Past News
Blind 9/11 survivor joins Independence Science to help blind students access science amid pandemic
August 12, 2020
Michael Hingson, a blind internationally acclaimed public speaker, is joining Independence Science – a Purdue University-affiliated company – to inspire blind and low-vision students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professions.
Blind 9/11 survivor joins Independence Science to help blind students access science amid pandemic
NIH grant to help fast-track Neurodon’s Alzheimer’s drug development research
August 11, 2020
A $2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health to Neurodon, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, will help fast-track molecules that could improve memory and reduce Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration.
NIH grant to help fast-track Neurodon’s Alzheimer’s drug development research
Ceiling unit may help clean classroom air during pandemic
August 10, 2020
Energy Harness Corp., which has an office in the Purdue Research Park of Indianapolis, created a device that attaches to ceiling grids and uses UVC light to clean and circulate air.
Purdue scientist identifies new target for wide array of cancers
August 10, 2020
Purdue University’s Zhong-Yin Zhang’s team has discovered a novel “phosphatase cascade” that plays a critical role in pancreas, liver, kidney, lung, breast, prostate, brain and other types of cancers.
Purdue scientist identifies new target for wide array of cancers
Purdue names Songlin Fei Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing
August 10, 2020
Songlin Fei, a forest ecologist in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been named the Dean's Chair of Remote Sensing at Purdue University.
Entomology professor receives USDA grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
July 30, 2020
Brock Harpur, assistant professor of entomology, is the recent co-recipient of a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) CARE grant that will help beekeepers improve the health and productivity of their apiaries.
Entomology professor receives USDA grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
Augmented reality tool shown to help surgeons remotely guide first responders in battlefield-like scenarios
July 27, 2020
A Purdue University-led study is the first to show medics successfully performing surgery in life-like simulations of these war zones by receiving guidance from surgeons through an augmented reality headset. The work is joint with Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering and the Department of Computer Science.
Augmented reality tool shown to help surgeons remotely guide first responders in battlefield-like scenarios
Has life existed beyond Earth? Purdue professor going to great lengths to find out.
July 22, 2020
Briony Horgan, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University, is working to determine whether we are alone in the universe, or if life once existed on other planets such as Mars.
Has life existed beyond Earth? Purdue professor going to great lengths to find out.
'Quantum rainbow' — photons of switching colors allow room-temperature quantum computing
July 20, 2020
Purdue University researchers have developed a quantum computing technique that allows quantum computing to be done at room temperature.
'Quantum rainbow' — photons of switching colors allow room-temperature quantum computing
New explosive materials to bring nontoxic ammunition
July 16, 2020
Purdue University researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, developed two new lead-free materials that function as primary explosives, which are used to ignite powder inside a gun cartridge.
