October 19, 2022
To help prevent infections caused by orthopedic implants, Purdue University researchers developed a laser-assisted surface modification process that may improve the efficacy of the implanted device.
Laser Surface Modification Shields Implanted Ortho Devices from Causing Infection
October 19, 2022
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded $9.3 million in support of two five-year research projects from researchers in the UNC Lineberger Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence (PCCE) in partnership with other institutions as part of the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Stromal Reprogramming Consortium (PSRC). The PSRC focuses on identifying, integrating and mechanistically evaluating additional tumor microenvironment elements that drive pancreatic cancer progression and response to therapy.
Pancreatic cancer researchers receive large grant from National Cancer Institute
October 19, 2022
Director of the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL) and Professor at Purdue University, Haley Oliver, held a meeting with Vice Chancellor of Agricultural and Forestry University (AFU) along with the project team and University research leaders on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting was to facilitate the recent ongoing project in Nepal. The Project is entitled ‘Drivers of safer food production and consumption in Nepal: Understanding the adoption of food safety practices and consumer consciousness in fresh produce’.
October 17, 2022
Rescue Biomedical, an opioid overdose treatment company in connection with Purdue, recently received a $2.82 million grant that will be provided over four years.
Rescue Biomedical receives $2.82M grant to develop opioid overdose detection
October 16, 2022
According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, glaucoma affects more than 80 million people worldwide and can steal a person’s vision without any preventive early warning signs. Now, a new set of smart contact lenses developed by Chi Hwan Lee, the Leslie A. Geddes Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, may be able to stop the disease in its tracks, according to a statement published by the institution earlier this month.
October 15, 2022
How life first developed on our planet has long been a conundrum for Earth's greatest scientists, but an American university now believes they might have solved the mystery. In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Purdue University researchers found that tiny water droplets in ocean spray, under certain conditions like hitting a cliff or rock, briefly develop chains of amino acids known as peptides - one of the crucial chemical building blocks for life. These droplets are roughly one micron in size, or 1/70th the thickness of a human hair, and turn from inert water to a possible life-giving mixture for milliseconds as the water droplet meets the atmosphere and its chemical equilibrium shifts, briefly creating peptides on the water's surface as it meets the air.
Scientists think they've cracked life's mysterious origin on Earth four billion years ago
October 15, 2022
A patent-pending process developed by Purdue University engineers could improve the quality of life for the more than 6 million people who undergo orthopedic and trauma surgery annually, according to a paper published in Langmuir. Infection is a major complication when rods, plates, screws and other devices are embedded into people during procedures like joint replacement surgery and spinal fusion surgery. Most infections occur because the devices' titanium implant surfaces have poor antibacterial and osteoinductive properties; osteoinduction is the process that prompts bone formation. Rahim Rahimi, a Purdue University assistant professor in the School of Materials Engineering, has created a process that immobilizes silver onto the implant surfaces of titanium orthopedic devices to improve antibacterial properties and cellular integration. The process can be implemented onto many currently utilized metal implant surfaces.
October 14, 2022
Keeping potholes at bay Lu says potholes aren’t just a pain — they are an expensive, dangerous pain. “This is a very big problem, because of the economic and also from the safety standpoint,” she said. Lu cites data showing that the cost of repairing potholes in the U.S. can range anywhere from $2.5-3 billion per year. “What that translates to is about $600 per driver per year just to repair the damage caused by the potholes,” Lu said. Then there are the costs drivers have to pay for damage to their cars, or worst-case scenario, hospital bills. Potholes are also a financial burden for cities. This year, San Diego is paying out more than $300,000 for two lawsuits related to potholes. Detroit is facing a $10 million lawsuit from a man who hit a pothole on a rental scooter, resulting in a traumatic brain injury and concussion. Meanwhile, in New York City, an audit a few years ago found that over six years, the city paid $138 million to settle its pothole-related lawsuits. All of which means it’s in everyone’s best interest to repair — or better yet, prevent — potholes as much as possible.
October 14, 2022
MSE Professors, Rahim Rahimi, and Jeffrey Youngblood are among eight Purdue faculty to receive a share of $470,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund and Proof of Concept Fund to make their work more attractive for commercial use.
October 11, 2022
New ocular technology is helping to monitor glaucoma in patients.
