Science + Tech

The 16th annual family-friendly “The Race” will take place this Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the 5K starts at 8:30 a.m., followed by the 1-mile run at 9:30 a.m.   The goal of “The Race” is to empower children and their families…

$65.9 million federal grant supports multifaceted initiative to cut overdoses by 40% in three years; involves experts from six universities With a $65.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to address Ohio’s opioid epidemic, a consortium of academic, state and community…

The following is a message from Acting Associate Director of Administration John Pounardjian, MBA. On March 17, the Cancer Center Administrators Forum (CCAF) gathered for its annual meeting, held this year in Minneapolis, MN. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) was represented well,…

Research in artificial intelligence by Case Western Reserve scientists gives hope to patients of lung and breast cancer; new discoveries help determine who will benefit from chemotherapy Case Western Reserve University researchers and partners, including a collaborator at Cleveland Clinic, are…

Researchers boast 98 percent accuracy for robots recognizing facial cues; could improve video gaming today, health care tomorrow Robots are getting smarter—and faster—at knowing what humans are feeling and thinking just by “looking” into their faces, a development that might one day allow more…

A beautiful spring day welcomed almost 600 guests for the ribbon cutting ceremony that marked the official opening of the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Health Education Campus. Entering the building as the sun streamed through the skylight into the courtyard, one could sense the electric…

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Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Haines as one of five CWRU faculty members selected to receive the 2019 Faculty Distinguished Research Award! Dr. Haines is the lead of the CTSC Informatics component and chair of the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the School of…

Outlet: NPR

The brain is more resilient than previously thought. In a groundbreaking experiment published in this week’s issue of Nature, neuroscientists created an artificial circulation system that successfully restored some functions and structures in donated pig brains—up to four hours after the pigs were…