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Personalized medicine may have just been brought one step closer to reality, thanks to the development of a new, ultra-sensitive biosensor. Researchers at the Purdue University, in the United States, say that the device could also be used to detect the earliest stages of cancer.
According to its developers, the bio... |
15 May 2012
10:22 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted at Purdue University, it would appear that a compound found in grapes, red wine, and a number of other fruits, is very effective at blocking the formation of new fat cells.
The group behind the research says that the compound – which is very similar in str... |
5 April 2012
05:10 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that a super-Earth located in the Gliese 581 star system is incapable of spreading life on the other worlds. Simulations indicate that material exchange between the worlds in this system is scarce, and unfavorable to spreading life.
The extras... |
23 March 2012
06:12 GMT |
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The protein DJ-1 may not ring any bells in most people, but neuroscientists know it as one of the most important molecules involved in the defense mechanisms protecting our brains from disease. A subtle mutation in this protein has recently been demonstrated to promote the development of Parkinson's.
In a recen... |
22 February 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Individuals who are ignored in conversations feel hurt regardless of whether they'd like to admit it or not. What's interesting for me here is that the same things appears to happen even if those who are ignored do not know the people they're engaging in a conversation with.
Therefore, the main conclu... |
27 January 2012
09:53 GMT |
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Microtweezers are devices that can be used to handle extremely small objects or structures. In a new development, experts create an advanced version of this instrument, one that can be used for a variety of applications, including manipulating live stem cells, creating advanced sensors and so on.
But the most impor... |
18 January 2012
05:20 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Purdue University announce the development of specialized arrays capable of controlling light. The instruments can manipulate photons in very specific ways, potentially enabling a new generation of computers, microscopes and telecommunications devices.
The arrays are made up of ver... |
27 December 2011
04:34 GMT |
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Doctors could soon have access to an improved understanding of biological process, thanks to technologies being created to measure the mechanical properties of living cells. This branch of mechanics has been studied only marginally thus far, but that will soon change.
Biologists have largely ignored the role that c... |
22 November 2011
06:52 GMT |
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Stacking DNA and carbon nanotubes onto a biosensor electrode could lead to the development of more advanced, high-precision devices capable of accurately measuring indicators left behind in the human body by conditions such as diabetes.
The team of investigators – which is based at the Purdue University &ndas... |
15 November 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Bus and truck fleets are considerable sources of pollution, if we think about the amount of CO2 they spread into the atmosphere. Purdue University thinks it is able to improve the efficiency of these vehicles and has taken this matter into its own hands, by starting a five-year trial which has as a main goal a 50 per... |
10 November 2011
03:19 GMT |
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Researchers at Purdue University announce that a species of insects called odorous house ants has arrived on Hawaii, after being a pest in the contiguous United States for many years. Etomologist Grzegorz Buczkowski says that the insects are unlikely to depart their new home any time soon.
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2 November 2011
04:21 GMT |
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A week from now, on November 8, the aircraft carrier-sized asteroid 2005 YU55 will zip past Earth at a safe distance. But Purdue University researchers recently conducted a study seeking to determine what would happen if this space rock were to strike our planet, and the results are not encouraging.
The primary res... |
1 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
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According to a group of experts led by the director of the Purdue University Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Michael Ladisch, it would appear that separating corn into its various components could be an easy way to boost the efficiency of ethanol conversion processes.
The plant is heavily used for the... |
25 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Purdue University, led by expert Evgenii Narimanov, announces the development of a new type of metamaterial that is capable of absorbing much more light than any competitor on the market today. To a casual observer, the material appears extremely black.
The most potent black dyes c... |
29 September 2011
20:31 GMT |
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A new water disinfection technique developed by experts in the United States could be used to quench the thirst of more than 800 million people around the planet, who currently do not have access to clean water sources. The method was developed at the Purdue University, in Indiana.
The prototype water-disinfection... |
29 September 2011
03:43 GMT |
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Many products that contain vitamin C also contain chemicals called anti-caking agents, whose sole mission is to prevent the degradation of the precious vitamin. A new study by researchers at the Purdue University demonstrates that these agents in fact destroy the very thing they were meant to protect.
