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May 24 | News
Researchers are edging toward the creation of new optical technologies using "nanostructured metamaterials" capable of ultra-efficient transmission of light, with potential applications including advanced solar cells and quantum computing.
May 23 | News
Gasoline prices this summer could stay relatively steady provided that
an
already-tense Middle East doesn't flare up and nothing else happens to
disrupt
supplies, a Purdue
University economist
says.
May 21 | News
Researchers have shown how to create morphing robotic mechanisms and shape-shifting sculptures from a single sheet of paper in a method reminiscent of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. The new method, called Kaleidogami, uses computational algorithms and tools to create precisely folded structures.
May 15 | News
Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individual patients. The device, which could be several hundred times more sensitive than other biosensors, combines the attributes of two distinctly different types of sensors.
May 15 | News
Researchers have taken a step toward overcoming a key obstacle in commercializing "hyperbolic metamaterials," structures that could bring optical advances including ultrapowerful microscopes, computers, and solar cells. The researchers have shown how to create the metamaterials without the traditional silver or gold previously required.
Apr 25 | News
A team of Purdue
University researchers
will use a $1.6 million federal grant to advance sensor technology and
computer
simulation tools for tracking and improving the performance and
reliability of
"smart" wind turbines and wind farms.
Apr 24 | News
Researchers have created a next-generation zoom function to view and compare portions of complex graphics such as city maps, scientific images, or pages of text. The new tool, PolyZoom, makes it possible to simultaneously magnify many parts of a graphic without losing sight of the original picture.
Apr 23 | News
In
a study from Stanford University and Purdue University, researchers
have shown for the first time that climate change may force the U.S.
corn belt to move north in the next 10 years, escaping devastating heat
waves. In turn, this will bring substantial price swings to the corn
market, adversely affecting industries like food and biofuels.
Apr 18 | News
Engineers
at Purdue University have coated glass fibers with a new thermoelectric
material formed by dipping glass fibers in a solution containing
nanocrystals of lead telluride and then exposing them to heat in a
process called annealing to fuse the crystals together. The resulting
material is far less brittle and more effiicient to produce than
conventional thermoelectrics.
Apr 13 | News
The
725-acre Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette is the largest
university-affiliated incubation complex in the country, and will soon
get larger as Automotive Robotics Proving Labs Inc. plans to open a
nearly 50,000-square-foot engine test facility and create 30 jobs.
