Research Impact
 February 23, 2021
   ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers who developed portable sensor to assess blood-clotting ability working with U.S. Navy for more rugged version of portable device An illustration of the ClotChip technology. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers who developed a portable sensor to quickly… 
 
 February 23, 2021
   Findings support prioritizing vaccines for those with the genetic disorder A new study by an international team of researchers found that adults with Down syndrome are more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population, supporting the need to prioritize vaccinating people with the… 
 
 February 18, 2021
   CWRU and CSU partner with Cuyahoga County and The Fund for Our Economic Future to address regional mobility issues It’s a common dilemma for many low-income households in older industrial cities like Cleveland: Without a reliable car, employment options are limited. And without a decent job, it’s… 
 
 February 17, 2021
   Biomedical engineer leads team at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, Cleveland VA in developing blood test to determine whether patient could get potentially deadly bedsores Pressure injuries, also known as bedsores, are often understood as merely painful or uncomfortable side effects of immobility or limited… 
 
 February 12, 2021
   ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers examine how the ‘bureaucratic burden’ of taking rapists off the streets can impede justice—often for society’s most vulnerable Samuel Little, the man the FBI called the nation’s most prolific serial killer, admitted last year to raping and killing 93… 
 
 February 11, 2021
   ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ chemical engineer and researcher Rohan Akolkar has been elected as a Senior Member of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Akolkar is the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation and Ohio Eminent Scholar in Advanced Energy Research in the Case… 
 
 January 28, 2021
   ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine researcher part of effort to modify adenovirus to seek and destroy cancer cells While doctors can successfully treat some types of skin cancer at the surface with human-engineered viruses, scientists have yet to find a way to inject these types of viruses to… 
 
 January 26, 2021
   ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve ‘photovoltaic’ power plants as part of federal energy program ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ computer scientists and energy technology experts are teaming up to leverage the diagnostic power… 
 
 January 21, 2021
   ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ astronomer Stacy McGaugh and international collaborators detect ‘external field effect,’ a prediction unique to rival dark matter hypothesis An international group of scientists, including ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Astronomy Chair Stacy McGaugh, has published research… 
 
 January 20, 2021
   National Science Foundation funds ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ team working to stop data breaches, protect customer information A pair of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ computer researchers want to develop a better defense against big data breaches—and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is intrigued…