Bindley Bioscience Center in Purdue University’s Discovery Park has signed an agreement with Eyestem Research Private Limited, Bangalore, India, to develop cellular platforms for COVID-19 research.

Under the agreement, Purdue investigators will use Eyestem’s human lung epithelial cell culture system provided as part of the company’s anti-COVID screening (ACS) platform to understand the molecular and pathological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a view to establishing a rational basis for testing potential drugs being developed at Purdue in vitro.

A Purdue University scientist is studying the role of plants in renewable energy sources. Maureen McCann, a professor of biological sciences, is studying a wide range of plants from poplar trees to zinnias.

Purdue University scientists, led by Nick Carpita, a professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, believe farmers could raise enough bioenergy crops to make nitrogen-based fertilizers more cheaply and reduce the reach of those fertilizers into nearby waterways.

Jay Akridge, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, has announced Purdue’s Morrill Award winners for 2020.

Researchers have developed new hardware for artificial intelligence.

A small, new accessory for mountain bicycles could help improve safety and reduce manufacturing costs by controlling excess cables that hang off the bikes.

Five Purdue University student startups earned a total of $75,000 in cash prizes and another $30,000 in in-kind donations during the 33rd annual Burton D. Morgan Business Model Competition. The final competition was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purdue University researchers are working on developing quicker, easier coronavirus tests so people would know as soon as possible whether they are infected and should self-isolate.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increase in the “worried well” population. Worried well individuals are those who are healthy but believe they have an illness based on what is going on around them.

The detrimental environmental impact of current acid based separation and purification of rare earth metals prohibits most companies across the globe from entering the market. New environmentally friendly technologies promise to be “game changers” in this field and enable the U.S. to create a more stable and reliable domestic source of these essential metals.

Purdue particle physicists continue a legacy of boundary-pushing experiments at the Large Hadron Collider

Researchers at Purdue University have discovered that male treefrogs reduce their attractiveness to predators and parasites by overlapping their mating calls with their neighbors.