Archive for July 2023
The Big Idea: Living with forever chemicals
PFAS are used in many consumer products, but may have impacts on human health. See how they enter the environment and what you can do about it.
Read MoreEnsuring a World where the Water Flows
Our daily interactions with water are so commonplace we probably give them little thought. We expect it to flow out of the tap — or might wonder if we need an umbrella for the day.
Read MoreRooted in the Land-Grant Mission
The Purdue Student Farm provides opportunities for teaching, research and extension — and cultivates community.
Read MoreMeeting Global Challenges Together
Food. Water. Energy. Three basic needs. But getting these necessities to the right places, at the right times, in the right amounts, without harming people or the environment, is a monumental task.
Read MoreGiant Leaps
Details on Purdue University’s new grants including two new million dollar and two multi-million dollar grants.
Read MoreBringing blue food production to the Midwest
Purdue University has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the production of seafood, also known as blue food.
Read MorePotential for new Parkinson’s disease testing
A team led by researchers at Purdue University and Purdue spin-off company Tymora Analytical Operations has developed technology that may reveal signs of Parkinson’s disease in urine samples.
Read MoreSpeeding up the detection of E. coli
A team led by Bruce Applegate, professor of food science, has developed a new time-saving assay (analysis method) to detect an especially severe strain of E. coli in ground beef.
Read MoreSharing the gift of knowledge
It’s 1986, and the scene opens with J.R. Ewing, the charming but scheming oil tycoon of the television saga “Dallas,” played by Larry Hagman, being chauffeured by jeep through pasture and forest.
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