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Taking antiviral aim to stop COVID-19 and possible future viruses in their tracks
Researchers at ӰƵ, Duke and Rutgers lead work to understand how the novel coronavirus’s tangled RNA could help treat infected people Scientists at ӰƵ, Duke, and Rutgers universities have identified compounds within the coronavirus genome that have the...
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Researchers warn of next ‘wave’ of opioid overdose deaths
ӰƵ and Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office on front lines of another epidemic plaguing nation When Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson issued a public health warning earlier this month, the cause wasn’t COVID-19—but drugs. Over a 48-hour period Nov. 6 ...
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New method for enabling a more reliable electric grid
U.S. Department of Energy invests $3 million in better-than-lithium batteries being developed by ӰƵ chemical engineers ӰƵ chemical engineers are working on a new generation of smaller, safer and less expensive batteries they say could allow ...
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What constitutes major surgery versus a minor procedure?
ӰƵ’s School of Dental Medicine researchers lead multi-disciplinary national study to develop guidelines for patients on blood thinners While researching how to preemptively manage patients on blood thinners for endodontic surgery last year, dental medicine professor Ani...
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Scientists develop novel ‘shapeshifting’ liquid crystal
Physicists from ӰƵ, Tufts say they’ve remotely altered microscopic surface; could lead to applications for microchips, or ‘liquid tools’ Physicists at ӰƵ and Tufts University say they’ve changed the shape of a flat liquid crystal surface wit...
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TraumaChekTM: Next step in life-saving blood-assessment technology
ӰƵ, collaborators at University Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh trauma center work to develop rugged, portable sensor Scientists at ӰƵ are leading the development of TraumaChekTM, a hand-held medical device to quickly assess a wounded...
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Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership, with support provided by JobsOhio for the Cleveland Innovation District, awards $1.9 million in funding and support for promising biomedical engineering university technologies
The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) at ӰƵ, with support from JobsOhio as part of the Cleveland Innovation District initiative, has announced more than $1.9 million in funding and support for 10 promising university-based biomedical technologies. T...
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New ӰƵ, National Institute on Drug Abuse study finds people with substance-use disorders may be at higher risk for COVID-19 breakthrough infections
An analysis of electronic health records of nearly 580,000 fully vaccinated people in the United States found that while the risk of COVID-19 breakthrough infection among those with substance-use disorders was low overall, it was higher for people who misuse substances such as alcohol, tobacco, mari...
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New materials proposed for capturing carbon dioxide to fight climate change
ӰƵ scientist leads national, multi-institutional collaboration that aims to reduce CO2 from earth’s atmosphere A scientist at ӰƵ will lead a national team of researchers to test their novel approach for “direct air capture” (DAC), a fast-growing techno...
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Seeking new ways to extract ‘rare earth’ metals
ӰƵ scientists lead National Science Foundation-funded investigation into novel process for recovering critical metals from phosphate mining A ӰƵ chemical engineer is leading a team investigating novel methods to mine valuable metals from an unexpected ...