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Parents: Developing strategies for communication, independence is key for adolescents, relationship

A new study looking at parent-adolescent relationships and substance use shows traditional parenting techniques might not be the best way to address issues. Such techniques could backfire when used too much.

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Oh, the places you’ll go – if you shut down the computer and open up a book instead!

Parents, teachers and caregivers are encouraged to read to children. Two Purdue University faculty members provide tips on how to interact with children during reading.

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Support grows for technology aimed at turning bad fat to good fat, to treat millions with obesity, diabetes

Purdue University alumnus David Campbell, a 1978 graduate from Purdue’s Krannert School of Management, and his wife, Michelle, have committed a significant investment to Adipo Therapeutics LLC, a Purdue-based startup, which is developing a unique treatment approach for people struggling with obesity and diabetes.

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Stretchable, wearable coils may make MRI, other medical tests easier on patients

Purdue University researchers have taken technology used in the defense and aerospace industries to create a novel way of doing some medical imaging.

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$3.2 million NIH award to support technology to fight deadly bacterial lung infections

A Purdue University team has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for its work to treat antibiotic-resistant lower respiratory infections – the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide.

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How are microbes attracted to an oil spill?

Surfactants applied to an oil spill attract microorganisms, due to complex hydrodynamics that were recently discovered by Purdue researchers.

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Mixed-signal hardware security thwarts powerful electromagnetic attacks

While at Silicon Valley’s premier chip-design conference, Purdue innovators unveiled technology that is 100 times more resilient to electromagnetic attacks to secure Internet of Things devices.

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New technology for pathogen detection driven by lasers

Purdue innovators have developed a lanthanide-based assay coupled with a laser that can be used to detect toxins and pathogenic E. coli in food samples, water and a variety of industrial materials.

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Pancreatic cancer ‘time machine’ exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion

A pancreatic cancer “time machine” engineered by Purdue University researchers has revealed that the disease is even more unpredictable than previously thought: Cancer cells promote each other’s invasiveness when they grow together.

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Can you trust what you see?

Ed Delp, Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Video and Imaging Processing Laboratory at Purdue University, is researching new
ways to detect deepfake videos.

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