Research Impact

CWRU and CSU partner with Cuyahoga County and The Fund for Our Economic Future to address regional mobility issues It’s a common dilemma for many low-income households in older industrial cities like Cleveland: Without a reliable car, employment options are limited. And without a decent job, it’s…

Biomedical engineer leads team at Case Western Reserve, Cleveland VA in developing blood test to determine whether patient could get potentially deadly bedsores Pressure injuries, also known as bedsores, are often understood as merely painful or uncomfortable side effects of immobility or limited…

Case Western Reserve University researchers examine how the ‘bureaucratic burden’ of taking rapists off the streets can impede justice—often for society’s most vulnerable Samuel Little, the man the FBI called the nation’s most prolific serial killer, admitted last year to raping and killing 93…

Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer and researcher Rohan Akolkar has been elected as a Senior Member of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Akolkar is the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation and Ohio Eminent Scholar in Advanced Energy Research in the Case…

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine researcher part of effort to modify adenovirus to seek and destroy cancer cells While doctors can successfully treat some types of skin cancer at the surface with human-engineered viruses, scientists have yet to find a way to inject these types of viruses to…

Case Western Reserve University researchers using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve ‘photovoltaic’ power plants as part of federal energy program Case Western Reserve University computer scientists and energy technology experts are teaming up to leverage the diagnostic power…

Case Western Reserve astronomer Stacy McGaugh and international collaborators detect ‘external field effect,’ a prediction unique to rival dark matter hypothesis An international group of scientists, including Case Western Reserve University Astronomy Chair Stacy McGaugh, has published research…

National Science Foundation funds Case Western Reserve team working to stop data breaches, protect customer information A pair of Case Western Reserve University computer researchers want to develop a better defense against big data breaches—and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is intrigued…

A novel Alzheimer’s disease marker—coming early in progression of the condition—could open significant new fronts of research into possible therapies Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new target in development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that could…

A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has taken a major step toward understanding the mechanisms involved in the formation of large clumps of tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders. Their findings may help…