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WEST LAFAYETTE, IN & WASHINGTON, D.C – The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue continues to expand its deep network of technology experts with the addition of Purdue Assistant Professor Christopher G. Brinton as a Research Fellow, who brings expertise at the intersection of networki ...

Scientists have found that hydrologic conditions that increase flash drought risk occur more often than current models predict.

Oklahoma State University Department of Geography assistant professor Dr. Hamed Gholizadeh was awarded the NASA New (Early Career) Investigator Program in Earth Science award in 2021, a recognition that includes nearly $400 thousand to fund his research into how remote sensing technologies can be used to monitor grassland biodiversity.

The biggest challenge in isolating and identifying molecules in a microdevice has been overcome by the latest research headed by University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor Jinglei Ping.

The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) has been associated with cognitive performance. Yet, controlled trials have yielded contradictory results. To tackle this controversy, a comprehensive multimodal analysis of the association of the MedDiet with cognitive performance and brain structure in normative aging is still necessary. To address this issue, community-dwellers ≥50 years from a cohort study on normative aging (n=76) underwent a i) magnetic resonance imaging session with two acquisitions: str...

Edwin L. Aguirre Two researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering – Asst. Profs. Yan Gu and Marianna Maiaru – were recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Air Force, respectively, with faculty early career development grants totaling $1,015,000. The funding will help advance research on robot walking and the process modeling of composite materials. Gu received a five-year NSF CAREER grant, worth nearly $565,000, for research that would develop new...