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New bio-based glues form adhesive bonds that grow stronger in water

Patent-pending adhesive formulations developed at Purdue University from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions. Gudrun Schmidt, an associate professor of practice in Purdue's Department of Chemistry, and a team of researchers developed the formulations from zein, a protein found in corn, and tannic acid. A paper about the team's research was published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. The adhesive formulations could be further developed and used in the restoration of coral reefs and have applications in the construction, manufacturing, biomedical, dental, food and cosmetic industries.

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Martell Forest

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana

April, 2022

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Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson on working with Austin Butler on Dune: Part 2:

"What I had the most fun with this last time was working with Austin Butler, who played Elvis recently..."

"What a nice person. He’s just the nicest guy and he and Timmy both just wonderful people and they play such nemesis in the film, so it was wonderful to see them off camera."

"Austin was so nice to me ’cause I had a medical emergency during the shooting.....and when I came back..... he played a character that was not very happy with me at all, and he was quite chilling, and I was giving him back the looks...."

"But when they say, “Cut,” he would come over and say, “Mr. Henderson, are you okay? Can I help you? Can I get you anything?” And he was just so nice. And then we’d go back to roll and he went, “Ugh.” He was on my case."

"I just so appreciated Austin, a wonderful, wonderful person."

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This is so sweet 🥺❤️ Everyone always says he's the sweetest guy.... 🥰

NYTimes

July 23, 2023

Scientists at Purdue have created a white paint that, when applied, can reduce the surface temperature on a roof and cool the building beneath it.

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Things I did.

THAT.

From the 1921 Purdue Debris yearbook.

perfect autumn gray day cure! this ramen is the legit! this has to be the right stuff when quite a few internationals comment on how good Yatagrasu is, highly recommend all Purdue and Lafayette tourists and locals to try out the Three Legged Crow for the best comfort food!

So, we have started the college visit process.

We went to the University of South Carolina in July. Great Honors College, but she wasn't impressed with the campus or the town of Columbia. I don't think it was a fair visit since it was in July and the campus was empty, of course.

Now we are at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is in LOVE. We spent the day learning all about the Pharmacy School. Very impressive. My only concern is we haven't seen any Black kids. I think we've seen maybe 3. Just large groups of Asian, Indian and white kids roaming around. When I asked about the lack of Black students they said they were working on it in the School of Pharmacy. What about the rest of campus? There's almost 50,000 students at this school!

Next up, Ohio State in Columbus, OH and Loyola in Chicago.

Large US public university wants to “phase out” one of the most effective means of ADHD treatment from its offered services.

Chemists use nature as inspiration for a sustainable, affordable adhesive system

Glue holds the world together. Without adhesives, much of modern human civilization—including our cellphones, cars, furniture, walls and the packages arriving on our doorstep—would simply fall apart. The trouble with all those adhesives is that they are not sustainable. A team of chemists at Purdue University led by Jonathan Wilker, professor of chemistry in the College of Science and of materials engineering, aims to change that with a new, completely sustainable adhesive system. The team's findings were released in a paper in Nature. "Our current adhesives create all sorts of environmental problems," Wilker said. "Almost all glues are petroleum-based and do not degrade. The bonded materials in our products stay stuck together. Consequently, we cannot recycle many of the materials that we put into our recycling bins. Discarded products will sit in landfills for centuries and, sometimes, contribute to ocean microplastics."

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Martell Forest

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana

April, 2022

The little Angel

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P.C - Aritra Chatterjee

Jaden Ivey

U Conn Basketball Team

This basketball team from NCAA is in a dynasty after winning their second title by beating the Purdue Boilmakers by the score of 76-60. This was their second title they have won after they won it all last year. Now they have become the fourth team after UCLA, Duke and some other team that I am not able to remember. So I will just leave it at that.

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U.S. Farmers' Economic Outlook Improves in March, Reveals Purdue University/CME Group Survey

Key Takeaways: The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose to 114 in March, indicating an improvement in U.S. farmers’ economic outlook. Farmers show a split perspective, with the Index of Current Conditions slightly dropping but the Index of Future Expectations rising. A significant shift in interest rate expectations contributes to a more positive outlook for financial conditions…

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