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Catalyzing metabolite research for agriculture, ecosystems and industry
Concealed within the molecular machinery of petunia flowers are metabolic, genetic and cellular processes that biotechnologists can engineer to improve crops and plant health and benefit pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Building on a large body of their previous research, Purdue University scientists have launched a project to bring these advances closer to fruition.
Leadership meeting advances Purdue partnership with Tohoku University
Leadership and faculty from Purdue University met in Sendai, Japan, with leadership and faculty from Tohoku University to establish a strategic partnership between the universities. On August 19-20, 2026, the teams held a reception and a leadership meeting as an important step toward such a strategic partnership.
Purdue Science offers tutoring assistance in Indianapolis through the SMART Center
Purdue University students in Indianapolis will now have an added option for free drop-in tutoring via the College of Science. The Science and Mathematics Academic Resource and Tutoring (SMART) Center is a College of Science student support service that is facilitated by tutors comprised of departmental graduate teaching assistants and trained undergraduate tutors. The SMART Center will be available to provide drop-in tutoring support throughout the semester Sunday through Friday, including evenings.
On Earth, navigation is a reliable blue dot. In deep space, GPS disappears.
Researchers are preparing an experiment for Purdue 1, the 2027 space mission with an all-Boilermaker crew, to study laser-cooled atoms in microgravity and advance quantum positioning, navigation and timing, or Q-PNT, toward satellite-independent navigation for space and Earth, with Shengwang Du, the Scifres Family Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a professor of physics and astronomy, quoted in the article.
A single unexplained event offers a new clue in the search for dark matter
Deep underground in South Dakota, scientists searching for dark matter have found something they cannot easily explain. Purdue physicist Shilo Xia helped coordinate simulations behind the latest results from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment
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