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February 4, 2020

Purdue to develop world’s first Mach 8 quiet wind tunnel

Purdue University has been awarded a $5.9 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop the first quiet Mach 8 wind tunnel in the world, further solidifying the state of Indiana’s major role in one of the U.S. Department of Defense’s top technological priorities – the development of hypersonics systems.

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February 4, 2020

What the brain really thinks about forever chemicals

The human-made chemicals that make our kitchen pans stick-free, our athletic wear water-repellent and firefighting chemicals more efficient do their jobs incredibly well, but it’s at the expense of lingering in the body and environment for what is believed to be forever.

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January 31, 2020

Purdue Ag-celerator invests $100,000 in two plant science startups

Recipients of Purdue AG-celerator fall investments are VinSense, a company assisting in wine grape agriculture through Purdue-patented technology, and Karysoft, a genomics data analytics
company empowering biologists for rapid data mining through just a few clicks proprietary
platform to accelerate innovations.

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