Research Impact

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, Duke and Rutgers lead work to understand how the novel coronavirus’s tangled RNA could help treat infected people Scientists at Case Western Reserve, Duke, and Rutgers universities have identified compounds within the coronavirus genome that have…

Case Western Reserve University and Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office on front lines of another epidemic plaguing nation When Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson issued a public health warning earlier this month, the cause wasn’t COVID-19—but drugs. Over a 48-hour period Nov. 6…

U.S. Department of Energy invests $3 million in better-than-lithium batteries being developed by Case Western Reserve University chemical engineers Case Western Reserve University chemical engineers are working on a new generation of smaller, safer and less expensive batteries they say could allow…

Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine researchers lead multi-disciplinary national study to develop guidelines for patients on blood thinners While researching how to preemptively manage patients on blood thinners for endodontic surgery last year, dental medicine professor…

Physicists from Case Western Reserve University, Tufts say they’ve remotely altered microscopic surface; could lead to applications for microchips, or ‘liquid tools’ Physicists at Case Western Reserve University and Tufts University say they’ve changed the shape of a flat liquid crystal surface…

Case Western Reserve University, collaborators at University Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh trauma center work to develop rugged, portable sensor Scientists at Case Western Reserve University are leading the development of TraumaChekTM, a hand-held medical device to quickly assess a…

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) at Case Western Reserve University, with support from JobsOhio as part of the Cleveland Innovation District initiative, has announced more than $1.9 million in funding and support for 10 promising university-based biomedical technologies.…

An analysis of electronic health records of nearly 580,000 fully vaccinated people in the United States found that while the risk of COVID-19 breakthrough infection among those with substance-use disorders was low overall, it was higher for people who misuse substances such as alcohol, tobacco,…

Case Western Reserve University scientist leads national, multi-institutional collaboration that aims to reduce CO2 from earth’s atmosphere A scientist at Case Western Reserve will lead a national team of researchers to test their novel approach for “direct air capture” (DAC), a fast-growing…

Case Western Reserve scientists lead National Science Foundation-funded investigation into novel process for recovering critical metals from phosphate mining A Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer is leading a team investigating novel methods to mine valuable metals from an unexpected…