Researchers from Indiana have found a possible way to better deliver cancer drugs to tumors in the brain.

Purdue University pharmacists say their study of an Asian plant containing opioids shows it may be a better alternative to hard drugs, but isnt completely safe for human consumption.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Purdue University researchers about $1 million to develop growing techniques for organic hemp production.

Purdue University Athletics Department officials say its too soon to tell whether the school will adopt its own policy.

The thing that makes woody plants woody is also what makes them hard to turn into fuel a compound called lignin.

Federal prosecutors say the professor admitted using $1.3 million in National Science Foundation funds for personal and family expenses.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels says the board of trustees hopes this adopted policy will be perceived as an appeal to not place bets on Purdues own athletes and teams.

The policy approved Thursday was developed at the urging of some faculty members and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics after sports betting became legal in Indiana earlier this year.

The first Indiana National Lab Day hosted federal science and technology leaders and Indiana researchers to highlight quantum science and engineering work being done in the state.