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Innovators create flexible, printed coil for stringed instruments

A Purdue team created a flexible, printed circuit board that imitates the conventional wire configurations inside an electric guitar.

Entrepreneur works to help small businesses ensure food safety

Safe Food En Route, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, provides food safety support for businesses.

Innovation uses ‘stethoscope’ to monitor machine quality, functionality

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a system for efficient, low-cost monitoring for machine health with audio-based artificial intelligence technology.

Is your pet’s food making you sick? Study finds many don’t know the risk.

A study led by Purdue University’s Yaohua “Betty” Feng, an assistant professor of food science, showed that many Americans don’t wash their hands after feeding or playing with their cats and dogs and aren’t aware of the risk of contracting a foodborne illness from those activities.

PlaneEnglish aviation communication simulator provides new way to help pilots

PlaneEnglish, an app-based aviation radio simulator that helps pilots become more proficient in communication, has a new companion manual that provides more in-depth content so pilots can master the mic even faster.

Blind 9/11 survivor joins Independence Science to help blind students access science amid pandemic

Michael Hingson, a blind internationally acclaimed public speaker, is joining Independence Science – a Purdue University-affiliated company – to inspire blind and low-vision students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professions.

NIH grant to help fast-track Neurodon’s Alzheimer’s drug development research

A $2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health to Neurodon, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, will help fast-track molecules that could improve memory and reduce Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration.

Ceiling unit may help clean classroom air during pandemic

Energy Harness Corp., which has an office in the Purdue Research Park of Indianapolis, created a device that attaches to ceiling grids and uses UVC light to clean and circulate air.

Purdue scientist identifies new target for wide array of cancers

Purdue University’s Zhong-Yin Zhang’s team has discovered a novel “phosphatase cascade” that plays a critical role in pancreas, liver, kidney, lung, breast, prostate, brain and other types of cancers.

Purdue names Songlin Fei Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing

Songlin Fei, a forest ecologist in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been named the Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing at Purdue University.