Infectious disease is one of the many hazards of life on a planet with more than 7 billion people. It can’t be avoided, but one of the great advances in medicine has been the development of the antibiotic to treat infection. Now, overuse and misuse of this "supercure" has led to the superbugs - so-called "multi-resistive" germs that, under constant attack by antibiotics, have figured out ways to resist the drugs. At Purdue University, we think we've figured out a way to beat back antibiotic resistance in bugs.

Computer chips use billions of tiny switches, called transistors, to process information. The more transistors on a chip, the faster the computer. A material shaped like a one-dimensional DNA helix might further push the limits on a transistor’s size. The material comes from a rare earth element called tellurium.

Prof. Dan Jiao has been selected as one of Intel’s 2019 Outstanding Research Award winners. Annually, Intel recognizes the exceptional contributions made through Intel university-sponsored research with Outstanding Researcher Awards. Jiao is being recognized for her research on “Advanced Study of Nonlinear Signaling Analysis and Gen-2 Tool Development."

In recent months, the FBI issued a high-impact cybersecurity warning in response to increasing attacks on government targets. Government officials have warned major cities that such hacks are a disturbing trend that is likely to continue. A new tool from Purdue University researchers may help stop some of those threats.

If you resort to deleting apps when your phone’s storage space is full, researchers have a solution. New software “streams” data and code resources to an app from a cloud server when necessary, allowing the app to use only the space it needs on a phone at any given time.

Two Purdue University researchers have received a total of $80,585 from the Trask Innovation Fund to help their labs commercialize their innovations.

The Purdue Ag-celerator has invested a total of $100,000 in two plant science startups for the fall round of investments.

The recipients are VinSense, a company assisting in wine grape agriculture through Purdue-patented technology, and Karyosoft, a genomics data analytics company empowering biologists for rapid data mining through just a few clicks proprietary platform to accelerate innovations.

Theresa Mayer (MSECE '89, PhD ECE '93), executive vice president for research and partnerships at Purdue University, will be appointed to the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

The demand for wireless broadband has exploded over the last 15 years. A number of both improved and new applications are driving this data consumption over a rapidly growing number of mobile devices. The rollout of 5G — the fifth-generation cellular mobile network, with higher speeds and lower latency — will further increase that demand.

A camera donated to Edward Delp, the Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, by Facebook will allow students in his Video and Image Processing (VIPER) Lab to capture images in 360 degrees. The Facebook Surround 360 uses 17 cameras – 14 around the edges, one on top and two on the bottom. Delp says the main capability of the camera is its ability to produce unique, high-quality and high-resolution imagery that can be used in research.