Science news articles about 'west lafayette'

  • Energy costs lead to new equipment designs

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say rising energy costs and environmental concerns are boosting interest in more efficient designs for air conditioning and refrigeration.
  • Grain popper may help hungry Africans

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. students and faculty at Purdue University in Indiana have modified a popping machine that might bring needed relief to malnourished people in Africa.
  • Cougars moving eastward, researcher says

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 22 (UPI) -- Cougar sightings could become more common in U.S. urban areas as mountain lions rebound and expand their living space, a researcher said Thursday.
  • Species disappearance puzzles scientists

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are baffled by the disappearance of Diporeia, a shrimplike major food source for fish in the Great Lakes.
  • Technology monitors tiny bone fractures

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are developing a monitoring system similar to those used by seismologists to detect tiny cracks in bones.
  • New brain injury therapy is created

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they have developed an injectable treatment for severe brain injuries that are due to blunt force trauma.
  • Quantum computing in semiconductors doable

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say the odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon chip may lead to the possibility of achieving quantum computing in ...
  • Cockroach insecticides may have long life

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found one dose of an insecticide can kill three generations of cockroaches as they feed off each other, transferring the poison.
  • Energy conservation cuts power grid strain

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says people often waste power because they aren't aware of how they can reduce electrical consumption.
  • Fingerprints prove more than just identity

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed technology that can detect trace amounts of explosives, drugs or many other substances through fingerprints.
  • Climate change hot spots are identified

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A sophisticated U.S. climate modeling system suggests southern California, northern Mexico and western Texas will be this century's climate change hot spots.
  • Monolithic comb drive nanomachine created

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have created a nanoscale motorized positioning device that may have applications in biological and engineering fields.
  • Purdue sanctions professor for misconduct

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Purdue University says it has formally reprimanded and sanctioned a faculty member for "research misconduct."
  • New tool follows drug movement in the body

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed an analytical tool that can detail the distribution of a drug within the body and without any chemical pretreatment.
  • 100-year forest management project begins

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've started a 100-year study to create better forest management methods and measure how those practices affect plants and animals.

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