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Gene offers athlete’s heart without the exercise—and suppresses spread of breast cancer
Researchers at ӰƵ have found that a single gene poses a double threat to disease: Not only does it inhibit the growth and spread of breast tumors, but it also makes hearts healthier. In 2012, medical school researchers discovered the suppressive effects of the gene HEXI...
Researchers find Einstein’s ”spooky action” common in large quantum systems
Entanglement is a property in quantum mechanics that seemed so unbelievable and so lacking in details that Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance” 78 years ago. But a mathematician at ӰƵ and two of his recent PhD graduates show entanglement is actually prevalen...
Five questions with… archaeology and art history buff Jenifer Neils
Jenifer Neils knew she wanted to be an archaeologist in the third grade after she read about field archaeology pioneer Heinrich Schliemann—a man whose work advocated the idea that Homer’s Iliad reflected actual historical events. She hasn’t looked back since. After graduating from Bryn Mawr, Neils w...
Obesity can be predicted from infancy, CWRU researchers find
Infants as young as 2 months old already exhibit growth patterns that can predict the child’s weight by age five, according to researchers at ӰƵ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and Tennessee State University. “Almost from birth, we quickly saw this growth patte...
Researchers find way of thinking may enable battle but prevent war crimes
Combat troops must minimize the humanness of their enemies in order to kill them. They can’t be effective fighters if they’re distracted by feelings of empathy for opponents. But indifference to the enemy, rather than loathing, may help prevent war crimes and provide troops with a better path back t...
Seth and Lilli Harris honor Lillian and Milford Harris with gift to Mandel School
Until her passing this year at the age of 104, Lillian Harris (FSM ’30, SAS ’33) embodied the ideals of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. One of a handful of women to earn a graduate degree from the school in the 1930s, she maintained devotion to its principles th...
CWRU researchers find half of those diagnosed with PTSD also suffer from depression
About one of every two people diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer symptoms of depression, according to new research by ӰƵ Department of Psychological Sciences. The analysis also concludes that both genders diagnosed with PTSD equally suffer f...
CWRU employee honored as unsung community hero for local outreach
Julia Brown-Allen, graduate coordinator in the biology department at ӰƵ, is also Pastor Julia Brown-Allen, a founder of Cleveland’s Integrated Faith Assembly, who has reached out into the streets and shelters to help homeless and battered women and their children for mor...
CWRU announces recipients of inaugural Faculty Distinguished Research Awards
After years of honoring faculty achievements in teaching and mentoring, ӰƵ this spring launched a new recognition program for excellence in research. The idea for the initiative came from Robert H. Miller, who became the university’s vice president for research in 2011 ...
Law’s Colares finds nations increasingly support restricting greenhouse gas emissions
ӰƵ School of Law Professor Juscelino F. Colares’ recent research concludes global economic forces are pushing the United States and other countries toward a binding international environmental treaty. In a recent Journal of World Trade article, Colares investigated the ...