Research Impact
February 11, 2021
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…
January 28, 2021
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…
January 26, 2021
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…
January 21, 2021
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…
January 20, 2021
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…
January 19, 2021
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…
January 08, 2021
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…
January 05, 2021
Case Western Reserve and partners local and global team up to better predict which patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas will need radiation or chemotherapy after surgery Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and partners in the United States and India are applying the investigative…
January 04, 2021
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University evaluating effectiveness of Ohio’s Behavioral Health/Juvenile Justice Initiative Of the 5,300 children enrolled in the Ohio Behavioral Health Juvenile Justice Initiative since 2006, 21% reported that someone close to them had been murdered in the past…
January 04, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant to Case Western Reserve University to examine instances of governments suspending human rights in the name of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will aim to raise awareness of human rights violations…