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Leading researcher to deliver Purdue lecture on Gulf oil, gas spill
March 8, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A prominent researcher who has studied the environmental impact of last year's massive oil spill will speak at Purdue next week as part of the university's effort to develop a research community in this field.
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New scientific field will study ecological importance of sounds
March 3, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is leading an effort to create a new scientific field that will use sound as a way to understand the ecological characteristics of a landscape and to reconnect people with the importance of natural sounds.
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Q&A with NPR correspondent Richard Harris
February 24, 2011
Award-winning NPR science correspondent Richard Harris addressed a standing-room-only crowd at Purdue University on Feb. 3 as part of a Discovery Lecture on the role of journalists and scientists surrounding the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
New approach needed to prevent major 'systemic failures'
February 3, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is proposing development of a new cross-disciplinary approach for analyzing and preventing systemic failures in complex systems that play a role in calamities ranging from huge power blackouts to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and the subprime mortgage crisis.
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Award-winning NPR reporter to speak on Gulf oil spill coverage
February 3, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Award-winning NPR correspondent Richard Harris will speak Feb. 3 at Purdue University as part of a Discovery Lecture focused on the role of journalists and scientists surrounding last year's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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How Big was the BP Oil Spill? Getting the Truth
January 12, 2011
The Role of Partnerships between Scientists and Journalists in the BP Oil Spill In mid-May, NPR first reported that the government was grossly underestimating the size of the BP oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico. NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris broke that story by working closely with scientists in academia, including Professor Steve Wereley at Purdue University. Richard will recount how he got onto that story, how his reporting unfolded, and how the partnership between journalist and scientists ended up affecting the U.S. government's approach to what we now recognize as an environmental impact of historic proportions.
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Gene find could lead to healthier food, better biofuel production
January 4, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University scientists have found the last undiscovered gene responsible for the production of the amino acid phenylalanine, a discovery that could lead to processes to control the amino acid to boost plants' nutritional values and produce better biofuel feedstocks.
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Battery and Energy Storage Workshop on December 16, 2010
December 14, 2010
We anticipate a DOE Hub large scale funding opportunity in Battery and Energy Storage' during next several months. We have arranged an internal half-day meeting on December 16 (1:00 to 4:30 pm; MRGN 129) to share our research/technical capabilities plus information gathered from the DOE. Both the Energy Center and the Birck Nanotechnology Center are coordinating this half-day event.
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UT Researchers Visit China to Explore Biofuels, Ecosystems, Climate Change
November 23, 2010
Earlier this fall, a team of UT scientists traveled to Beijing for the fourth annual workshop of the China-US Joint Research Center for Ecosystem and Environmental Change (JRCEEC).
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Purdue Discovery Lecture will examine safety, communication issues on major oil spills
September 30, 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Award-winning NPR correspondent Richard Harris, global industry safety expert Deborah Grubbe and congressional staffer Ana Unruh Cohen will speak Oct. 7 at Purdue University as part of a Discovery Lecture focused on safety and communication issues surrounding major oil spills.