Purdue University, a top public research institution, offers higher education at its highest proven value. Committed to affordability, the university has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels. Purdue has about 40,000 students at its West Lafayette campus and was ranked as the fourth best public university in the nation by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2019. With 25 alumni who became astronauts, including the first and last person on the moon, Purdue is known as the “Cradle of Astronauts.” Committed to pursuing scientific discoveries and engineered solutions, Purdue has streamlined pathways for faculty and student innovators who have a vision for moving the world forward.
Public health experts and professional health care associations have expressed concern that the guidance goes against research on the vaccine’s benefits in pregnancy.
A deadly tornado hit London, Ky., on May 16, 2025, just a few weeks after another tornado outbreak in the state.
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A storm scientist explains what’s been driving deadly tornado outbreaks and how tornado season has been changing.
Older adults will continue to receive yearly COVID-19 shots, but lower-risk groups will not, says the FDA.
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Fires can make drinking water, and the water pipes and tanks themselves, unsafe. A researcher who has worked with communities after several wildfires explains why, and what to do.
New tech means new ways of scamming people.
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Cold and flu viruses often circulate more in the fall and winter, but there are some time-tested strategies for avoiding them, such as vaccines, handwashing and staying active.
Black students remain significantly underrepresented in engineering.
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US citizens living abroad are eligible to vote, but they face administrative hurdles to casting ballots and are rarely asked to support candidates.
O RNA é mais do que apenas uma transição entre o DNA e a produção de proteínas nas células, sendo capaz de também regular o funcionamento dos genes, e por isso uma promissora avenida para desenvolvimento de novos tratamentos para doenças como o câncer.
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Victor Ambros e Gary Ruvkun ganharam o Prêmio Nobel de Fisiologia ou Medicina de 2024 pela descoberta dos microRNAs, moléculas que ligam e desligam os genes - e provocam doenças quando não funcionam corretamente.
RNA is more than just a transitional state between DNA and protein.
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Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNAs, molecules that turn genes on and off – and cause disease when they go awry.
A black plume of smoke spreads out from burning railcars.
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A lot went wrong in the scramble to respond after a train carrying highly volatile vinyl chloride and other chemicals derailed in 2023. The lessons can help ensure safer responses in the future.
Keep the volume of your personal listening device at or below 60%.
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