Past News
Technology turns smartphones into on-the-spot detectors for foodborne illnesses, other dangerous contaminants
May 15, 2018
Purdue University researchers have developed detection technology that allows a typical smartphone to analyze produce for foodborne pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7, which has been linked to a deadly outbreak in romaine lettuce.
Heat and sound wave interactions in solids could run engines, refrigerators
May 10, 2018
A solid can serve as a medium for heat and sound wave interactions just like a fluid does for thermoacoustic engines and refrigerators – resulting in leak-free machines that can stay operating longer. Leaky systems have limited how engineers design thermoacoustic devices that rely on the interplay between temperature oscillations and sound waves. Researchers at Purdue and the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated for the first time that thermoacoustics could theoretically occur in solids as well as fluids, recently presenting their findings at the 175th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
Heat and sound wave interactions in solids could run engines, refrigerators
Microwaved plastic increases lithium-sulfur battery life span
May 9, 2018
Purdue engineers have figured out a way to tackle plastic landfills while also improving batteries – by putting ink-free plastic soaked in sulfur-containing solvent into a microwave, and then into batteries as a carbon scaffold.
Microwaved plastic increases lithium-sulfur battery life span
Membrane can better treat wastewater, recover valuable resources
May 3, 2018
A membrane made up of block polymers has the customizable and uniform pore sizes needed for filtering or recovering particular substances from wastewater, researchers say in a review published in Nature Partner Journals - Clean Water. Some parts of the world have an increasing need to generate drinkable water from wastewater due to excessive chemical discharge into typical water sources or lack of rainfall. Researchers from Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame believe that a block polymer membrane could not only improve desalination and filtration of wastewater, but could also be used in forthcoming hybrid water treatment processes that simultaneously recover substances for other purposes.
Membrane can better treat wastewater, recover valuable resources
Purdue researchers create a new instrument to rapidly test whether drugs contain trace crystallinity
May 3, 2018
Researchers at Purdue University have created a device that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether new pharmaceutical formulations have trace crystallinity that can negatively impact the drug’s stability and bioavailability. The researchers have developed instrumentation that can accurately detect in early stages whether a pharmaceutical formulation has trace crystalline content. The instrument is based off of triboluminescence and works by measuring light emitted when a pharmaceutical powder is crushed.
Purdue researchers create a new instrument to rapidly test whether drugs contain trace crystallinity
Hand-controlled robotic kit garners top honors at TiE50 Silicon Valley awards program
May 2, 2018
ZeroUI and its smart interaction robotic kit “Ziro” received top honors at the recent TiE50 Silicon Valley awards program that named just 50 companies as ‘most innovative tech startups’ from a pool of more than 7,000 nominees from 28 countries. ZeroUI is recognized for making robotics widely accessible through its plug and play IoT robots and smart interactions. Ziro hand-controlled robotic kit was recognized as next-generation, interactive educational tech products.
Hand-controlled robotic kit garners top honors at TiE50 Silicon Valley awards program
Purdue researchers, backed by Gates Foundation, developing device to enable pregnant women to detect serious health complications
May 2, 2018
Purdue University researchers are developing an app and wearable technology to enable pregnant women to use a smartphone to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a condition that could lead to serious health complications for them or their unborn child. The team, led by Craig Goergen, an assistant professor in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, is developing a low-cost automated early detection sensor of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication caused by high blood pressure that can cause organ damage and premature birth.
Water-repellent surfaces can efficiently boil water, keep electronics cool
April 30, 2018
Surfaces that repel water can support efficient boiling if all air and vapor is removed from a system first, according to research featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Physical Review Letters.
Water-repellent surfaces can efficiently boil water, keep electronics cool
Analysis: Most microplastic harm done at lowest levels of food web
April 30, 2018
Purdue University scientists led a comprehensive analysis of research concerning the effects of microplastics on aquatic life, with the results showing widely different impacts among different types of animals. Strong negative effects were particularly apparent for small animals, such as larval fish and zooplankton, a source of food for many species, suggesting serious potential consequences that could ripple throughout the food web.
Analysis: Most microplastic harm done at lowest levels of food web
Mercury Systems joins consortium at Purdue’s Discovery Park
April 30, 2018
An innovative defense contractor has joined a Purdue University consortium of government, industry and the U.S. defense community working to develop advanced technologies in areas ranging from advanced flight vehicles to microelectronics. Mercury Systems Inc. has become a member of the Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation consortium at Purdue’s Discovery Park. The company, headquartered in Andover, Mass., has facilities across the nation, including its Secure Processing Solutions group at the Purdue Research Park.
