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A Purdue professor looks to turn plastic pollution into useful products
November 11, 2019
We’re surrounded by them constantly. We couldn’t live without them. But maybe it’s time we took a step back and asked: what are plastics?
A Purdue professor looks to turn plastic pollution into useful products
Purdue website provides information on Indiana water resources
November 8, 2019
The Indiana Water Resources Center (IWRRC) officially launched the State of Indiana Waters website. The website provides a single source of information for the general public regarding the status of Indiana’s water resources including ground and surface waters.
Purdue website provides information on Indiana water resources
Campaign educates students on recycling
November 5, 2019
A new recycling campaign seeks to bring awareness about on- and off-campus recycling.
Distinguished and Named Professorship Ceremony honors faculty, administrators
November 4, 2019
A reception and ceremony held Friday (Nov. 1) celebrated midcareer, distinguished and named professors and administrators at Purdue for their many accomplishments and successes.
Distinguished and Named Professorship Ceremony honors faculty, administrators
$9 million from DOE, partners to take plant sensing from lab to market
November 4, 2019
Sending breeders into fields to manually measure the characteristics of plants is slow, laborious and expensive. Remote sensing technologies, coupled with advanced analytics, offer the promise of faster, more accurate data collection to improve the speed at which plant breeders can bring better cultivars to the market.
$9 million from DOE, partners to take plant sensing from lab to market
Purdue scientist working to remove persistent chemicals from drinking water
October 23, 2019
Anyone who has enjoyed the ease of sliding a fried egg out of a Teflon-coated frying pan, has not had to think twice about the grease from a cheeseburger soaking through the fast-food container, or watched rain water bead on a jacket rather than soak through can thank per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Purdue scientist working to remove persistent chemicals from drinking water
Purdue and Peru Universities Partner for Environmental Research
October 22, 2019
Purdue's partnership with Peruvian universities will build infrastructure on the ground allowing for research on the environmental challenges faced by the Junin and Arequipa regions. The biggest institutional partnership to date is the Arequipa Nexus Institute, founded in 2018 in collaboration with Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA). The institute for food, water, energy and environment, creates an interdisciplinary space for researchers and partners to work with local communities and eco-systems. Thus it will cultivate the "development of adaptive, profitable, and sustainable food-energy-water systems in the Arequipa region of Peru," states a press release from the American university.
Purdue and Peru Universities Partner for Environmental Research
Local sunshine meets local needs with global impact; key is cogenerating electricity alongside farming
October 21, 2019
A team of engineers, agronomists and economists at Purdue University’s Center for Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems (SFEWS), supported by the National Science Foundation, are developing novel photovoltaic (PV) module designs for use on agricultural land to cogenerate electricity while growing food crops.
Local sunshine meets local needs with global impact; key is cogenerating electricity alongside farming
Purdue, Peruvian scientists at the nexus of food, water and energy research
October 15, 2019
Housing some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, Peru produces a variety of crops, spanning from maize and quinoa to avocados, grapes, coffee and cocoa. But water is scarce in the Arequipa region of Peru, where farmers rely on irrigation to branch out into lowland desert areas, increasing competition for the area’s dwindling supply of clean water resources.
Purdue, Peruvian scientists at the nexus of food, water and energy research
When disease threatens animals, predators might provide the remedy
September 27, 2019
When disease shows up in wild animal populations, there aren’t pharmacies or vets to turn to. The best solution might actually be the one thing they spend their lives avoiding – predators.
When disease threatens animals, predators might provide the remedy