Past News

Full Steam Ahead Podcast Episode 109 – Dog Aging Project Update

July 1, 2021

Well over a year into her involvement with the Dog Aging Project, Purdue University assistant professor Dr. Audrey Ruple is seeing early returns and benefits from the study.

Full Steam Ahead Podcast Episode 109 – Dog Aging Project Update

Soaking up sun: Artificial photosynthesis promises a clean, sustainable source of energy

June 30, 2021

Humans can do lots of things plants can’t do: walk around, talk, hear and see and touch. But plants have one major advantage over humans. They can make energy directly from the sun.

Soaking up sun: Artificial photosynthesis promises a clean, sustainable source of energy

Artificial Photosynthesis Promises a Clean, Sustainable Source of Energy

June 24, 2021

Humans can do lots of things that plants can’t do. We can walk around, we can talk, we can hear and see and touch. But plants have one major advantage over humans: They can make energy directly from the sun.

Artificial Photosynthesis Promises a Clean, Sustainable Source of Energy

97 cases of COVID-19 Delta strain have been found in Indiana. Are new variants a concern?

June 21, 2021

The future of the pandemic may rest with the variants of the coronavirus. If the virus gets wily and mutates into a variant that has the wherewithal to outwit the vaccine, we’re looking at 2020 all over again. But if enough people get vaccinated so the virus has less opportunity to spread and therefore less chance to mutate, life will likely continue on its slow slide toward normalcy.

97 cases of COVID-19 Delta strain have been found in Indiana. Are new variants a concern?

Behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder challenged by COVID effects on family income, food insecurity

June 18, 2021

Key research finding: Routine and structure are often essential in the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, those key elements were upended in most parts of their lives.

Behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder challenged by COVID effects on family income, food insecurity

Indiana Fund’s Commercialization Award Supports Promising Technology Based on Work of PVM Faculty Member Riyi Shi

June 18, 2021

Technology related to the research of Purdue Veterinary Medicine neuroscientist Riyi Shi has received major new support as a means of providing new options for patients with neurological disease and pain.

Indiana Fund’s Commercialization Award Supports Promising Technology Based on Work of PVM Faculty Member Riyi Shi

Purdue researchers develop biosensor for use during surgery

June 18, 2021

Surgeons may soon be able to identify critical regions in tissues and organs during surgery using a biosensor recently developed at Purdue University.

Purdue researchers develop biosensor for use during surgery

LANL: New Thin Biosensors Could Make Surgery Safer

June 18, 2021

A research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Purdue University have developed bio-inks for biosensors that could help localize critical regions in tissues and organs during surgical operations.

LANL: New Thin Biosensors Could Make Surgery Safer

LANL: Thin, Stretchable Biosensors Could Make Surgery Safer

June 18, 2021

A research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Purdue University have developed bio-inks for biosensors that could help localize critical regions in tissues and organs during surgical operations.

LANL: Thin, Stretchable Biosensors Could Make Surgery Safer

3 “BRIGHT” MINUTES: Solar energy without solar cells

June 17, 2021

The sun doesn’t just keep us warm and help us find our way during the day. Enough sunlight hits the Earth in one hour to meet the human world’s energy needs for an entire year.

3 “BRIGHT” MINUTES: Solar energy without solar cells