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NutraMaize receives $650,000 USDA grant to scale research on orange corn that improves poultry health and egg yolk pigmentation

Grant will prepare NutraMaize Orange Corn rich in antioxidant carotenoids for use in commercial poultry feed WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – NutraMaize, an agriculture company whose nutritionally enhanced orange corn is currently marketed through a line of premium milled products under the brand Professor Torbert’s Orange Corn, has received a two-year, $650,000 Phase II Small Business…

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Ericsson, Saab and Purdue University announce ‘lab to life’ innovative 5G network to make Purdue Airport accessible as a real-life research site for aviation industry

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Airport, in collaboration with industry partners Ericsson and Saab, announced Monday (March 20) the creation of a unique 5G network that will serve as a “lab to life” proving ground for academics, researchers and business to develop commercial solutions that can be replicated to improve operations and security at…

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Purdue engineers create safer solid-state lithium-ion batteries from new composite materials

Batteries made with the new composites remain operational when damaged instead of exploding like traditional batteries  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University engineers are making one of the most-used power sources safer and more efficient. High-voltage, solid-state lithium-ion batteries are the­ go-to power source for high-end technologies like electric and hybrid vehicles, wearable devices, pacemakers,…

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Wheelchair prototype safely navigates passengers through airports to aircraft seats

FAA award-winning, patent-pending design travels omnidirectionally and has an adjustable base WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Teams of recent Purdue University graduates have honed a patent-pending, dynamically adjustable wheelchair prototype designed to help users more efficiently and safely navigate airports, board aircraft and move through narrow aisleways to their seats. A nine-minute video about the work…

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Helping construction material manufacturers reduce the energy consumption, carbon footprint of heating and cooling homes

Patent-pending, automatable process from Purdue engineers improves the viability of incorporating phase change materials into bricks, concrete panels and drywall WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported more than half of all home energy in the United States is used…

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Novilytic preps for expansion with launch of new Proteometer-L

Kit provides speedy analysis of pharmaceutical batch runs WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Novilytic LLC, a molecular-recognition company that uses nanotechnology to monitor the quality of lifesaving medicines, has released its first product, the Proteometer-L. The company’s goal is that sales from the product will enable rapid hiring for its commercialization and science teams and expansion…

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Purdue Ventures invests $250,000 in assistive educational technology company

Tactile Engineering manufactures the Cadence tablet, which allows readers to access technical diagrams and read equations WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Ventures, which manages three funds to support Purdue University-connected startups, has invested $250,000 in Tactile Engineering Inc., a company that has developed assistive educational technology to enable people affected by blindness and low vision….

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Purdue-connected digital health startup wins phase 1 of NIH competition for maternal health

HemaChrome uses smartphone technology to measure blood hemoglobin levels noninvasively and instantly WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – HemaChrome, a digital health startup that uses smartphone technology to noninvasively and instantly measure blood hemoglobin levels, has won phase 1 of the National Institutes of Health’s RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge. The technology was developed by Young…

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Purdue researchers receive over $143,000 to strengthen marketplace interest in their IP

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators who create new processes and products need capital, among other resources, to bring their ideas to reality. A Purdue fund is making financial support available to help them further develop their work. Researchers from the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering have received more than $143,000 from…

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Purdue Ag-Celerator fund invests $100,000 in pathogen detection company

OmniVis, which makes hand-held devices to detect pathogens, will use the funding to launch a field pilot WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – OmniVis, which focuses on the speed, accuracy and economics of pathogen detection, has received $100,000 from the Purdue Ag-Celerator, an agriculture innovation fund. OmniVis makes iSpyDx hand-held devices that rapidly detect pathogens in food,…

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