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Digging deeper to better understand Earth's interior
ӰƵ scientist part of team reversing view of how minerals behave deep below our planet’s surface; could apply to other planet studies ӰƵ scientist James Van Orman is part of an international team that has discovered that minerals deep within…
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National Science Foundation awards prestigious early-career grant to CWRU chemistry researcher
Shane Parker runs computer simulations on the effect of light on ultrafast chemical reactions; applications in solar energy, medical treatments ӰƵ researcher Shane Parker has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program…
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Analyzing the blueprints of redlining in Ohio
ӰƵ researchers find impacts of 1930s lending practices persist today Eighty years after the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) carved up the nation’s metropolitan neighborhoods into redlined maps, researchers at ӰƵ School of…
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Supersonic science: ӰƵ to conduct 9,000 mph ballistics tests into water tank
Researchers expect anything from water vaporization to creating ice or light in project funded by U.S. Navy, Air Force Sometime next summer, on the second floor of a research building on the ӰƵ campus, scientists hope to record something the world has never witnessed:…
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CES 2023: ӰƵ to share ‘innovation ecosystem’ at Las Vegas show for 10th consecutive year
Human Fusions Institute, 3D violin maker, other exhibitors backed by university, Case School of Engineering, think[box] and LaunchNet When a ӰƵ-led team of entrepreneurs hits the exhibition floor Jan. 5-8, for CES 2023 in Las Vegas, it will mark the 10th straight year the…
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‘Silly putty’ spectral science: Stretching cells for a brand-new view inside
ӰƵ researcher, collaborator at University of California-Santa Cruz to study role of nutrients in ovarian cancer cells ӰƵ scientist Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, and a collaborator…
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CWRU researchers developing treatment for drug-resistant fungus with $3M-plus grant from National Institutes of Health
With a new $3 million-plus grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ӰƵ researchers are examining the next level of treatment for Candida auris (C.auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious infection and, in some cases, death. This fungus was…
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Cleveland Foundation awards $400,000 in grants to ӰƵ School of Law
The Cleveland Foundation awarded ӰƵ two grants totaling $400,000 to help fund two initiatives geared toward racial and environmental justice at the School of Law. Both two-year grants will support the law school’s Environmental Law Clinic as well as the Criminal…
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Researchers: education intervention doesn't live up to promise
Analysis of ‘growth mindset’ research suggests little to no positive effect on student performance New research suggests the “growth mindset” strategy favored by some educators to improve student performance hasn’t lived up to its promise—resulting in time and effort dedicated to growth mindsets…
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What you need to know about sextortion
While you may not have heard the term before, “sextortion”—or “image abuse”—takes place all too often. This form of blackmail occurs when a person threatens to expose explicit images of an individual to make them do something, such as pay money to the blackmailer.Unfortunately, college and graduate…