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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 4 Oct 2011 11:50:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>U.S. unlikely to hit Renewable Fuel Standard for cellulosic biofuels</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[The biofuel industry will not be able to meet the cellulosic production requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard without significant advancements in technology or investment, according to a National Academy of Sciences study prepared for Congress.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:29:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue Chemical Engineering celebrates 100 years</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University&#39;s School of Chemical Engineering is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Oct. 7 and 8 with a series of talks and presentations by alumni, researchers, industry experts and entrepreneurs and posters presented by undergraduate and graduate students.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Sat, 1 Oct 2011 16:10:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue takes second in solar home competition</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University finished second in the Solar Decathlon 2011, a solar house competition in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. ]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:58:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue researcher to receive early-career presidential award</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[A Purdue University researcher will receive a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:45:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>New technology uses solar UV to disinfect drinking water</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110928BlatchleyMicrobes.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A team of Purdue University researchers has invented a prototype water-disinfection system that could help the world&#39;s 800 million people who lack safe drinking water.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:08:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Additives meant to protect vitamin C actually cause more harm</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110928MauerCaking.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Anti-caking agents in powdered products may hasten degradation of vitamin C instead of doing what they are supposed to do: protect the nutrient from moisture.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue engineer receives top award from President Obama</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110927AgrawalPresidential.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Rakesh Agrawal, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:12:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>New &#39;FeTRAM&#39; is promising computer memory technology</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110926AppenzellerMemory.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:37:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Science on Tap to highlight funding research for Third World needs</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110920RobinsonScienceOnTap.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A leading international researcher at Purdue University working to create a low-cost tool for diagnosing AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and other Third World countries is the featured speaker at the next Science on Tap on Thursday (Sept. 22) in downtown Lafayette.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>New &#39;core wall&#39; may speed skyscraper construction</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110920BowmanSkyscrapers.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers are perfecting a new technique that could speed construction of skyscrapers while also providing enough stiffness and strength to withstand earthquakes and forces from high winds.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Shell Energy Day at Purdue shines spotlight on oil and natural gas exploration, impacts</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110919SharmaShellEnergy.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Shell Energy Day at Purdue University on Thursday (Sept. 22) will delve into the industry challenges, environmental impacts and student career opportunities in oil and natural gas exploration.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>EcoPartnership symposium to bring together China, U.S. scientists to address energy, environmental issues</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/outreach/2011/110916BickhamEcoPartner.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Nearly 150 U.S. and Chinese researchers will tackle the challenge of fueling two of the world&#39;s largest economies while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of an inaugural conference this month on the Purdue University campus.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:31:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Study finds more effective way to dry ethanol, reduce costs</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110913LadischTapioca.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University researchers have found an alternative environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way to dry corn ethanol, and their proof is in the pudding.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:59:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Concussion research expands as high school football season continues</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110913NaumanFootball.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[As football teams take to fields across the nation, Purdue University researchers continue work to uncover how repeated head impacts affect high school athletes.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:37:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Students building rocket for moon vehicle</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110913AndersonMoon.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue scientist part of NASA moon mission; 6 students attending launch</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110909MeloshGRAIL.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Forty-two years after alumnus Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon&#39;s surface, a Purdue University professor is part of a NASA lunar mission set to reveal what lies beneath from crust to core.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue recognizes national security research on 10th anniversary of 9/11</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110909DifferenceMaker.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is highlighting four professors making America more secure following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:14:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110908BoutinMenutranslate.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted diets for medical reasons.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Women in Engineering plans &#39;SEE Purdue&#39; event for high school seniors</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110908MikelsWIEPSr.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Registration is open for a free, one-day program Oct. 17 for high school seniors interested in engineering at Purdue University.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 7 Sep 2011 09:55:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Conference in Indianapolis to focus on road safety, simulations</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110907TarkoConference.