April 25, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University researcher is proposing development of a new cross-disciplinary approach for analyzing and preventing systemic failures in complex systems that play a role in calamities ranging from huge power blackouts to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and the subprime mortgage crisis.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Award-winning NPR correspondent Richard Harris will speak Feb. 3 at Purdue University as part of a Discovery Lecture focused on the role of journalists and scientists surrounding last year’s massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University scientists have found the last undiscovered gene responsible for the production of the amino acid phenylalanine, a discovery that could lead to processes to control the amino acid to boost plants’ nutritional values and produce better biofuel feedstocks.
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Award-winning NPR science correspondent Richard Harris addressed a standing-room-only crowd at Purdue University on Feb. 3 as part of a Discovery Lecture on the role of journalists and scientists surrounding the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University researcher is leading an effort to create a new scientific field that will use sound as a way to understand the ecological characteristics of a landscape and to reconnect people with the importance of natural sounds.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A prominent researcher who has studied the environmental impact of last year’s massive oil spill will speak at Purdue next week as part of the university’s effort to develop a research community in this field.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An international nuclear weapons specialist will speak at Purdue University this week about the potential benefits and challenges posed by the global proliferation of nuclear power, as well as issues surrounding nuclear weapons in North Korea.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University has been selected as one of 16 teams to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future, an international competition to develop advanced automotive technologies.
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