Science + Tech

More than 3,400 sudden unexpected infant deaths are reported annually in the United States, making it the country’s biggest cause of death of infants from 1 month to 1 year old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most of these deaths are classified as Sudden…

Johanna Nagy, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, was recently awarded NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics to advance her work in experimental cosmology. This esteemed early career award is granted to a select few of…

To recognize the contributions postdoctoral researchers make to Case Western Reserve University—and their respective fields—The Daily has partnered with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs on a new monthly series. Know an outstanding postdoc making an impact at CWRU or in their field? Nominate them…

In basketball, to shoot the perfect free throw, train your eye on the rim. In baseball, for the perfect pitch, look at the catcher's mitt. So says the "quiet eye" technique, which calls on a period of extended visual attention to improve coordination and performance. A research-backed approach…

Daniel Spratt, MD, member of Case CCC's Developmental Therapeutics Program, conducted a retrospective cohort study assessing the associations between the Decipher Genomic Classifier (Decipher GC), a test that improves understanding of the aggressiveness of a patient's prostate cancer, and risks of…

Case CCC Molecular Oncology Program member Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD, and Thomas Jefferson University's Lucia Languino, PhD, conducted a collaborative study that appears in a recent Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. The study, Expression of the αVβ3 integrin affects prostate cancer sEV cargo and…

Juvenile Justice: Laura Voith, associate professor, discussed her study that showed how school interventions at a young age are the best shot at reducing youth violence.   Read the article

Chemical engineering is all around us. It’s physical: we can see it, touch it and smell it. Take, for example, using car air fresheners or smelling your mother’s cooking.  Air fresheners take advantage of transport principles by using the mass transfer coefficient kin the air and agitating it,…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to make it easier for people to prevent skin cancer. Free sunscreen will be available to all visitors at participating Cleveland Metroparks beaches and golf courses. The project, “Be Sun Smart. Protect Your Skin…

A study with Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Co-Leader Stephanie Schmit, PhD, MPH, as Principal Investigator aims to close the healthcare gap that disproportionately affects Hispanic/Latino (H/L) communities in the U.S. by identifying colorectal cancer screening (CRC) screening…