Imagine if you could build a time machine for medicine, turning back the clock to watch how cells with genetic mutations begin their nefarious path to invasive disease. …

Single-use plastic packaging won’t win any popularity contests these days: One survey of 28 countries found that 3 out of 4 people agree that plastic bags, straws and water bottles should be banned. A bipartisan bill introduced by members of both the U.S. …

Scientific curiosity is alive and well in today’s world — just witness the 65 million views of a short video I posted on YouTube about Prince Rupert’s drops. …

Somali Chaterji grew up in a Bengali household, where kids are given nicknames; the one that stuck for her was Sonata. Her work has the quality of a sonata, a musical composition of complementary and contrapuntal themes. The assistant professor in the Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture at Purdue took…

One of the most “electrifying” ideas for electric vehicles (EVs) is to dispel the worries drivers have about how far they can go on a charge, also known as “range anxiety,” by bringing the charge directly to them via the roadway on which they are traveling. …

Complex systems are ubiquitous in today’s technological world — whether they be supply chain networks, protein interactions, climate change, or a whole host of other examples — and a better understanding of them can lead to deeper scientific insights and more effective engineered systems. …

Hard tech — technology that touches the hard stuff — is gaining ground as technological advances are rewriting the economic equations, Mung Chiang, Purdue executive vice president for strategic initiatives and the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, writes in a recent Forbes article. Chiang states that…

Trackers are fabled for their ability to detect faint traces of the object of their search to stay on the trail. Now engineering and medicine have paired up to track early biomarkers of cardiomyopathy (CM) in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, to better define its onset and rate of progression…

College commencement season offers a new opportunity to ask, “How can we keep innovating to be better?” In a recent Forbes article, Mung Chiang, Purdue executive vice president for strategic initiatives and the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, makes that point and addresses a related question…