Experts lear... |
29 September 2011
03:31 GMT |
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A patent application is currently pending for a new type of computer memory that could put older RAM (random-access memory) to shame. The novel technology is expected to be considerably faster and less energy-demanding than its predecessor.
Called ferroelectric transistor random access memory (FeTRAM), the new dev... |
28 September 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Scientists at the Purdue University announce the development of graphene inverters that work at room temperature, a considerable improvement from the past generation of such materials. The latter needed temperature as low as minus 196 degrees Celsius (minus 320ºFahrenheit) to operate.
An inverter is a critic... |
7 September 2011
16:21 GMT |
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A team of scientists at the Purdue University is currently developing new technologies for use in microfluidic devices, and other similar instruments. The methods they are developing can be used to handle fluids and other tiny particles very efficiently.Researchers are focusing their work on handling DNA, viruses and... |
6 July 2011
03:18 GMT |
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A team of experts at the Purdue University announces the development of a new medical imaging technology, that could be used to diagnose cardiovascular conditions, as well as other diseases. The method works rather simply, by exposing molecules of interest to very fast-pulsing laser light, and then measuring the ultr... |
10 June 2011
03:32 GMT |
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For the first time ever, a team of experts at the Purdue University has devised a new method for detecting and treating prostate cancer from early research to clinical trials. If successful, the use of the drug will extend all over the world. Usually, researchers at Purdue work with a pharmaceutical company. They lic... |
9 June 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Scientists with the Purdue University say that large urban concentrations are known to cause disturbances in massive thunderstorms hitting them. Their newest research demonstrates that the areas located downwind from these cities experience the effects of these modifications.If passing over a city changes the structu... |
27 May 2011
09:50 GMT |
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In the very near future, advanced computers and electronics will no longer contain the silicon, the chemical on which this industry was built, but rather a carbon compound called graphene. Innovations in materials science, recently made in the United States, make using the material feasible. Investigators at the Purd... |
26 May 2011
07:31 GMT |
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A team of scientists led by experts at the Purdue University has determined that our planet recovered from past instances of global warming much faster than previously calculated. The discovery raises hope that the damage we caused in modern times could be mitigated in due time, if we act now. Over its 4.5 billion ye... |
22 April 2011
06:04 GMT |
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In a bid to provide clean and environmentally-safer fuel for the transportation industry, experts at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) have engineered bacteria that are capable of producing biofuel similar to gasoline at ten times the rate microbes are capable of. The breakthrough could stir up a competi... |
2 March 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Understanding ecosystems and landscapes is a critical part of ecology, the science of the relationships forming in our environments. Experts with the Purdue University are currently studying ways of using sounds for making more sense of the ecological characteristics of landscapes.Researchers are also seeking to reco... |
2 March 2011
09:26 GMT |
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Materials scientists from the Purdue University are currently at the forefront of research in this field, developing the building blocks that tomorrow's advanced optical technologies will use. They are creating materials from scratch, in ways that enable the innovations to fulfill certain functions.For instance,... |
22 January 2011
07:16 GMT |
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Rather than using elaborate study methods, students learning about science could boost their ability to memorize and understand various concepts related to their interests by practicing memory retrieval.In other words, experts have demonstrated that people are better at understanding science concepts if they remember... |
21 January 2011
05:13 GMT |
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Purdue University scientists announced the development of a new software, which allows touch screens and large visual displays to interact with each other in real-time, over a network connection.The innovation could be used to facilitate business and homeland security applications, the researchers say, but it conceiv... |
24 November 2010
16:01 GMT |
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Officials at the Purdue University announce the opening of a new online tool called “Impact: Earth,” which can be accessed by everyone, and that can model the potential consequences of an asteroid or comet hitting our planet. The new website allows for the input of various parameters for each scenario, wh... |
3 November 2010
11:05 GMT |
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The US Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency is working with researchers from Purdue University, to develop a new software that would be able to manage all incoming data in case of an enemy missile attack.The goal of the researchers is to make an even more efficient and effective battle management, comm... |
