Research Impact
November 13, 2019
A
five-year, $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to Case
Western Reserve University will support students training to help children with
developmental and educational needs. “Many children need extra help in their educational journey. Teachers cannot do it alone,” said…
November 12, 2019
ӰƵ researchers awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants to continue work on unsolved sexual assaults cases Researchers at ӰƵ have been
awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants to continue analyzing rape kits to
help solve thousands of sexual…
November 07, 2019
Researchers used Microsoft HoloLens to visualize, access pathways in human brain; project by ӰƵ’s Interactive Commons, School of Medicine, others A team of researchers, led by ӰƵ scientists and technicians using the Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality…
October 29, 2019
ӰƵ digital-imaging lab advances understanding of which ‘stage 0’ patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and may benefit from additional therapy New research at ӰƵ could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the…
October 25, 2019
Actress Meryl Streep narrates narwhal demo from ӰƵ’s Interactive Commons; debuts Saturday at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History The narwhal and its signature tusk are about to get the Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality treatment, and one of the world’s foremost…
October 16, 2019
U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to ӰƵ for spinal cord injury research People
who live with spinal injuries often say that the first year of recovery is the
toughest—not only for them, but their caregivers as well. But
researchers and the people struggling with the…
October 10, 2019
Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at ӰƵ Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants
to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than
other racial groups. His curiosity, fueled…
October 08, 2019
Comprehensive sequencing effort could reveal how bacteria cause gut wall damage Scientists have made genetic data publicly available for bacteria that
might be lurking inside the gut walls of patients chronically affected with severe
Crohn’s disease. By studying a surgically removed, damaged…
September 26, 2019
ӰƵ law professor Anat Alon-Beck makes a case for regulatory reform for tech startups worth more than $1 billion Until just a few years ago,
many talented workers chose to hustle for a promising technology startup
company, often for lower pay, long hours and a…
September 17, 2019
State
spending on transitional housing supports for youth “aging out” of foster care can
make a big difference in preventing homelessness, incarceration, substance
abuse and early childbirth, according to a new study by social work researchers
at ӰƵ. “Regardless
of…