Past News
Is your furniture putting you at risk for cancer? Underwater glue could provide safer, sustainable solution for $100 billion industries
September 10, 2018
Purdue University researchers have developed a unique, toxin-free adhesive system developed from underwater creatures. They hope it will make plywood, cardboard boxes and other packaging – combined $100 billion industries – both safer and easier to use.
Purdue develops ‘augmented reality’ tools to help health care workers save lives in war zones, natural disasters, rural areas
September 5, 2018
Purdue University researchers have developed a unique approach using augmented reality tools to help less-experienced surgeons and physicians in war zones, natural disasters and in rural areas perform complicated procedures.
Physics model acts as an 'EKG' for solar panel health
September 5, 2018
Companies and governments have regularly invested in solar farms and lost money when weather degradation unexpectedly cut panel lifetime short. Purdue researchers created an algorithm using the physics of panel degradation that can analyze solar farm data from anywhere, essentially as a portable EKG for solar farms.
Medicine for goose might not be best for gander; Purdue-affiliated startup creates printer that makes customized medicines for pets
September 4, 2018
A startup is using Purdue University-patented technology to produce precise, customized medicine for pets. Pinpoint Pharma is a precision compounding pharmacy for veterinarians, ensuring that the medicine tailored to each individual animal’s needs is easier for pet owners to give and for pets to take, which optimizes clinical outcomes.
Improving the quality of medical imaging and improving diagnostics are at the heart of Bentz' work
August 29, 2018
Purdue University researchers have devised a way to use 3D printers to ensure that medical imaging techniques offer offer the best performance. The researchers developed a method to use 3D printers to create optical phantoms, which are objects that are scanned or imaged to evaluate, analyze and tune the performance of imaging devices. The phantoms could be adapted for many imaging techniques.
Improving the quality of medical imaging and improving diagnostics are at the heart of Bentz' work
Purdue researchers developing novel biomedical imaging system combining optical, ultrasound technology
August 28, 2018
Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that combines optical and ultrasound technology to improve diagnosis of life-threatening diseases.
"Virtual Surgery" shows surgeons how wounds will heal
August 25, 2018
Human skin, like any other material, obeys the laws of physics -- which means its mechanics can be predicted in computer simulations. Now a Purdue team is bringing this technology to reconstructive surgeries. Using smartphone photos and computer analysis, surgeons can now predict how specific wounds and scars will heal.
Technology allowing different concentrations of drugs and chemicals on various parts of same tissue shows promise
August 23, 2018
A new technology developed by Purdue University researchers allows different concentrations of a drug or a chemical to be targeted at different areas of the same cancerous tissue in the laboratory. The discovery may help the more than 1.7 million people the National Cancer Institute predicts will be diagnosed with the deadly disease this year in the United States.
New type 1 diabetes therapy shows promise for long-term reversal in both humans, dogs
August 21, 2018
No more pumps? No more daily insulin shots? A collagen formulation mixed with pancreatic cells, developed by Purdue University researchers in collaboration with the Indiana University School of Medicine, is the first minimally invasive therapy to successfully reverse Type 1 diabetes within 24 hours and maintain insulin independence for at least 90 days, a pre-clinical animal study shows.
New type 1 diabetes therapy shows promise for long-term reversal in both humans, dogs
Purdue-affiliated company develops way to predict chemical processes to help agribusinesses, cosmetic, fuel and food industries
August 21, 2018
A Purdue University-affiliated company, QUAIL Modeling LLC, an acronym for Quantum Applications In Liquids, is developing a method to accurately and efficiently predict chemical reactions in liquid solutions, which would help agribusinesses, fuel companies, food makers, cosmetic industry and many other businesses.
