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Case Western Reserve University awarded $3M grant to advance MRI scan and software to analyze aggressive brain tumors more effectively
Research partnership involves academia and industry to develop and commercialize the technology Most medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are inherently qualitative, which can lead to subjective analysis and inconsistent conclusions. But with a new five-year, $3.03 million grant from…
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National Academy of Inventors names eight Case Western Reserve University researchers to 2023 class of senior members
Represents most accepted from any member institution Eight researchers affiliated with Case Western Reserve University have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)—the largest class ever from the university—and from any member institution since the academy began the…
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Here's what happens in your brain when you fall in love
Falling in love is known to feel like a whirlwind of emotions—but if someone asked you how to describe it, you’d probably say you “just knew.” Why is that? Cynthia KubuTo learn more about love and its impact on our brains, The Daily spoke with Cynthia Kubu, a professor of neurology at Cleveland…
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Bringing ideas to market: CWRU researchers turn discoveries into inventions
From research labs to collaborative workspaces across campus, Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff truly share one motivation: thinking beyond the possible. Their efforts advance knowledge, enhance understanding, and regularly spark discoveries—discoveries that often serve as…
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CWRU’s Mandel School applying data science to help nonprofit better serve low-income residents
Analysis from the school’s Partnership for Evaluation, Research and Implementation aims to assist HFLA of Northeast Ohio in enhancing lending practices When HFLA of Northeast Ohio began providing interest-free loans to low- to moderate-income residents almost 120 years ago, the lending institution…
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New research paper supports using microbiome data to develop potential probiotic therapies
In a clinical study, researchers demonstrate a model for developing targeted probiotic therapies to modulate the microbiome Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center have demonstrated a new model for developing…
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Case Western Reserve biology professor named 2022 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Christopher Cullis noted for contributions to plant science, including ‘fundamentally new insights’ on ongoing evolution of flax, other key food crops The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Christopher Cullis, the Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology at…
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Digging deeper to better understand Earth's interior
Case Western Reserve University scientist part of team reversing view of how minerals behave deep below our planet’s surface; could apply to other planet studies Case Western Reserve University scientist James Van Orman is part of an international team that has discovered that minerals deep within…
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National Science Foundation awards prestigious early-career grant to CWRU chemistry researcher
Shane Parker runs computer simulations on the effect of light on ultrafast chemical reactions; applications in solar energy, medical treatments Case Western Reserve University researcher Shane Parker has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program…
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Analyzing the blueprints of redlining in Ohio
Case Western Reserve University researchers find impacts of 1930s lending practices persist today Eighty years after the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) carved up the nation’s metropolitan neighborhoods into redlined maps, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of…