Research & Science
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Professor Uses Cellphones to Make Science Affordable
If you ask Christopher Fenk, science is something that should be accessible to everyone. Through his research on using cellphones as lab equipment, Fenk is striving to provide classrooms with affordable alternatives to equipment that can cost between $1,200 to $2,000 per piece. Fenk, a chemistry pr…
How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans
PBS to highlight ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.
Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants ar…
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Archaeologist Uses National Science Foundation Grant to Recreate, Test Ancient Weapons
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
A ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.