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Coronavirus reproduction number remains dangerously high globally, according to statistical models

March 18, 2020

The reproduction number of the novel coronavirus is still at a dangerously high level globally, requiring greater public health interventions, according to data analyzed by a group including associate professor from the at IUPUI.

Students’ “Essential Care for Every Baby” app wins at AMIA

February 23, 2020

The first 24 hours after birth can determine long-term health outcomes for at-risk babies. Graduate students from the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI and the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI helped develop a tool that could help babies, new mothers, and their caregivers as far as the other side of the world--and as close to home as Indiana.

Collecting light: ASU researchers publish faster methods for observing molecular behavior

February 03, 2020

We live in a data-driven world. Thanks to the ever-connected climate made possible by the internet and mobile personal devices, we are both creators and insatiable consumers of information. What's more, thanks to the capabilities of modern data processing and the current demand for an individual and customized experience, an incredible amount of time and energy is devoted to tracking, understanding, and predicting everything from shopping habits to weather patterns to viral twitter feeds. 

Chemist Geraldine Richmond speaks at Inaugural Dr. Frank J. Welcher Chemistry Lectureship

January 06, 2020

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at IUPUI hosted the inaugural Dr. Frank J. Welcher Chemistry Lectureship with a talk by chemist Geraldine Richmond, Ph.D. This lectureship will be an annual event to honor distinguished chemistry professor Frank J. Welcher, Ph.D.

NIH awards $429,000 to IUPUI to develop breathalyzer to diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis

December 13, 2019

IUPUI chemist Sébastien Laulhé, PhD., has received a $429,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a breathalyzer test for diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes that produces high levels of ketones causing blood to become more acidic. If untreated, diabetic ketoacidosis can prove fatal. 

NIH awards $400,000 to IUPUI to explore protein folding

December 13, 2019

IUPUI chemist Ian Webb, PhD. has received a $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study protein folding using ion mobility mass spectrometry, a technique that distinguishes molecules based on their size and mass.

Lead pollution from Native Americans attributed to crushing galena for glitter paint, adornments

October 21, 2019

Native American use of galena at Kincaid Mounds, a settlement occupied during the Mississippian period (1150 to 1450 CE), resulted in more than 1.5 metric tons of lead pollution deposited in a small lake near the Ohio River. New data from IUPUI researchers found the lead did not originate from this Southern Illinois settlement but instead was brought to the site from other Midwest sources.

Biology department welcomes 12 graduate research students

October 09, 2019

With a myriad of research programs within the Biology Department at the School of Science, incoming biology graduate students are exploring a range of topics. This fall the department is welcoming 12 research students into its graduate program, studying topics ranging from fetal alcohol syndrome in zebrafish to DNA sequencing in flies.

Complex energies, quantum symmetries

October 07, 2019

New research from IUPUI and Washington University in St. Louis realizes one of the first parity-time (PT) symmetric quantum systems, allowing scientists to observe how that kind of symmetry—and the act of breaking of it—leads to previously unexplored phenomena. The work is published Oct. 7 in the journal Nature Physics, with associate professors   at IUPUI and   at Washington University, as the corresponding authors.

School of Science begins search for its next Dean

September 26, 2019

'Project EPIC at IUPUI' aims to address inequities among women in STEM ranks

September 19, 2019

Drug treatment for hydrocephalus, or water on the brain, is the target of IUPUI research team

August 29, 2019

IUPUI biologist   is leading a team that seeks to create a drug that will be the gold standard of care in treating hydrocephalus, known more commonly as "water on the brain," a condition that can occur at any age for a variety of reasons. It may lead to developmental delay, neurological decline, blindness, impaired motor function, dementia or death.