Science + Tech

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Dayton Air Force Research Laboratory and China have developed a new dry adhesive that bonds in extreme temperatures—a quality that could make the product ideal for space exploration and beyond. The gecko-inspired adhesive loses no traction in…

Malaria has killed more people than any disease caused by a single organism, including small pox and the plague. Symptoms include high fever, copious sweating, nausea and vomiting, and shaking chills. While the industrialized world has been essentially malaria-free for more than half a century, the…

I would like to alert our membership of the two-year initiative I set out for the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) at the national meeting last week. As President of AACI for the next two years, I asked all the cancer centers to participate in a review of practices and approaches…

Funding will help researchers gather and share data, leading to better treatments A Midwest Big Data consortium including Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher Satya Sahoo has won more than $1 million in federal funding to advance neuroscience research. Sharing and using…

Two Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have received grants totaling $40,000 from Ann Arbor-based Eversight, a global nonprofit network of eye banks. The CWRU projects are aimed at helping glaucoma patients and those with Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy. Eversight…

A multi-institution academic-industrial partnership of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method to broadly assess cell communication networks and identify disease-specific network anomalies. The computer-based method, called InFlo, was…

A multi-institution academic-industrial partnership of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method to broadly assess cell communication networks and identify disease-specific network anomalies. The computer-based method, called InFlo, was…

Researchers at the Center for Global Health & Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and international colleagues, have provided the first of its kind comprehensive assessment of the current status of malaria in Madagascar, laying the groundwork for the 2018-2022 national…

Guest Commentary: Megan Kilbane, MBA, Assistant Dean for Oncology 2016 has been described as the year of 216, and it would be hard for anyone to argue that it is not truly the year for Cleveland to shine.  From the Cavs to the Monsters and soon to be the Indians, we are grabbing championships left…