Science + Tech

Case Western Reserve University-led study with Ohio State University and DOE Joint Genome Institute reveals how often microbes trade genes—and what it means for climate change

Zach Pattersonassistant professor of mechanical and aerospace at Case School of EngineeringArea of Focus: bioinspired robots and control algorithmsCase Western Reserve University researcher Zach Patterson constructs robots taking cues from biology—exploring how they function, move and are…

Case Western Reserve biologists are intrigued by the potential

A conversation with Jordan Swisher (CWR ’15), co-founder of a chemicals startup in stealth mode

New hope for breathing recovery after spinal cord injuriesStory By: Patty ZamoraAbout 300,000 Americans live with spinal cord injuries, and related respiratory complications are the leading cause of illness and death, according to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. But a new study led by…

A crystal Katie Colbaugh helped grow is currently sitting on Mars. It rode there aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down on the Red Planet in February 2021 and has been searching for signs of ancient life ever since. Colbaugh and her colleagues at Gooch & Housego—a Highland…

New study from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals shows loss of nitric oxide in Alzheimer’s brains; Published in ‘Molecular Cell’

When Dayton C. Miller, PhD (HON 1927), learned invisible light rays could pass through objects and leave images on film, he decided to experiment.In the winter of 1896, the Case School of Applied Science physics professor took X-rays of his body in sections on glass plates—and then put the plates…

Clean water is easy to take for granted—until it’s compromised. Across the country, concerns about contamination, infrastructure failures and emerging pollutants have kept water in the public consciousness. In Cleveland, that reckoning isn’t new. Since the city’s founding on Lake Erie, water has…

Pedram MohseniGoodrich Professor for Engineering Innovation and chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringArea of Focus: leveraging technological advances in microsensors and microelectronics to develop next-generation devices to improve patients' quality of lifePedram…