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Light shaken and stirred to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects
July 15, 2020
New technology uses acoustics to better control a pulse of laser light split into a frequency comb, potentially helping lidar to achieve detection of nearby high-speed objects
Light shaken and stirred to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects
How will climate change affect energy use in cities?
July 14, 2020
Roshanak “Roshi” Nateghi, a Purdue professor of industrial engineering, and her students are developing predictive models to estimate the impact climate change could have on electricity and water use.
Purdue team gets $1 million to develop rapid sensor technology for cattle disease
July 14, 2020
Purdue University researchers, led by Mohit Verma, an assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, are developing technology to reduce Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) diagnosis time to about 30 minutes.
Purdue team gets $1 million to develop rapid sensor technology for cattle disease
Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants
July 9, 2020
The College of Agriculture accounted for more than a third of Purdue researchers who asked for access and support to continue critical research when facilities closed this spring.
Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants
New treatment approach uses killer cells to treat deadly brain tumors
July 8, 2020
A Purdue University cancer innovator and his team have developed a promising new approach to treating glioblastomas using a type of immune cell called the natural killer (NK) cell.
New treatment approach uses killer cells to treat deadly brain tumors
Not just a reflex: Swallowing is complicated, but this researcher is making it easier
July 8, 2020
For some people, being able to safely swallow means the difference between life and death. Georgia Malandraki, associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences at Purdue University, is uncovering the relationship between the brain and swallowing to develop treatments for children and adults who have difficulty swallowing
Not just a reflex: Swallowing is complicated, but this researcher is making it easier
Bubbling methane emissions caused by ice-free days in Arctic lakes
July 6, 2020
The length of time Arctic lakes are ice-covered is decreasing, and this is allowing methane to bubble into the atmosphere.
Bubbling methane emissions caused by ice-free days in Arctic lakes
Protective antibodies identified for rare, polio-like disease in children
July 6, 2020
Antibodies for the enterovirus 68 respiratory virus that can cause a rare polio-like disease that causes paralysis in children have been identified by a team of researchers at Purdue University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Wisconsin.
Protective antibodies identified for rare, polio-like disease in children
Purdue ranks 13th worldwide among universities granted U.S. utility patents
June 25, 2020
Purdue University ranks 13th globally for receiving U.S. utility patents during the 2019 calendar year in a report published annually by the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Purdue ranks 13th worldwide among universities granted U.S. utility patents
New approach to extend shelf life for N95 mask
June 23, 2020
A Purdue University team has come up with an approach to extend the shelf life for an N95 mask, which is one of the pieces of personal protective equipment being used by health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
