Research Impact

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February 19, 2019
As part of panel of experts convened by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ӰƵ professor Lee Hoffer voted last week to recommend a new nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression that some are touting as the most significant development in a generation for tre...

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February 11, 2019
New research could explain color variance in other species and predict survival, reproduction in warming climate for other animals
New research from ӰƵ in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other animals...

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January 24, 2019
Shaming perpetrators of human-rights abuse and shocking audiences with visceral imagery can be an ineffective—and counterproductive—approach to improving humanitarian conditions, according to new research from ӰƵ.
The finding can help advocacy organizations navigate eff...

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January 16, 2019
National Institutes of Health funded research to study cancer patients with HIV/AIDS
AIDS patients suffer higher rates of cancer because they have fewer T-cells in their bodies to fight disease. But new research examines why HIV-infected patients have higher rates of cancer—among the leading causes ...

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January 16, 2019
Only Ohio institution to receive funding all three years
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded ӰƵ its third $500,000 grant since 2016 for the CWRU Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund Program (CTP), a campus-based translational research fund to help faculty r...

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January 04, 2019
The political standoff that has shut down parts of the federal government since Dec. 22 threatens research funding at universities across the country, including ӰƵ.
More specifically, the shutdown affects research agencies not yet funded for the current fiscal year, among them the...

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November 19, 2018
Next generation of connected buildings envisions using changes in vibrations, sound and electrical field to improve energy consumption, monitor occupants’ movements
Houses have been getting progressively “smarter” for decades, but the next generation of smart homes may offer what two Case Western Re...

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November 07, 2018
New research from ӰƵ addresses trauma as a root cause
The cycle of intimate partner violence will remain unbroken unless trauma in perpetrators—not just victims—is also treated, according to new research from ӰƵ.
Offenders of intimate partne...

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November 06, 2018
ӰƵ research team awarded $1.35 million to study solar photovoltaic module construction, part of broader U.S. effort to make solar energy efficient, affordable
A team of solar energy researchers from ӰƵ has been awarded $1.35 million from the ...

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October 23, 2018
ӰƵ researchers, global collaborators, first to demonstrate ‘random, transistor’ laser that can be manipulated at nanoscale
In the last half-century, laser technology has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global industry and used in everything from optical-disk drives and...