May 21, 2020
Chip for biomolecule detection may help in COVID-19 testing
A Purdue University patented method for single biomolecule detection that overcomes limitations of current technologies may help in the fight against COVID-19.
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May 21, 2020
Patented technology designed to stop tiny errors from crashing large health care, supply chain systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced public health, supply chain, transportation, government, economic and many other entities to interact in real time. One of the challenges in large systems interacting in this way is that even tiny errors in one system can cause devastating effects across the entire system chain. Now, Purdue University innovators have come up with a possible solution: A set of patented algorithms that predict, identify, diagnose and prevent abnormalities in large and complex systems.
Read MoreMay 20, 2020
Purdue Ag-Celerator invests $100,000 in plant, leaf scanning technology startup
Leaf Spec Ag Technologies took first place in the Spring 2020 Demo Day, which was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The startup’s technologies provide a digital lab solution for growers to identify in real time the nutrient and chemical compositions of plants.
The technologies were developed in the lab of Jian Jin, a Purdue assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering.
Read MoreMay 19, 2020
Enabling highways and bridges to prevent their own damage
Luna Lu is investigating unique ways to build artificial intelligence into concrete-paved bridges and highways, enabling them to prevent and repair their own damage.
Read MoreMay 13, 2020
Purdue-developed nanomaterial significantly enhances potential COVID-19 therapeutic
Pure niclosamide (left) clouds a solution, and the crystalline structure of the drug prevents absorption. OHPP-developed niclosamide (right), created by Purdue’s Yuan Yao, is over 5,000 times more soluble. Solubility could be key to niclosamide being an effective drug against the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreMay 12, 2020
Can renewable energy really replace fossil fuels?
A Purdue University scientist is studying the role of plants in renewable energy sources. Maureen McCann, a professor of biological sciences, is studying a wide range of plants from poplar trees to zinnias.
Read MoreMay 12, 2020
Bindley Bioscience Center collaborates with Bangalore-based company on COVID-19 research
Bindley Bioscience Center in Purdue University’s Discovery Park has signed an agreement with Eyestem Research Private Limited, Bangalore, India, to develop cellular platforms for COVID-19 research.
Under the agreement, Purdue investigators will use Eyestem’s human lung epithelial cell culture system provided as part of the company’s anti-COVID screening (ACS) platform to understand the molecular and pathological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a view to establishing a rational basis for testing potential drugs being developed at Purdue in vitro.
Read MoreMay 11, 2020
Slivers of land could power cheaper, greener nitrogen fertilizers
Purdue University scientists, led by Nick Carpita, a professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, believe farmers could raise enough bioenergy crops to make nitrogen-based fertilizers more cheaply and reduce the reach of those fertilizers into nearby waterways.
Read MoreMay 8, 2020
2020 Morrill Award winners announced
Jay Akridge, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, has announced Purdue’s Morrill Award winners for 2020.
Read MoreMay 7, 2020
Artificial intelligence is energy-hungry. New hardware could curb its appetite.
Researchers have developed new hardware for artificial intelligence.
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