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New research indicates how static electricity puts the charge in material, offering answer to centuries-old question For centuries, scientists have tried to understand triboelectric charging, commonly known as static electricity. Triboelectric charging causes toner from a photocopier or laser…

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, bolstered by a grant from the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, has launched a pilot program to help address what program director Marilyn “Lynn” Lotas called a “crisis of lead exposure among Cleveland’s…

With geographic barriers limiting treatment options for many people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a Case Western Reserve University researcher will use a new $4.9 million award to test online- and teleconference-based adaptations of methods that reduce fatigue and improve quality of life when…

Mixed-income housing communities were supposed to remedy the severe decline in the quality of public housing in the latter part of the 20th century, where families living in poverty were rarely—if ever—able to escape their dire economic situations. But a body of research by Mark Joseph, the Leona…

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a dozen years ago, there was a sharp and immediate drop in personal debt among residents living in city’s most flooded blocks, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study. Yet, the main driver of this debt reduction—using flood insurance…

RVS Rubber Solutions, a startup company co-founded by Case Western Reserve University student Pavel Galchenko, is among just 36 finalists chosen from around the world to compete in Singapore this week in an international business competition. “I still can’t believe it,” said Galchenko, a junior…

Agreement provides in-hospital legal guidance to patients and caregivers; experiential learning for law students Case Western Reserve University School of Law and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (UH Rainbow) have formed a Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) to guide…

For the sixth straight year, Case Western Reserve University received a national award that recognizes institutions for their commitment to diversity and inclusion and implementing comprehensive diversity initiatives across campus. Case Western Reserve received the 2017 Higher Education Excellence…

Lineup features storytelling biologist, award-winning authors, education pioneer From a scientist who studied human behavior by living among African baboons, to a pioneer in providing access to college and developing young leaders, to an award-winning author on American history, to the first…

New research challenges long-held assumptions about how men and women view their intelligence The notion that young females limit their own progress based on what they believe about their intelligence—called the “bright girl effect”—does not persist into adulthood, according to new research from…