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West Lafayette -- A new federally funded facility now under construction at Purdue University will be used to test aircraft engines and develop new aviation fuels.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University researcher Xiaoqi Liu says he has discovered the absence of certain proteins needed for proper cell duplication can lead to cancer.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- A U.S. psychologist says the performance of people trying to accomplish a physical task can often affect their perception of the task after they are finished.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- U.S. scientists say they have determined growing more corn to produce biofuels would contaminate water sources.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers say they have perfected an understanding of precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" in hybrid and electric cars.

Weat Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University says it has received a $105 million National Science Foundation grant to lead a national earthquake engineering network.

West Lafayette -- Purdue University freshmen and sophomores this fall will be using a first-of-its-kind computer system that will warn them if they need work in certain areas.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University scientists say they've determined tropical storms originating over oceans retain their strength after landfall when ground moisture is high.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- U.S. scientists say urban workers in developing nations could suffer most from climate change as the rising cost of food drives them into poverty.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- U.S. scientists say they're using a fusion-energy research method to create extremely thin plasma beams for a new class of nanolithography.