Research at Purdue

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April 17, 2017

Science for You: New possibilities for Zika treatment

Purdue’s Zika code-cracking team – Richard Kuhn and Michael Rossmann ― who were the first in the world to discover the mature and immature structures of the virus, have now...

April 17, 2017

Science for You: Safer football

Researchers in the Purdue Neurotrauma Group are studying Lafayette-area high school football players to see how impacts on the field affect their brains. Their goal is to reduce injuries through...

April 14, 2017

Science for You: New treatments for HIV/AIDS and other illnesses

Arun Ghosh, the Ian P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor in the departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, created the drug Darunavir, an antiretroviral medication that was the first...

April 14, 2017

Science for You: MRIs for medical diagnosis

Physicist Albert Overhauser (1925-2011) discovered what is now known as the Overhauser Effect, in which it is possible to line up, or polarize, nuclear spins at a much larger scale...

April 14, 2017

Science for You: Safer food packaging

World Food Prize winner Philip E. Nelson, professor emeritus of food science, is credited with developing technology to transport processed fruits and vegetables without product spoilage. The technology, known as aseptic...

April 14, 2017

Science for You: Defibrillators and blood pressure monitors

Les Geddes (1921-2009), the Showalter Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, created innovations ranging from burn treatments to miniature defibrillators and ligament repair to tiny blood pressure monitors for premature...

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