Purdue University engineers have built a tiny, flexible, implantable sensor that has the speed and precision for tracking a brain chemical known to be elevated in certain brain diseases and after a spinal cord injury.
Abused children often look for discreet ways to seek help, hoping not to make matters worse by aggravating their perpetrator. Recently, text-based crisis communication services have started to provide an outlet for those kids.
“Space pants” and a portable water pump to the space pants are two items being used in a clinical trial led by a Purdue University researcher who is exploring the use of non-surgical and in-home options like heat therapy to help people such as Stephen Scott (right) manage peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Purdue University researchers have developed a process to remove nearly all traces of oil in produced water. The process uses activated charcoal foam and subjects it to solar light to produce heat and purify the water.
Penguin Innovations, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, created a virtual interactive cleanroom to teach future pharmacists and technicians how to properly prepare and handle medications and other products found in pharmacies.
Don’t feel so bad for binge-watching a political drama – it might lead to more civic participation, as long as the show features a female lead character.
A survey of fans of the TV shows “Madam Secretary,” “The Good Wife” and “Scandal” found that viewers who felt most connected to the storyline and characters also reported increased political interest and participation. The findings are published online in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.
Researchers wanted to find alternative lead-free bronze alloys for use in water valves and the plumbing systems for more than 10 million homes in the United States. They made a discovery that may have applications reaching far beyond plumbing.
The conventional method of using advanced metals in manufacturing is high in cost, in part because they tend to be difficult to sculpture. A Purdue University team created a method for applying a designer surface-active agent to the surface of a metal to make it easier to cut and shape the material into parts and pieces.
A new device created by Purdue physicists has experimentally shown quasiparticles interfering for the first time.
Tourette syndrome is inherited, but genetically, it is extremely complex. By analyzing a sample of nearly 5,000 patients with Tourette syndrome and 9,500 controls, the researchers found a genetic variant on chromosome 13 associated with a higher risk for the disease.