Research Impact
December 05, 2023
Funding will advance novel approaches to treating cancer and diabetes-related blindness
November 14, 2023
A team of researchers at ӰƵ is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
November 08, 2023
With a new five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a ӰƵ researcher is leading a project to expand and accelerate the evolution of personalized medicine in treating diseases. Erman Ayday Erman Ayday, an associate professor in the…
November 07, 2023
Teaching was already considered among the most stressful professions in the United States. Now in a new study, ӰƵ researchers have found that educators experienced “exacerbated” job-related stress in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the entire profession…
November 02, 2023
New center will target glial cells to treat neurological diseases ӰƵ has established an Institute for Glial Sciences to advance research of glial cells and their critical role in the health and diseases of the nervous systems, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s,…
October 27, 2023
Marissa Scavuzzo, a postdoctoral fellow at the ӰƵ School of Medicine, has won the 2023 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for research in how glial cells in the intestine’s nervous system operate. Glial cells are considered support cells in the brain and…
October 26, 2023
Study will test effectiveness of cognitive and behavioral interventions in improving sleep health of young adults with type 1 diabetes A researcher from ӰƵ's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant for research to improve…
October 24, 2023
Outer reaches of solar system could harbor another planet—or evidence modifying laws of gravity A pair of theoretical physicists are reporting that the same observations inspiring the hunt for a ninth planet might instead be evidence within the solar system of a modified law of gravity originally…
October 23, 2023
ӰƵ physicists perfecting new methods for creating ultra-vibrant optical coatings; applications for solar panels, virtual displays ӰƵ physicists are developing ultra-thin optical coatings that could dramatically extend the life of solar panels, as well…
September 26, 2023
ӰƵ researchers investigate magnetic materials in National Science Foundation-funded quantum research that could aid transformers, power converters A ӰƵ-led team is working on technology that could dramatically improve electrical transformers and power…