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Transportation experts from around the world will meet during an international conference next week in Indianapolis to discuss issues ranging from alcohol-impaired driving to the performance of motorists with Parkinson&#39;s disease and traffic fatalities in China.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:21:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Competitions teach innovation, entrepreneurship to students</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110906NordlandCompetition.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University students again have the opportunity to put their heads together to create new products using corn and soybeans. ]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:16:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Innovation is step toward digital graphene transistors</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110906AppenzellerGraphene.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material&#39;s use in computers and consumer electronics.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 14:26:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue announces $74 million worth of in-kind gifts</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110901CordovaGifts.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University has announced gifts of goods and services worth nearly $74 million to benefit students and researchers in the colleges of Engineering, Science and Technology.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 14:23:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Engineers test effects of fire on steel structures, nuclear plant design</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110901Varma911.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Ten years after 9/11, researchers at Purdue University are continuing work that could lead to safer steel structures such as buildings and bridges and also an emerging type of nuclear power plant design.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:25:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>HHMI selects Purdue to help create new interdisciplinary science curriculum</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110901LoudonHHMI.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is part of a team of four universities chosen to participate in a $1.8 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute project to create and share effective models for teaching interdisciplinary science, with Purdue faculty focusing on transforming the chemistry curriculum.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Actor-activist Ed Begley Jr. to speak at Purdue as part of Green Week, China-U.S. EcoPartnership activities</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110901BickhamBegley.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Actor, author and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. is the keynote speaker on Sept. 26 for a sustainability conference at Purdue University focused on research in advancing biology-based energy alternatives for a global economy.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:39:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Pretreatment, proper harvest time boost ethanol from switchgrass</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110831LadischSwitchgrass.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Adding a pretreatment step would allow producers to get more ethanol from switchgrass harvested in the fall, according to a Purdue University study.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:37:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Tiny oxygen generators boost effectiveness of anticancer treatment</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110830ZiaieOxygen.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have created and tested miniature devices that are implanted in tumors to generate oxygen, boosting the killing power of radiation and chemotherapy.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:04:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Town hall set for panel of top science journalists Nov. 10</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110829WeaverSJL.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[The public is invited to talk with leading science writers on Nov. 10 during Purdue University&#39;s three-day Science Journalism Laureates program]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:40:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Top U.S. fire administrator to give keynote at VACCINE homeland security meeting</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110826EbertGaines.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Acting U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn Gaines will deliver the keynote address next month as part of the annual meeting of a Purdue University center providing visualization, analytical and technological tools that support homeland security efforts.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:48:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue, S. Korean researchers to meet to advance nanomedicine efforts, collaboration</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110825LearyNanomedKIST.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Research teams from Purdue&#39;s Discovery Park and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology will meet Sept. 6 as part of their effort to develop molecular imaging and nanotechnology tools to simultaneously diagnose and treat cancer and chronic and infectious diseases.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:31:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>New probe to uncover mechanisms key to fusion reactor walls</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110825AllainFusion.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A new tool developed by nuclear engineers at Purdue University will be hitched to an experimental fusion reactor at Princeton University to learn precisely what happens when extremely hot plasmas touch and interact with the inner surface of the reactor.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:31:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue researcher wins award for top young innovators</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/faculty/2011/110823BoltassevaAward.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Alexandra Boltasseva, a Purdue University assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named one of the world&#39;s top young innovators by Technology Review magazine.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:36:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue researcher tapped for U.S. energy, climate fellowship</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/faculty/2011/110822GarimellaEnergy.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Suresh V. Garimella, Purdue&#39;s R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received a senior fellowship for the U.S. State Department&#39;s Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA).]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue tornado expert to highlight next Science on Tap discussion</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110816TrappScienceOnTap.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[2011 will go down in history as one of the deadliest and most destructive years for tornado disasters.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Two Purdue faculty receive top U.S. Defense Department award</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110815DelpChappellAward.