April 29, 2025
It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost through a night-vision camera. From a nearby speaker comes a long, rattling trill.
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
April 29, 2025
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found that the fringe-lipped bat, known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to find its prey, learns to distinguish between palatable and unpalatable frogs and toads through experience.
Palatable versus poisonous: Eavesdropping bats must learn to identify which prey is safe to eat
April 29, 2025
It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost through a night-vision camera. From a nearby speaker comes a long, rattling trill.
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
April 25, 2025
Much has changed at Purdue’s Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE) over its 75 years, but one thing hasn’t: the opportunity for students to get hands-on experience. Students have participated in farm management and maintenance, and as the research conducted has evolved, they’ve also worked on projects from plant breeding and soil fertility to precision agriculture and hydrological experiments.
April 23, 2025
Publisher Correction: Drug-resistant epilepsy associated with peripheral complement decreases and sex-specific cytokine imbalances: a pilot study
Publisher Correction: Drug-resistant epilepsy associated with peripheral complement decreases and sex-specific cytokine imbalances: a pilot study
April 23, 2025
Purdue University scientists have identified the Supinoxin small-molecule drug as a possible new therapy for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Breast cancer drug Supinoxin shows potential for small-cell lung cancer in new tests
April 23, 2025
Stem Cells in Neurotoxicology, Volume Twelve in the Advances in Neurotoxicology series, presents interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this new release include Brain organoids as a translational model of human developmental neurotoxicity, Self-organizing human neuronal cultures in the modeling of environmental impacts on learning and intelligence, Utilization of human stem cell/neural progenitor tests to examine neurotoxic impacts on differentiation, Characterization of neuronal and other cellular sub-types in human stem cell cortical neuron differentiations, Utility of human stem cell models to study persistent neurotoxicity, and Utility of human stem cell models to study chronic neurotoxicity.
April 23, 2025
Aaron Bowman, professor of toxicology and dean of Purdue’s College of Health and Human Sciences, and his published book “Stem Cells in Neurotoxicology.”
April 22, 2025
This year, three Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences faculty members were awarded grants from the Agricultural Science and Extension for Economic Development (AgSEED) program. Awarded by the College of Agriculture, these grants focus on advancing Indiana’s leadership in plant and animal agriculture and rural development.
College of Health and Human Sciences AgSEED-funded projects 2025
April 14, 2025
Raman spectroscopy is an analytical method capable of detecting various microorganisms and small particles. Here, we used 25–1000 nm polystyrene particles in aqueous suspensions, which are comparable in size to viral particles and viral aggregates, to determine the limit of detection (LOD) of a confocal Raman microscope. We collected Raman spectra using a 785 nm wavelength laser with a power of 300 mW and a 10 s exposure time with a 5× objective lens.
Limit of Detection of Raman Spectroscopy Using Polystyrene Particles from 25 to 1000 nm in Aqueous Suspensions
