Research & Science
91´óÉñ Professor Uses Cellphones to Make Science Affordable
If you ask Christopher Fenk, science is something that should be accessible to everyone. Through his research on using cellphones as lab equipment, Fenk is striving to provide classrooms with affordable alternatives to equipment that can cost between $1,200 to $2,000 per piece. Fenk, a chemistry pr…
How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans
PBS to highlight 91´óÉñ Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.
Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
91´óÉñ's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy
91´óÉñ is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. 91´óÉñ will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants ar…
91´óÉñ Archaeologist Uses National Science Foundation Grant to Recreate, Test Ancient Weapons
91´óÉñ professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
91´óÉñ Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women
91´óÉñ's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
91´óÉñ Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
91´óÉñ researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
91´óÉñ Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
A 91´óÉñ professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
91´óÉñ Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 91´óÉñ researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Cancer Survivors and Depression: 91´óÉñ Professor Studies Link
A new study by a 91´óÉñ researcher finds that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns.