Research Impact

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April 19, 2023
Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution.
The latest application to show promise involves providing synthetic platelets to treat a genetic condition that prevents bl...

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April 18, 2023
ӰƵ neurobiologist, team advance understanding of how zebrafish use hair cells to detect movement; findings apply to human hearing, balance
By discovering how zebrafish use their hair cells to detect distant movement, a team of ӰƵ scientists ...

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April 11, 2023
ӰƵ law professor examines legal gray area when semi-autonomous vehicles are involved in accidents
Police officers can often identify which driver is responsible for a traffic accident.
But what about when a self-driving vehicle is involved? Which driver should be liab...

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March 28, 2023
Since late 2018, researchers at ӰƵ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and MinuteClinic at CVS locations have jointly shaped a program to enhance care for older adults at the retailer’s pharmacies nationally.
Now, with a new three-year, $2.56 million grant from The...

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March 24, 2023
This weekend, the CBS News program 60 Minutes is scheduled to feature groundbreaking work led by ӰƵ researchers Dustin Tyler and A. Bolu Ajiboye—biomedical engineering pioneers who are bringing a renewed sense of touch to amputees and people with paralysis, using neuropr...

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March 14, 2023
Christine Duval investigating novel methods for separating elements for wind turbines, electric vehicles, smart phones, nuclear power
ӰƵ scientist Christine Duval will investigate novel and more environmentally safe methods to separate so-called “rare-earth elements” us...

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March 09, 2023
ӰƵ scientist PhD student applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species from Devonian Period
About 360 million years ago, in the shallow subtropical waters above what is now the city of Cleveland, an armor-plated fish many believed to be ...

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February 28, 2023
In 2012, physician-scientist and medical geneticist Atul Chopra met two patients with an extremely rare disease: marfanoid progeroid lipodystrophy (MPL). Known to cause extreme leanness in patients, the disease, Chopra believed, could also hold the key to one of the most enduring health challenges f...

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February 23, 2023
Research partnership involves academia and industry to develop and commercialize the technology
Most medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are inherently qualitative, which can lead to subjective analysis and inconsistent conclusions.
But with a new five-year, $3.03 million grant from t...

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February 14, 2023
Represents most accepted from any member institution
Eight researchers affiliated with ӰƵ have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)—the largest class ever from the university—and from any member institution since the academy began the awa...