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ϳԹ receives third-straight $500,000 technology start-up fund award from Ohio Third Frontier Commission
Only Ohio institution to receive funding all three years The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded ϳԹ its third $500,000 grant since 2016 for the ϳԹ Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund Program (CTP), a campus-based translational research fund to help faculty r...
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Guidance, resources offered for ϳԹ researchers during federal government shutdown
The political standoff that has shut down parts of the federal government since Dec. 22 threatens research funding at universities across the country, including ϳԹ. More specifically, the shutdown affects research agencies not yet funded for the current fiscal year, among them the...
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Is an ‘Internet of Ears’ the next big thing for smart homes?
Next generation of connected buildings envisions using changes in vibrations, sound and electrical field to improve energy consumption, monitor occupants’ movements Houses have been getting progressively “smarter” for decades, but the next generation of smart homes may offer what two Case Western Re...
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Breaking the cycle of intimate partner violence
New research from ϳԹ addresses trauma as a root cause The cycle of intimate partner violence will remain unbroken unless trauma in perpetrators—not just victims—is also treated, according to new research from ϳԹ. Offenders of intimate partne...
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Making solar panels that last half a century
ϳԹ research team awarded $1.35 million to study solar photovoltaic module construction, part of broader U.S. effort to make solar energy efficient, affordable A team of solar energy researchers from ϳԹ has been awarded $1.35 million from the ...
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New laser breakthrough
ϳԹ researchers, global collaborators, first to demonstrate ‘random, transistor’ laser that can be manipulated at nanoscale In the last half-century, laser technology has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global industry and used in everything from optical-disk drives and...
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Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership awards $1.1 million in funding and support for promising biomedical engineering university technologies
The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership between ϳԹ and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation has announced more than $1.1 million in 2018 funding and support for six biomedical technologies. The six ϳԹ projects were selected for full program fu...
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The trust older patients place in doctors can compromise their medical care: study
Placing trust in doctors to advocate for their health needs, older adults rarely ask for referrals to specialists, specific prescriptions, express concerns or follow-up after medical visits, according to a new study from ϳԹ. The findings highlight a disconnect between t...
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Melting Arctic ice revamping world’s shipping routes—prompting China’s “Polar Silk Road” and study by ϳԹ political scientist
Rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice, opening new shipping routes and prompting world powers to jostle for access and control. In January, China announced intentions to establish a permanent presence in the Arctic—dubbed the “Polar Silk Road”—to dramatically reduce the time needed to move...
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Study: African-Americans who attend church less likely to suffer mental-health issues than those who don’t
ϳԹ researchers examine how social relationships affect depression, suicide and other issues African-Americans who regularly attend church are far less likely to suffer from mental-health issues, including depression and suicide, according to new research from Case Wester...