Research Impact
April 16, 2018
Students, faculty and staff present their projects in daylong symposium
The enormity of research undertaken at Case Western Reserve University, from biologically inspired robotics to augmented reality demonstrations, will cover the vast main floor of the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic…
February 01, 2018
With increased numbers of baby boomers using technology, Case Western Reserve University researchers investigate streamlined, cost-cutting post-treatment advice
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine are exploring whether using technology—rather than a self-care…
January 23, 2018
Walmart was once considered the future of grocery shopping, offering consumers a slew of discounted choices, compared to the competition.
Yet, market trends point toward a faster, cheaper, smaller and more streamlined experience. The result: One of the most common shopping experiences in American…
October 25, 2017
Wrist-device concept monitors wearer’s cardiac health in real time
They thought they had no chance.
After all, most of the 150-plus competitors comprising 22 teams in last weekend’s Cleveland Medical Hackathon at the Global Center for Health Innovation downtown were health professionals with PhDs…
September 27, 2017
Envision applications in manufacturing, medicine and space
A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.
Kiju Lee, the Nord Distinguished…
September 27, 2016
What if eliminating physical pain was a matter of flipping a switch to block it? No drug needed. When it’s time to stop the block, just turn it off.
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University hope to eventually treat chronic or acute pain by using energy-based neuromodulation technology. The…
September 12, 2012
Some of the body’s own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged and then unleashed as a precise and persistent technology to guide cell behavior, researchers at Case Western Reserve University report in the current issue of the journal, Acta Biomaterialia.
The…