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- Purdue Dedicated Technology Center of Southeast Indiana
- NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- Purdue University officials and local dignitaries have dedicated the 40,000-square-foot Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana. The Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana is one of four Purdue Research Park centers around the state that serve as incubators for startup or expanding companies. It also...
- Research articles 2008-10-03
- Earthquake-Proof Istanbul
- ISTANBUL IS AT HIGH RISK in the event of an earthquake. Now Turkish officials have teamed with Purdue University engineers to offer a bold proposal: Build a second city. The new city would offer residents of the old one a refuge and emergency services should an earthquake strike, said Mete...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Corrosion College
- Corrosion College has announced that it has increased its outreach to the engineering community and now is focused on providing a tool to fulfill the continuing education requirements for engineers. The college is a hands-on short course that aims to provide solutions for preventing corrosion through classroom and interactive experience....
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Numerous Pollutants Plague Parking Lots
- From suburban driveways to sprawling lots, Americans devote lots of space to parking spaces - a growing landuse trend that plays a role in heating up urban areas and adding to water pollution, according to a recent study. Researchers from Purdue University surveyed the total area devoted to parking in...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Purdue develops deposition/machining method for complex internal features
- While laser deposition is often used to create complex parts such as jet turbine components and next-generation computer memory devices, the technique cannot be used to create accurate internal features and is mostly limited to metal parts. That's because the part is machined after it is completely formed. However, researchers...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- The snarls don't faze trainer
- Cesar Millan, jetting from troubled dog to troubled dog in a multi-city filming blitz for the upcoming TV season, draws mobs of devotees wherever he appears. Earlier this month it was 1,400 people who showed up for a two-hour book signing in Miami. This week he's...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- Best Buys in Grad Gifts Might Be Found at the University.
- Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 11 AScribe Newswire -- Before buying a computer, iPod or other technology gift for a student about to head off to college, consider shopping in one more location: the university itself. Many colleges and...
- Research articles 2007-04-11
- Time Sharing
- COMPUTERS PURDUE University is the champion of distributed computing. The concept behind distributed computing is taking advantage of the machines' downtime. By assembling a huge network of PCs and supercomputers whose computing power can be tapped when they would otherwise be idle, it enables researchers from around the...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Farmers harvest valuable tips online
- MARTINSVILLE, Ohio -- Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance. Winkle is checking the latest postings on his favorite Internet farm forum....
- Research articles 2007-02-11
- Farmers harvest valuable tips from online forums
- MARTINSVILLE, Ohio -- Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance. Winkle is checking the latest postings on his favorite Internet farm forum....
- Research articles 2007-02-11
- No More Slothful Hardware
- COMPUTERS ARE LAZY. They work only when they have to and almost all of them spend most of their time loafing. The hardware at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., however, has developed a hard-work ethic. The university's computers are in almost continuous use, thanks to a distributed computing approach...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- No more slothful hardware.(computing)
- COMPUTERS ARE LAZY. They work only when they have to and almost all of them spend most of their time loafing. The hardware at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., however, has developed a hard-work ethic. The university's computers are in almost continuous use,...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- One Big Grid
- SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS involved in the TeraGrid project met face-to-face, many for the first time, at an Indianapolis conference late last year devoted to the grid. The TeraGrid marries the supercomputing power of eight institutions: the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Chicago-Argonne National Laboratory, National...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Expert: Five Business IT Resolutions for 2007.
- Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 21 AScribe Newswire -- Business managers may not think of making New Year's resolutions, but Gerry McCartney, Purdue University's interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer, says smart managers can make strategic decisions...
- Research articles 2006-12-21
- Purdue Doubles Work Life of Computers With Overtime.
- Byline: Purdue University WEST LAYFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 14 AScribe Newswire -- Computers are lazy - they only work when they have to, and almost all of them spend most of their time loafing. Computers at Purdue University, however, have developed the ethic...
- Research articles 2006-12-14
- Las mejores universidades: top 10 engineering schools for Hispanics.(Front Line)(Brief article)(List)
- 1. University of Texas at El Paso College of Engineering 2. Purdue University College of Engineering 3. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering 5. University of California, Irvine, Henry...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Purdue Researchers Cut Corn, Water from Ethanol Production
- A Purdue University team says it has discovered a new, environmentally friendly method to produce ethanol from corn. Researchers led by professor Li-fu Chen and research assistant Qin Xu say they have come upon a process about 2.85 gallons of ethanol for every bushel of corn processed. The output is...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- Cybercrime spurs college courses in digital forensics
- SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the hottest new courses on U.S. college campuses is a direct result of cybercrime. Classes in digital forensics -- the collection, examination and presentation of digitally stored evidence in criminal and civil investigations -- are cropping up as fast as the hackers and viruses...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
- A new, ultra-fast chemical-analysis tool
- A new, ultra-fast chemical-analysis tool--desorption electrospray ionization--developed by researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., has numerous promising uses for detecting everything from cancer in the liver to explosives residues on luggage to "biomarkers" in urine that provide an important early warning for diseases. The technology has made it possible...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Fusion's new bubble bath.(sonofusion)(Brief article)
- New experiments at Purdue University have renewed controversy over "sonofusion." The technique uses ultrasound to collapse tiny bubbles in liquid, generating enough heat to trigger nuclear fusion--according to some scientists. Past tests produced light left, but many physicists sharply question whether neutrons were released. Even...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
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