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System uses ‘deep learning’ to detect cracks in nuclear reactors

A system under development at Purdue University uses artificial intelligence to detect cracks captured in videos of nuclear reactors and represents a future inspection technology to help reduce accidents and maintenance costs.

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Purdue professor receives grant to study fragile X syndrome

Alexander Chubykin, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Purdue University, has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study impaired visual learning caused by fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of autism.

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Purdue researchers seeking to repurpose Blu-ray technology to diagnose early-stage cancer receive federal, state grants

Purdue University researchers pursuing a way to repurpose high-definition Blu-ray technology, popular for watching videos and listening to music, to diagnose early-stage cancers and monitor their treatments have received nearly $150,000 in state and federal grants.

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Purdue develops ‘intrachip’ micro-cooling system for high-performance radar, supercomputers

Researchers have developed a new type of cooling system for high-performance radars and supercomputers that circulates a liquid coolant directly into electronic chips through an intricate series of tiny microchannels.

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Researchers demonstrate ‘mind-reading’ brain-decoding tech

Researchers have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is seeing by using artificial intelligence to interpret fMRI scans from people watching videos, representing a sort of mind-reading technology.

The advance could aid efforts to improve artificial intelligence and lead to new insights into brain function.

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Innovative material for soft sensor could bring new tactile tech

A new type of soft and stretchable sensor could find uses in applications ranging from athletics and health monitoring to prosthetics and virtual reality.

The technology, called iSoft, is capable of sensing in real-time, or without delay, and can perform “multimodal” sensing, or sensing a variety of stimuli such as continuous contact and stretching in all directions.

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Purdue faculty, Indiana housing pair up to research energy use

Residents in several Indiana communities are part of new Purdue research determining how households consume energy. Panagiota Karava, an associate professor of civil engineering in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, is heading up the four-year research project, which involves faculty from eight Purdue schools and departments.

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Apple trees bear more fruit when surrounded by good neighbors

Research led by Purdue University professor Peter Hirst shows that pollen from some apple trees may be better for pollinating high-value apples.

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Purdue leads climate change initiative to help Hoosiers better understand risks

Purdue University’s Climate Change Research Center is leading a new statewide initiative to compile the latest scientific research into a series of reports designed to provide Indiana decision makers with accessible, understandable and timely information about climate change impacts.

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Purdue innovation could provide inexpensive, clean way for US to enter $4 billion market to recover rare earth elements

New efficient and inexpensive technologies being developed at Purdue University could allow the extraction of rare earth elements, critical components of many electronics and green products, from waste coal ash. This innovation could enable the U.S. to enter into the $4 billion rare earth element production market while recycling coal ash in an environmentally friendly way. The value of the products that require rare earth metals is valued at more than $4 trillion per year.

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