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Two Purdue University faculty members have received Army Research Laboratory Director&#39;s Challenge Coin awards from the U.S. Department of Defense for developing technologies credited with saving lives on the battlefield.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:51:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue receives $2.1 million to study link between personality traits, health</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110810MroczekGrant.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[How people&#39;s moods and self-discipline affect their physical health and longevity will continue to be studied at Purdue University thanks to a $2.1 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:47:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue, NSWC Crane developing energy storage degree program</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/11080LechtenbergCrane.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is developing a program in energy storage technology in cooperation with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, located at Crane.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:01:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Material created at Purdue lets electrons &#39;dance&#39; and form new state</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110727ManfraCsathyMBE.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A team of Purdue University researchers is among a small group in the world that has successfully created ultrapure material that captures new states of matter and could have applications in high-speed quantum computing.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:06:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Bridge destruction to reveal clues about &#39;fracture-critical&#39; spans</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110726ConnorBridge.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A civil engineer at Purdue University is taking advantage of the demolition of a bridge spanning the Ohio River to learn more about how bridges collapse in efforts to reduce the annual cost of inspecting large spans.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:06:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Undergraduate research program plans symposium</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110725LeavittSurf.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[The 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program will hold its annual Research Symposium on Aug. 3.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:55:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Team USA captures 4 gold medals at International Biology Olympiad</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110722MillsOlympiad.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Four high school students, representing the United States and selected during a two-week national competition at Purdue University, captured gold medals at the International Biology Olympiad.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue, China&#39;s Zhejiang University form joint clean energy research initiative</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110720McCannChinaEnergy.html</link>
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	 <title>6 Purdue researchers win NSF early-career awards</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue expert in robotics and human cognition to speak at next Science on Tap</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue ROV team excels at international competition</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:29:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Termites&#39; digestive system could act as biofuel refinery</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Laser, electric fields combined for new &#39;lab-on-chip&#39; technologies</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Beauty of butterflies to be shown at annual Encounter</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110627ShepsonEncounter.html</link>
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:31:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue students improving water quality in rural Colombia</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:42:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue animal social behavior expert to speak at next Science on Tap</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:18:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Team USA selected for International Biology Olympiad at national finals held at Purdue</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Indiana wind power conference expands to other renewable tech</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110621SchneiderWindiana.html</link>
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:21:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new humanlike computer vision</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110620RamaniHeat.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Two new techniques for computer-vision technology mimic how humans perceive three-dimensional shapes by instantly recognizing objects no matter how they are twisted or bent, an advance that could help machines see more like people.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Comparing apples and oranges: Purdue handheld technology detects chemicals on store produce</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue takes prostate cancer treatment from concept to clinical trial</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[A clinical trial for a new technology to diagnose and treat prostate cancer marks the first time Purdue University has directed the entire pathway of a therapeutic product from early research to patient treatment.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue features students who are Innovation Makers</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:46:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Correction to news release &#39;Debris from Joplin tornado may have traveled record 525 miles&#39;</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110527T-AgeeReceipt.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[The receipt from a Joplin, Mo. tire store that made its way to Indiana was not deposited by the May 22 tornado. Upon further investigation another explanation was discovered. The receipt was left by a visiting relative who later recalled the Joplin purchase.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue Rube Goldberg machine shatters Guinness world record, destroys planet</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/students/2011/110527RubeRecord.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University students shattered the Guinness World Record for the largest Rube Goldberg machine ever with a 244-step juggernaut that destroys the planet several times over before restoring hope by watering and growing a flower.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:49:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>20 high school students to participate in USA Biology Olympiad National Finals</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110526MillsOlympiad.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive year, top high school students will travel to Purdue University to participate June 5-17 in the ninth annual USA Biology Olympiad National Finals, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:04:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>New electronics material closer to commercial reality</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110525ChenGraphene.