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Purdue launches institute to help farmers commercialize new value-added products

November 20, 2024

Purdue's Institute for Food Production Innovation and Commercialization Director Dharmendra Mishra (Food Sci), is featured discussing what training and development support the institute is offering to agriculture producers with novel food and beverage product ideas.

Purdue launches institute to help farmers commercialize new value-added products

Purdue researchers use traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking

November 20, 2024

Lei Wang (EAPS) and a team of researchers applied a traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking at the 2024 US CLIVAR Blocking Workshop.

Purdue researchers use traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking

Rethinking Food Waste and Understanding Consumer Choice

November 20, 2024

Breanna Ellison (Ag Econ) is featured on this episode of the Purdue Agricultural Economics Podcast sharing her insights on food conservation.

Rethinking Food Waste and Understanding Consumer Choice

Purdue wildlife and aviation programs collaborate on deer population study

November 20, 2024

Pat Zollner (FNR) is featured in this article discussing his five-year project funded by Indiana DNR to develop better methods for monitoring the population sizes of white-tailed deer, coyotes, and turkeys.

Purdue wildlife and aviation programs collaborate on deer population study

Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters

November 13, 2024

Laura Bowling (AGRY) is featured in this article discussing how major natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Milton can impact the Corn Belt causing low crop yields or even complete loss.

Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters

New methods improve lead exposure detection at point of care

November 13, 2024

Aaron Specht (HSCI) is featured in this Medical Xpress article discussing his patent-pending technology to non-invasively measure lead and other heavy metals in patients' bones and blood to detect chronic exposure.

New methods improve lead exposure detection at point of care

Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago

November 13, 2024

Marissa Tremblay (EAPS) is featured in this article discussing her research using noble gases to study the physical and chemical processes shaping the surfaces of Earth and other planets; explaining that some meteorites from Mars contain minerals that formed through interaction with liquid water while still on Mars.

Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago

Early Career Research Achievement Award

November 6, 2024

Congratulations to Jonathan Shannahan (HSCI) on being awarded the Purdue Health and Human Science's Early Career Research Achievement Award.

Early Career Research Achievement Award

Modified bacteria could change future of farming

November 6, 2024

Ronald Wilhelm (AGRY) and Dan Quinn (AGRY) are featured in this WISHTV.COM segment discussing their research of genetically modified bacteria.

Modified bacteria could change future of farming

Purdue Researchers Investigate the Effects of Vaping on Oral and Lung Health

November 6, 2024

Thivanka Muthumalage (HSCI) and Jonathan Shannahan (HSCI) are featured in this article discussing their research on vaping and e-cigarette technologies to explore the health effects in both the lungs and mouth.

Purdue Researchers Investigate the Effects of Vaping on Oral and Lung Health