Author: dhallett

Purdue researchers receive $6 million to improve security for IoT devices

A research team at Purdue University has received a grant for $6 million from the Office of Naval Research, a division of the U.S. Department of the Navy, to improve security of electronic devices in physical environments or industrial control systems.

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New 3D, curved technology provides hope for patients and doctors battling some of the most devastating types of cancer

Purdue University researchers have developed a technique they hope will provide valuable information about the growth of certain cancers and the ability of drugs to fight them. The team created a new way to grow tumors that focuses on cancers of the breast, prostate and pancreas, some of the most aggressive types of the disease.

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Study finds key to plant growth control mechanism

A Purdue University study has mapped a complex series of pathways that control the shape of plant cells. The findings are an important step toward customizing how plants grow to suit particular agronomic needs and improving the
quality of the cotton grown in the United States.

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World’s fastest man-made spinning object could help study quantum mechanics

Researchers have created the fastest man-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics.
At more than 60 billion revolutions per minute, this machine is more than 100,000 times faster than a high-speed dental drill. The findings were published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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New instruments push boundaries for precise measurements in jet engines, gas turbines

A Purdue University-affiliated startup, Petal Solutions LLC, is developing instruments to precisely measure pressure, temperature and other analytics inside the harsh environments of rocket engines and gas turbines.

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Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

A new manufacturing technique uses a low-cost process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for better current flow throughout a metallic circuit.

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Tiny electronic chip provides big boost to treat hundreds of millions with brain and central nervous system disorders

Purdue University researchers have created an electronic chip that may provide improved support for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide the World Health Organization says are affected by neurological disorders.

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Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale ‘Internet of Things’

Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Virginia have developed a new fabrication method that makes tiny, thin-film electronic circuits. These can be cut and pasted onto any object to achieve desired functions.

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New development in 3D super-resolution imaging gives insight on Alzheimer’s disease

Recent studies show that 40 percent of Americans over the age of 85 have Alzheimer’s disease, and that the disease begins 10 to 20 years before people show up at the doctor’s office with memory problems. One major problem with understanding Alzheimer’s is not being able to clearly see why the disease starts. A super-resolution “nanoscope” developed by Purdue University researchers now provides a 3D view of brain molecules with 10 times greater detail. This imaging technique could help reveal how the disease progresses and where new treatments could intervene.

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Early puberty in white adolescent boys increases substance use risk

White adolescent boys experiencing early puberty are at higher risk for substance use than later developing boys, a new Purdue University study finds. 

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