WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Humans can do lots of things that plants can’t do. We can walk around, we can talk, we can hear and see and touch. But plants have one major advantage over humans.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The virus that causes COVID-19, which scientists refer to as SARS-CoV-2, likely does not integrate its genetic material into the genes of humans, according to a study pu…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Brandi Wren was studying social distancing and infections before masking tape marks appeared on the grocery store floor and plastic barriers went up in the post office.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A chemist from Purdue University has found a way to synthesize a compound to fight a previously “undruggable” cancer protein with benefits across a myriad of cancer types.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Bed bugs tuck themselves away into dark, unseen spaces and multiply rapidly, making them difficult to control.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named Purdue University as the new host of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC). Beth Hall, Indiana stat…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they’ll need a refrigerator.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New insights into the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infections could bring better treatments for COVID-19 cases.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete is not glamorous. It is the workhorse of building materials: versatile, durable, and almost universally ubiquitous, with 30 billion tons of concrete produced ev…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Briony Horgan raised her arms in triumph as the Mars rover Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, a symbolic declaration of mission success.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University innovators have developed highly potent and selective compounds for use in the treatment of tuberculosis, which is one of the top 10 causes of death wo…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The creation of genes with new functions is a major driver of developmental innovation in all living organisms. How these genes acquire new functions over evolutionary t…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The same technology that helps treat traumatic brain injuries in athletes and soldiers may one day help doctors determine the effectiveness of vaccines on patients.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University-affiliated startup is advancing the development of antiviral therapeutics in the fight against COVID-19 and other viral diseases.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out, some Hoosiers are still hesitant about getting their shots.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Veterinary Hospital works with many patients across species. None are more unusual perhaps than Joker, an 8-year-old silver-phased red fox undergoi…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Deepfake videos of actor Tom Cruise on Tik Tok can create some confused fans. A deepfake video of a drug company CEO announcing COVID-19 vaccine failures, however, could…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nearly 7,000 kidneys per year in the U.S. are either recovered for transplant and later discarded, or not recovered at all.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Meteorological spring is here, with predictions by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) covering March, April and May.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For thousands of years, humans have altered — often negatively and inadvertently —microbial communities in a quest to improve agricultural crops.
WEST LAFAYETTE — New technology from Purdue University innovators may help improve tissue restoration outcomes for people with breast cancer and other diseases or traumatic injuries.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When quantum computers become more powerful and widespread, they will need a robust quantum internet to communicate.
WEST LAFAYETTE — Frozen water is hiding beneath the dust-covered surface of Mars, and scientist Ali Bramson wants to find it.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Innovators at Purdue’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) have used their expertise to make the on-campus testing facility one of the only labs in Indiana activ…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new tool using an artificial intelligence platform may help doctors better prepare patients for surgery.
