To better detect pathogens that are difficult to distinguish, sensors in diagnostic tools need to manipulate light on a nanoscale. But there isn’t a good way to manufacture these light manipulation devices without damaging the sensors. Purdue University engineers have a solution: Stickers.
Purdue University researchers have made new advancements in a manufacturing process they developed that creates super-small channels to repel water and improve medical, electronic and other devices.
For the first time in cancer research, scientists can create tumor models that can closely mimic the tumors found in the body.
Purdue aerospace engineer Alexey Shashurin assisted in the development of the Canady Helios Cold Plasma System and Scalpel. Cold atmospheric plasma technology, currently the only way to remove microscopic cancer tumors remaining from surgery, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for first-ever use in a clinical trial.
A device from Purdue University researchers may light a new way for next-generation electronic devices, energy storage and smart homes
Current antibiotics kill bacteria indiscriminately, including the helpful bacteria in our intestines that help us digest our food, causing digestive distress, and even worse outcomes.
Now a protein discovered in Legionella pneumophila (left) shows how the bacterium infects cells in the body, and may provide a path for new antibiotics that only affect virulent bacteria.
The field of topology or the study of how surfaces behave in different dimensions has profoundly influenced the current understanding of matter. The prime example is the topological insulator, which conducts electricity only on the surface while being completely insulating inside the bulk.
Now electrical and computer engineering researchers have proposed for the first time that this same electronic conductivity influences the topological properties of light inside atomic matter.
Ultrasound techniques offer new options, advanced images for doctors, patients
Purdue’s Haley Oliver will lead the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL) in partnership with Cornell University. The lab, funded by $10 million from USAID, will focus on developing programs to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cambodia
Invasive insects and pathogens have wreaked havoc on ash, elm, chestnut trees and others, wiping some of them almost completely from American forests. In addition to the ecological impact, a Purdue University study shows that the carbon storage lost to these pests each year is the same as the amount of carbon emitted by 5 million vehicles.