Past News
Silk fibers could be high-tech ‘natural metamaterials’
January 31, 2018
New research has demonstrated how the nano-architecture of a silkworm’s fiber causes “Anderson localization of light,” a discovery that could lead to various innovations and a better understanding of light transport and heat transfer.
New research yields super-strong aluminum alloy
January 25, 2018
Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications.
Purdue research hub to transform freeze-drying process used to make lifesaving drugs, preserve food
January 18, 2018
A consortium of Purdue University researchers, industry members from pharmaceutical and food processing sectors, as well as equipment makers and others, are working together at the Advanced Lyophilization Technology Hub, or LyoHub, at Purdue to modernize a process that has not changed fundamentally in 70 years even though it has a worldwide annual market of about $16 billion. The freeze-drying process, formally known as lyophilization, is used to make everything from lifesaving drugs and biotech products to foods.
Purdue research hub to transform freeze-drying process used to make lifesaving drugs, preserve food
Purdue part of national research contract for hypersonic vehicles
January 18, 2018
Purdue University is part of a team led by the University of Dayton Research Institute, funded with a $9.8 million, three-year contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory, for research and development in materials and structures for reusable hypersonic vehicles. Hypersonic vehicles, which travel at speeds faster than five times the speed of sound, experience significant thermal and aerodynamic loads, said Steven P. Schneider, a professor in Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Purdue part of national research contract for hypersonic vehicles
New C-BRIC center will tackle brain-inspired computing
January 17, 2018
Purdue University will lead a new national center to develop brain-inspired computing for intelligent autonomous systems such as drones and personal robots capable of operating without human intervention. The Center for Brain-inspired Computing Enabling Autonomous Intelligence, or C-BRIC, is a five-year project
A popular tool for drug discovery just got 10 times faster
January 17, 2018
Researchers at Purdue University just made high throughput screening, a process often used in drug discovery, 10 times faster than previous methods.
Study reveals secrets of ‘fluid-like’ heat flow in solid semiconductor at nanoscale; findings important for design of new devices
January 17, 2018
Purdue University researchers have visualized temperature changes produced by ultra-small heat sources, gold strips formed on top of the semiconductor indium gallium arsenide. The work has potential implications for the design of high-speed transistors and lasers. This image (a) depicts the device structure and experimental setup, an optical image (b) of the fabricated device and (c) an experimental thermal image.
Study: Hormone keys plant growth or stress tolerance, but not both
January 16, 2018
Plants that grow well tend to be sensitive to heat and drought, and plants that can handle those stresses often have stunted growth. A Purdue University plant scientist has found the switch that creates that antagonism, opening opportunities to develop plants that exhibit both characteristics.
Study: Hormone keys plant growth or stress tolerance, but not both
Fast-moving electrons create current in organic solar cells
January 12, 2018
Researchers at Purdue University have identified the mechanism that allows organic solar cells to create a charge, solving a longstanding puzzle in physics.
Study uncovers distinctions in major crop genome evolutions
January 10, 2018
Damon Lisch, associate professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, and Jianxin Ma, professor in the Department of Agronomy, studied tthe ways in which genomes duplicate - creating multiple copies of genes - and how those genomes change over time.
