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September 27, 2021

Savannas challenge preconceived notions of chimpanzee behavior

While humans are able to survive in arid climates, great apes need swaths of lush forest in Africa (bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas) or Southeast Asia (orangutans) to thrive, except for some innovative savanna chimpanzees.

September 21, 2021

Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence

For artificial intelligence to get any smarter, it needs first to be as intelligent as one of the simplest creatures in the animal kingdom: the sea slug.

September 20, 2021

Purdue record for the whitest paint appears in latest edition of ‘Guinness World Records’

Want to save big on your air conditioning bills? Wait a few years to coat your home with the world’s whitest paint, which may dramatically reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning.
The paint, developed at Purdue University, has earned a Guinness World RecordsTM title. The record appears in the 2022 edition of Guinness World Records, available for purchase starting Thursday (Sept. 16).

September 13, 2021

Study: First observation of high-harmonic generation in robust, refractory metals

The generation of high harmonics from metals opens a link between solid and plasma harmonics. High-harmonic generation (HHG) is the field of creating high-frequency photons from low-frequency lasers.

September 10, 2021

Enhancing ordinary items for addressing health outcomes

Biomedical engineer Chi Hwan Lee developed a sensor that can be placed on an over-the-counter contact lens and then used to detect glaucoma in patients

September 9, 2021

Purdue researcher develops fast, accurate and affordable COVID-19 paper-based test; clinical trials await

When the COVID-19 pandemic began and the technologies necessary to combat it came into focus, testing was immediately identified as being top on the list.

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