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of a material called graphene, an advance that opens up the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance computers and electronics.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 10:07:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue University partners with HVM Racing for technology advancement</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University and HVM Racing announced a strategic partnership during Saturday&#39;s (May 14) opening-day festivities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:57:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>First Science Bound students graduating</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[This spring and summer, Purdue University will graduate the first five students to complete degree work through its Science Bound program.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue-led C3Bio video in running for DOE People&#39;s Choice Award</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110511HuettemanC3video.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A bioenergy research initiative led by Purdue University has released a video that highlights its efforts to advance how liquid fuels and high-value bioproducts are made from non-food plant biomass.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>&#39;Surrogates&#39; aid design of complex parts and controlling video games</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110510ElmqvistSurrogates.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have defined a new class of software, calling it &quot;surrogate interaction,&quot; which enables designers and video gamers to more easily change features of complex objects like automotive drawings or animated characters.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2011 15:48:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>U.S. State Department selects Purdue to lead China EcoPartnership</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110509CordovaEcoPartner.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. State Department is selecting Purdue University to lead one of six U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, which will focus on sustainability issues including environmental challenges posed by alternative energy and climate change in the two countries.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 09:27:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Symposium to feature bioenergy industry, academic experts from Purdue, Brazil</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110506McCannBioenergyPion.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Leading bioenergy industry experts, researchers and government officials from the United States and Brazil will gather at Purdue University this month to outline a path for global sustainable bioenergy production.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2011 14:21:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue alumnus names lake on Saturn&#39;s largest moon after Indiana&#39;s Lake Freeman</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Lake Freeman in Monticello, Ind., now has a namesake more than 800 million miles away on Titan, Saturn&#39;s largest moon.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2011 11:57:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue to hold first Collegiate evGrandPrix</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University will hold the first Collegiate evGrandPrix Saturday (May 7) as part of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway&#39;s Emerging Tech Day.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2011 10:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue students design hydropower system for African village</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[A team of Purdue University undergraduate students has won a $75,000 national competition to help officials build a small hydropower system to provide electricity for vital services, homes and schools in a village in Cameroon, Africa.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2011 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Ener1 equips Purdue students with battery technology, expertise</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Energy technology company Ener1 is providing lithium-ion battery technology and expertise to Purdue University&#39;s College of Technology to help students understand the intricacies of building electric vehicles.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2011 10:57:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Portable tech might provide drinking water, power to villages</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110503WoodallWater.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed an aluminum alloy that could be used in a new type of mobile technology to convert non-potable water into drinking water while also extracting hydrogen to generate electricity.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2011 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Russian Nobel Laureate in physics to speak at Purdue</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, a Nobel Laureate in physics, will present the 2011 Philip Bagwell Memorial Lecture on May 12.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2011 14:50:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue, China forming joint energy-research labs</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is forming two joint laboratories with China&#39;s Beihang University to focus on low emissions, combustion and energy systems research.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue space experts</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:26:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue students to show &#39;motorized street luge,&#39; other inventions</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University mechanical engineering students have conceived and constructed innovations including a motorized street luge, a jet-powered surfboard-like creation and an automatic transmission for bicycles.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:27:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue educating skilled workforce for electric vehicle industry</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is not only spearheading the Electric Vehicle Grand Prix, but also working to help train a new generation of engineers and technicians needed to design, manufacture and service electric vehicles.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Study: Reasonable quantities of red pepper may help curb appetite</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Spicing up your daily diet with some red pepper can curb appetite, especially for those who don&#39;t normally eat the popular spice, according to research from Purdue University.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue students build street-legal 2,200 mpg solar powered car</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[The Purdue Solar Racing team&#39;s solar-powered urban commuter car achieved the equivalent of almost 2,200 miles per gallon in the 2011 Shell EcoMarathon international competition this week in Houston.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:05:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue-led team studies Earth&#39;s recovery from prehistoric global warming</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[The Earth may be able to recover from rising carbon dioxide emissions faster than previously thought, according to evidence from a prehistoric event analyzed by a Purdue University-led team.