festival to feature legacy, promise in cancer research during Biden initiative summit
An online tool to save your life? Purdue develops platform to help survive hurricanes, natural disasters
September 12, 2018
Just a few minutes of warning during a natural disaster can mean the difference between life and death. Imagine being stuck underneath rubble after a hurricane slams landward, knocking out the emergency phone lines. What if social media could save your life? What if an online platform gave you a more accurate, detailed route of a hurricane?
Robots and drones making their own decisions? That’s the goal for Purdue-based AI research
September 11, 2018
What if a parent could feel safe allowing a drone to walk their child to the bus stop? Could robots work without human intervention? New research at Purdue’s Center for Brain-inspired Computing Enabling Autonomous Intelligence, or C-BRIC, could direct drones and other robotic devices and machines to do even more through advanced artificial intelligence.
Robots and drones making their own decisions? That’s the goal for Purdue-based AI research
