WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Walk in a room, the light goes on. Most people are familiar with the motion sensors that detect activity and then turn on the lights. Purdue University researchers are turning ...

Measuring air quality, as anyone who has tried to tackle this problem can attest, is not as straightforward as it might seem. Even once the nebulous term “quality” is defined, most sensors use ...

Using a mix of tools and research approaches, scientists recently identified a long-sought carbon dioxide sensor in plants, key for controlling water evaporation, photosynthesis and plant growth. The ...