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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The fascinating, tiny world of nanotechnology will take center stage during the second annual NanoDays on April 15 and 16 at Discovery Park’s Birck Nanotechnology Center. Schools from throughout the Greater Lafayette area are invited to NanoDays from 10:00a to 3:00p on April 15 at Birck Nanotechnology Center, located at 1205 [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new type of membrane that separates oil from water developed by Purdue University material engineers may be used to clean up oil spills such as BP’s massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Youngblood, a Purdue assistant professor of materials engineering, has created technology that could eventually be used [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University student and faculty entrepreneurs can register for a Feb. 16 program at the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette to hear firsthand stories about successful business leaders. The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Blue Chip Venture Co., Lilly Endowment Inc. and the [...]

MALVERN, Pa., and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Signals, an innovative early intervention system that warns students that are at-risk of underperforming in a course and facilitates faculty interventions, will be enhanced and brought to higher education institutions through a joint effort by SunGard Higher Education, Purdue University and the Purdue Research Foundation. The collaboration is [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An Indiana medical-device company has signed a research agreement through the Purdue Research Foundation to use laboratories and equipment at Purdue University’s Birck Nanotechnology Center, officials announced Thursday (July 16). Nanovis Inc., a Columbia City, Ind.-based company with offices at the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, will work with Birck [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Research Foundation officials announced Tuesday (May 20) a high-security “PRF DataStation” that will provide the necessary network of information technology needs for new and growing companies. Eric George, systems analyst for the Purdue Research Foundation, reviews PRF DataStation at the Purdue Research Park. George helped develop a new information technology [...]