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:22:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>&#39;Smart&#39; power grid needed for electric vehicles </title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[While an upcoming Electric Vehicle Grand Prix may reflect a growing popularity of electric vehicles, their widespread adoption will require innovations to the power grid, say researchers at Purdue University.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:23:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Concrete recycling may cut highway construction cost, landfill use</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University civil engineers are working with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to perfect the use of recycled concrete for highway construction, a strategy that could reduce material costs by as much as 20 percent.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>2nd evGrandPrix to run April 30</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Three Purdue University professors have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation&#39;s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Science on Tap to feature researchers who studied head injuries in high school football players </title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[Three Purdue University researchers who gained national attention for their study of head injuries suffered by high school football players will speak as part of a team presentation at Thursday&#39;s (April 21) Science on Tap event in downtown Lafayette.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue picked for international &#39;EcoCAR&#39; competition</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:40:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Sandia Laboratories researcher to give energy-water lecture, visit with Purdue Community</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:37:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Birck hosts hands-on NanoDays for K-12 schools, general public</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[The fascinating, tiny world of nanotechnology will take center stage during the second annual NanoDays on April 15 and 16 at Discovery Park&#39;s Birck Nanotechnology Center.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2011 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue Solar Racing enters new car in Shell &#39;Eco-marathon&#39;</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110404KingSolar.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[A team of Purdue University students has designed and built a new solar car that will compete this month in the 2011 Shell Eco-marathon Americas.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2011 08:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>University of Arkansas engineer to give first Pritsker lecture </title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[John A. White of the University of Arkansas will be the inaugural speaker on April 11 for the Pritsker Scholars Distinguished Lecture Series at Purdue University.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:59:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue one of top 50 institutions worldwide most published in Nature journals</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/rankings/2011/110328BuckiusNatureTop50.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is one of the top 50 institutions worldwide with the most articles published in the prestigious Nature research journals.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:45:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Wisconsin-Stout repeats as Rube Goldberg winner</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110326GaulRubeNational.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Defending champion University of Wisconsin-Stout won the 24th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Saturday (March 26) at Purdue University.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:59:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Technology education spotlighted during Purdue Tech Week 2011</title>
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	 	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:37:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Emergency responders, public officials invited to natural disaster conference</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110323AldrichDisaster.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University is inviting emergency-first responders, government leaders and members of the public to participate in a conference to better understand communication, transportation, energy and distribution issues during a natural disaster]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:33:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Nuclear weapons specialist to speak at Purdue </title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[An international nuclear weapons specialist will speak at Purdue University this week about the potential benefits and challenges posed by the global proliferation of nuclear power, as well as issues surrounding nuclear weapons in North Korea.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:18:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue, General Atomics team develops lightweight, portable power using hydrogen fuel pellets </title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110321RamachandranStateho.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University researchers have collaborated with scientists at General Atomics to create safe and efficient pellets to power hydrogen fuel cells that can run an array of portable electronic devices.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Purdue to use $1.25 million NSF grant to launch sustainable energy learning program for rural Indiana teachers</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/outreach/2011/110321SandsI-3STEM.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University researchers are leading a program for Indiana&#39;s rural high school teachers that encourages participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to groom the next generation of leaders in sustainable energy.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:07:00 EDT</pubDate> 

	 <title>Science on Tap to feature talk on challenges facing pharmaceutical drug developers</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110321KissingerScienceOnT.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Purdue University analytical chemistry professor Peter T. Kissinger, founder of West Lafayette-based drug development company BASi, will discuss the challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry at the next Science on Tap.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:56:00 EST</pubDate> 

	 <title>42 teams set for Boilermaker Regional robotics competition</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110311SneddenFIRST.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Forty-two teams from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama high schools will compete in the eighth annual FIRST Boilermaker Regional robotics competition March 17-19 at Purdue University.]]></description> 
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	 	<pubDate>Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:15:00 EST</pubDate> 

	 <title>Ultrafast laser &#39;scribing&#39; technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells</title>
	<link>http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110308ShinSolar.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[Researchers are developing a technology that aims to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient by using a new manufacturing method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser.]]></description> 
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