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Officials hope a new movie about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart causes renewed interest in Purdue University's big collection of memorabilia about her life.
A new feedback system at Purdue University shows students red, yellow and green lights — just like traffic lights — to predict whether their efforts in class are enough to earn good grades.
Former astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, a 1956 Purdue University graduate and the most recent person to walk on the moon, is donating his personal papers to the school's flight archives.
Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has agreed to donate personal papers dating from the start of his flight career to his alma mater, Purdue University.
A Purdue University scientist who was reprimanded for research misconduct over claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments is suing two other faculty members for alleged defamation.
Purdue University on Wednesday reprimanded a scientist who has been accused of falsifying claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.
A Purdue University panel has found two instances of misconduct by a researcher who claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.
Purdue University scientists have taken a page from air conditioner technology in their quest for a new way to cool down ever-more powerful computer chips. Their experimental system, which flushes a refrigerant through tiny channels cut into chips, is intended for the high-power electronics found in radar and advanced weapons systems such as lasers, said Issam Mudawar, a mechanical engineering professor at Purdue.
WASHINGTON — Withhold the JFK-Near Collision story, V1282. The timing of the incident is in question.
A team of Purdue University students concocted a 156-step recipe to prepare a hamburger to win Saturday's annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
Purdue University students are making some extra cash through a project that might turn some of their classmates' stomachs — by sniffing livestock excrement. Students earn $30 per session as they take whiffs of a variety of smells collected from barns filled with hogs, cows and chickens for odor research being conducted by Albert Heber, a Purdue professor of agricultural and biological engineering.
Purdue University's Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity is correcting a more than 40-year-old mistake by kicking it old school this weekend.
A Purdue University panel that reviewed misconduct allegations against a scientist who claims he produced "tabletop fusion" has concluded that "several matters merit further investigation."
A BRAIN implant is being created that should more reliably detect and forestall epileptic seizures.
A body found slumped over machinery in a dormitory's high-voltage utility room was identified Tuesday as a 19-year-old Purdue University student who vanished in January, school officials said. A maintenance worker investigating a "pinging" sound on Monday discovered the body of Wade Steffey, a freshman who was last seen in the area Jan. 13 after he left a fraternity party. The Tippecanoe County coroner identified the body Tuesday.
Reports that the bubble had burst for a form of cheap, table-top nuclear fusion may have been premature. Rusi Taleyarkhan, the physicist at the centre of a furore surrounding so-called bubble fusion, was last week cleared of scientific misconduct.
Women Persist in Engineering ProgramA new study upends a popular belief that women drop out of engineering programs at a higher rate than male students.
Radovan Karadzic's Claim that Richard Holbrooke & Christopher Hill Offered Him Immunity Deal is Backed by U.S. Diplomats, University StudyThe official, Richard C. Holbrooke, now a special representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Obama administration, has repeatedly denied having promised Mr. Karadzic immunity from prosecution in exchange for abandoning power after the Bosnian war.
Largest Snake Was 'Size of Bus'Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the beast's 13m-long body and 1,140kg (2,500lb) weight make it the largest snake on record.
Cheaper White-Light LEDsLight-emitting diodes (LEDs) are better than compact fluorescent bulbs--LEDs use less energy, last longer, and contain no toxic mercury--but for general white-light illumination, they're still far too expensive for mass adoption.
Purdue University Launches P2P Network to Bypass RIAACollege students have always had the dubious distinction of being easy marks in the target against P2P file sharing. As of February 2007, the RIAA has dispatched thirteen new waves of litigation letters against U.S.
At Indiana War Protest Rally, Vets Speak out Against the Iraq War, Honor the Dead, and Voice Controversial Claims about Pre-war Briefings on WMDDerek Giffin, 27, an Army veteran from Schererville, Ind., said he had second thoughts when his 1st Cavalry Company from Fort Hood was briefed before the invasion that there were no chemical weapons or weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but the Bush administration kept making t …
Sweeteners May Make Weight Gain Easier...researchers from Purdue University said those who want to lose weight may want to pour the diet soda down the drain. Their report in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience looked at rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose
Hydrogen-generating Technology Closer Than EverResearchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications, from golf carts to submarines and cars to emergency portable generators.
Engineers perfecting hydrogen-generating technologyResearchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications, from golf carts to submarines and cars to emergency portable generators.
Brain Implant Device to Prevent Epileptic Seizures InventedResearchers at Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering have developed a miniature implanted device to detect epileptic seizures before they happen and prevent them.
40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and PunctuationAfter all these years you finally have the courage and opportunity to write the email announcing that you and you alone have single handedly saved the company from utter disaster. You're excited, you type it, you spell check it, and you hit send.
New 9/11 Study Has Direct Links To Government, Pentagon Black OpsThe Study was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…".
"Purdue Simulation" of WTC raises more questions than it answersPurdue University released a computer simulation today, claiming they have found the definitive cause of the collapse of World Trade Center Two following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Purdue Researchers Create 9/11 Computer Simulation, Validate "Collapse By Jet-Fuel" HypothesisMore than five-and-a-half years have passed since terrorists toppled the World Trade Center, and questions still remain about how the buildings came down. Researchers at Purdue University have created a computer model attempting to answer some of those questions.
Study; Fastest computers to become fasterA U.S. scientist said developers of supercomputers might be racing too far ahead of many programmers' ability to create needed software.
New GM Crops Could Provide Cheap Drugs/Vaccines -- But What If They Get Into The Food Supply?In a windowless room on the roof of a hospital in south London, the air is being slowly sucked away. It's not enough to notice, but it keeps the sealed laboratory at a slightly lower pressure than the air outside. It's a security measure.
Cellulosic Ethanol Project Selected for Funding by U.S. DOEA joint BioEnergy project of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Purdue University has been selected to receive funding by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to further the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol.
Roots of Some Violence FoundFollowing Monday's (April 16) massacre at Virginia Tech in which 33 people were killed, including the alleged gunman, the shooter is being identified as a loner.
A real invisibility cloak is in our grasp: scientists - Yahoo! News UKCHICAGO (AFP) - Harry Potter fans take note: scientists have finally come up with a workable design for an invisibility cloak. Sorry, but I was reading about this in New Scientist TWO YEARS AGO!!! It took a while.
Engineers Create 'Optical Cloaking' Design For InvisibilityResearchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak."
Purdue University Warns Students: The RIAA Wants Info on Thousands of YouLast week, 40,000+ students at Purdue (including myself) received a warning email. In short, stop illegal downloads, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is coming.
Scientists invent real-life 'tricorder' for chemical analysisPurdue University researchers have created a handheld sensing system its creators liken to Star Trek's "tricorder" used to analyze the chemical components of alien worlds.
Table Top "Bubble" Fusion Results Independently VerifiedReports that the bubble had burst for a form of cheap, table-top nuclear fusion may have been premature. Rusi Taleyarkhan, the physicist at the centre of a furore surrounding so-called bubble fusion, was last week cleared of scientific misconduct.
Purdue Developing Biometric Technology to Counter Hurricane Relief FraudPurdue University is developing the use of handheld iris scanners that could be used to identify disaster victims and help prevent double dipping and other fraud that can occur during aid distribution.
Gold Probes Could Reveal Cancer in Your BodyMicroscopic bars of gold floating in the bloodstream may someday help doctors find cancers in the human body. At Purdue University, scientists are chemically forming gold nanorods that are just 20 nanometers wide and 60 nanometers long.
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