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Optical imaging technology may help surgeons better treat cancer, brain diseases

A new tool for medical professionals may help shed more light on tumors in the body and how the brain operates. Purdue University researchers created technology that uses optical imaging to better help surgeons map out tumors in the body and help them understand how certain diseases affect activity in the brain.

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Protecting farm labor during the COVID-19 pandemic

Maintaining a healthy farm workforce is more important than ever to limit the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure a successful harvest.

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Cancer scientists at Purdue aim to use protein power to stop tumor growth, repair damaged bone, tissue

Large percentages of lung cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer can be prevented or treated if caught early. Purdue University scientists have created a new therapy option that may help halt tumor growth in certain cancers such as those.

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Purdue researchers 3D-print minerals in order to better predict fracture formation

Purdue physics professor Laura Pyrak-Nolte and her lab team works with Purdue’s Rock Physics Research Group to better understand how and where fractures form.

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Cloud-based electronic system may help first responders better react to natural disasters

Purdue University researchers have developed a new tool to help first responders and disaster relief organizations better provide assistance to developing countries. The Purdue team created a cloud-based supply chain management system for emergency response to track inventory and distribution in countries struck by disasters.

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Purdue researchers leap to discover more about coronavirus

Purdue University researchers currently have more than 20 research projects underway to understand, prevent, treat, and overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Purdue study downgrades Arctic methane emissions thanks to soil microbes

Youmi Oh (left) and Qianlai Zhuang’s research has revised estimates of net methane emissions from the Arctic. Their modeling considers not only methane emitted by wetland methanogens, but also methane consumed by upland methanotrophs and the effects of these microbes in a warmer climate.

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New technologies aim to make 3D cameras easier to use

A 3D camera should be as easy to use as one found on a smartphone. That is the guiding principle for a Purdue University professor with more than two decades of experience in the 3D imaging field, who has developed new technologies aimed at making 3D cameras easier to use.

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Purdue prof: Protect yourself against COVID-19 and its related scams

Marian Liu, an assistant professor of nursing at Purdue University, specializing in studying exploitation of older and vulnerable adults, can talk about ways to protect yourself from scams, especially as a large number of Americans are participating in online activities from home.

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Device could ‘hear’ disease through structures housing cells

Purdue University engineers have built a device that would allow disease specialists to load an extracellular matrix sample onto a platform and detect its stiffness through sound waves.

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