25 October 2010
10:40 GMT |
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According to officials at the Purdue University, a new ceremony will see the opening of an advanced water resources research facility at the university. The festivities will take place Saturday, October 16.The civil engineering laboratory contains advanced hydrology and hydraulics facilities, which will be used by re... |
14 October 2010
02:42 GMT |
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Purdue University scientists announce the development of a new method for producing hydrogen, which extracts the chemical straight out one of the most abundant resources on the planet, seawater.The approach, which could be used to extract sufficiently-large amounts of hydrogen to run engines on boats and ships, relie... |
8 October 2010
04:11 GMT |
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A team of scientists from the Purdue University has recently put together a new facility for the study of synthetic fuel, whose aim is to make it easier for experts to learn how fossil fuels such as coal and biomass are broken down.These substances are usually placed inside machines called gasifiers, which break them... |
15 September 2010
03:00 GMT |
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Scientists from a group of universities in the United States are currently working on developing a new technology for identifying bombs and improvised explosive materials inside shielding materials. The method would ensure that even components that are very carefully hidden could be detected by using sound and radio ... |
15 September 2010
02:45 GMT |
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As part of a study aimed at understanding hurricanes, three students at the Purdue University are continuing to fly over the Atlantic Ocean, collecting data on tropical storm Gaston. The formation is now yet fully structured, and this is precisely what makes it such an important target for study. Researchers say that... |
4 September 2010
05:04 GMT |
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One of the methods the poultry industry could use to reduce future risks of salmonella outbreaks could be to apply a new step in the technological process, that would cool the fresh eggs right after they are produced. According to investigators at the Purdue University, this would ensure that the risk of outbreaks su... |
26 August 2010
03:40 GMT |
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A team of researchers at the Purdue University has determined in a new study that the best methods of reducing future water runoff and flooding risks is to increase the land surface covered in forests, and also to control the growth of urban environments.The research is based on a computer model and a simulation of h... |
19 August 2010
09:54 GMT |
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After a devastating tremor struck the impoverished nation of Haiti back in January, geologists who arrived on the scene to analyze the situation stumbled upon an unexpected discovery – a never-before-seen fault line system.The new findings bear considerable implications for studies seeking to determine the risk... |
12 August 2010
10:59 GMT |
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Thanks to new advancements in science, producing micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) that have the ability to calibrate themselves is now possible. These nanoscale machines could in the future lead to the creation of extremely accurate sensors, to be used in a variety of applications.The innovative devices could b... |
11 August 2010
06:32 GMT |
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Researchers at the Purdue University have recently demonstrated a genetic link between plants and humans. They showed that injecting a protein crucial to cancer development had the ability to revive dying plants, thus making it potentially easier to study the disease in the future. The new investigation was conducted... |
16 February 2010
06:12 GMT |
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In a surprising turn of events, a team of researchers from the Purdue University has learned that it may not be genes that determine a person's risk of developing obesity, but actually the way in which that person's cells process insulin. During the studies, identical cells were proven to accumulate more or... |
15 April 2009
03:13 GMT |
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Researchers at the Purdue University Center for Systems Integrity (CSI) have just recently finished developing a new diagnostic tool, meant to help the US Army reduce its high operating and maintenance costs. The way they did that was by creating a speed bump-like cleat, a device filled with sensors that can assess t... |
14 April 2009
08:16 GMT |
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Supercomputers are complex and intricate creatures with racks linked by kilometers of optical fiber. Most of such computing behemoths are extremely difficult to deploy and sometimes it takes full months between shipping and the first boot-up. The Purdue University supercomputer is a rare case, given the fact that it ... |
6 May 2008
08:32 GMT |
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We've written about Purdue University here on some other occasions. They were second on the "sinister minister" list issued by RIAA in one of their past attempts to bully the universities to handle in the students RIAA wanted to bash a bit for some file-sharing. Well, nice thing that the subject for this piece o... |
10 April 2007
09:46 GMT |
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