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4 students stand in front of marshall porterfield, all in different space and NASA shirts, one carrying a plastic jug with a white fungus growing over a mycoponics tube inside. Grow tents line the background on each side.

Mushrooms in space: Purdue researchers invent mycoponics to cultivate fungi for Earth, the moon and beyond

Ag Barometer

After 3 months of decline, farmer sentiment rebounds in July

Majid Kazemian in his lab, standing in front of a desk, smiling.

Majid Kazemian named 2026 University Faculty Scholar for research in genomics and molecular immunology

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2026 Hovde Award nominees sought — 05 August 2026

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Each year, Purdue University recognizes a faculty or staff member whose work has strengthened rural communities across...

Haviarova Named as International Society of Wood Science and Technology Fellow — 05 August 2026

Eva Haviarova, professor of wood science, has been named a fellow of the International Society of Wood Science and Technology. The SWST Fellow...

Extension steps up: Where do communities turn after disaster? — 03 August 2026

On Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, a fire started in a chemical company on the outskirts of Newburgh, a city just east of Evansville with a picturesque...

Mayara dos Santos Rocha - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight — 03 August 2026

As a child in Rio de Janeiro, Mayara dos Santos Rocha loved animals so much she figured she’d become a veterinarian. But when it came time...

From playing on the pitch to perfecting it for World Cup athletes — 30 July 2026

It’s a field she knows well, a field she has run up and down countless times. Now she is learning how to care for it through the lens of a...

Grimes Researching Vineyard Sustainability, Biodiversity — 30 July 2026

Sarah Grimes’ work in the Pijanowski lab focuses on how sustainable management practices at vineyards can increase biodiversity, reduce...

Plants employ rare method to produce valuable chemical compound — 29 July 2026

Land plants have spent nearly half a billion years honing a vast array of metabolic skills that help them survive an onslaught of ecological...

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