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Purdue, industry partners convene second CHIPS summit in D.C. with top international and national leaders
More than 330 representatives from industry, government and academia gathered in person and online Wednesday (April 17) in Washington, D.C., as Purdue University and an alliance of industry partners hosted the daylong CHIPS for America: Execute for Global Success summit at the Russell Senate Office Building.
Returning rare earth element production to the United States
ReElement Technologies on Thursday (April 18) signed an exclusive license to use patented Purdue University technologies to domestically refine and sell minerals critical in manufacturing modern, high-tech products for commercial and industrial use.
Purdue researchers create biocompatible nanoparticles to enhance systemic delivery of cancer immunotherapy
Purdue University researchers are developing and validating patent-pending poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid), or PLGA, nanoparticles modified with adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, to enhance immunotherapy effects against malignant tumors.
$6.7M in federal grants awarded to develop tech to monitor, treat chronic eye diseases
Research teams led by a faculty member in Purdue University’s College of Engineering will use two grants from the National Eye Institute totaling $6.7 million to further develop specialized smart soft contact lenses that continuously monitor or treat chronic ocular diseases like glaucoma, corneal neovascularization and dry eye syndromes.
Akanocure Pharmaceuticals receives Bayer support to create novel antifungal agents
One of the world’s largest multinational biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations is providing support to an Indiana-based company to help farmers and growers combat crop loss due to fungal infections.
ReElement Technologies uses Purdue tech in rare earth elements production critical to semiconductor manufacturing, other new-age technologies
Many essential products, from smartphones and magnets to electric vehicles, semiconductors and wind turbines, need rare earth metals to perform.
Purdue reputation in space brings better understanding of the stars, planets and everything in between
Purdue University isn’t just the Cradle of Astronauts. Honoring decades of tradition, key discoveries from Purdue space scientists and engineers are advancing knowledge of the universe and missions to the moon or Mars.
