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On FDA panel, CWRU professor endorses new ketamine-related depression medication
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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How male dragonflies adapt wing color to temperature
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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Graphic depictions of human-rights abuse—and shaming its perpetrators—can hinder humanitarian efforts: paper
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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New research highlights why HIV-infected patients suffer higher rates of cancer than general population
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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CWRU receives third-straight $500,000 technology start-up fund award from Ohio Third Frontier Commission
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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Guidance, resources offered for CWRU researchers during federal government shutdown
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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Is an ‘Internet of Ears’ the next big thing for smart homes?
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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Breaking the cycle of intimate partner violence
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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Making solar panels that last half a century
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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New laser breakthrough
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...