Two Purdue competitive swimmers are getting an inside look at the design of high performance swimsuit materials in Jan-Anders Mansson’s MSE 597 Sports Technology and Entrepreneurship class.

Jean A. Chmielewski, the Alice Watson Kramer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and professor of biomedical engineering, has been chosen as the 2017 Herbert Newby McCoy Award recipient. One of Purdue University's top three research honors, the McCoy Award is the most prestigious award the university bestows in the natural sciences.

Small glass structures resembling tadpoles that can withstand the blows of a hammer and yet burst into powdery dust by simply snipping their threadlike tails have been a source of fascination and mystery since they were discovered in the 17th century.

Mikhail Atallah, distinguished professor of computer science and a professor of electrical and computer engineering (courtesy), has been chosen as the 2017 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award recipient. One of Purdue University's top three research honors, the Bement Award is the most prestigious award the university bestows in pure and applied science and engineering.

A specialized type of adaptive-optics technology that has been demonstrated by taking high-resolution time-lapse images of functioning brain cells might be used to better understand how the brain works.

Researchers at Purdue University’s C Design Lab are studying arm and muscle fatigue connected to advancements in the use of hand gestures for mid-air computer interaction.

A former West Lafayette High School student and soon-to-be Purdue graduate will be heading to Poland.

Four College of Engineering faculty members have won 2017 Faculty Early Career Development awards from the National Science Foundation.

Purdue University students and West Lafayette second-graders alike are anxiously awaiting their mutual experiment to head up on a Blue Origin sub-orbital rocket.