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Professor Researches Link Between Genetics, Social Media Use

A person’s genetic makeup influences how frequently he or she uses social media, according to research by Chance York, Ph.D., assistant professor in 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. York conducted the research by comparing survey responses between sets of fraternal and id…

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor uses cardboard boxes, cellphones and bubble wrap to cut the cost of expensive lab equipment.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Uses Cellphones to Make Science Affordable

If you ask Christopher Fenk, science is something that should be accessible to everyone. Through his research on using cellphones as lab equipment, Fenk is striving to provide classrooms with affordable alternatives to equipment that can cost between $1,200 to $2,000 per piece. Fenk, a chemistry pr…

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PBS to highlight 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Stark professor's research on how butterflies could help serve as a model to deliver medicine to humans.

How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans

PBS to highlight 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø receives grant to help move inventions to the commercial market.

From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy

51³Ô¹ÏÍø is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants ar…

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Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead at a special lab at the university's Kent Campus.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Archaeologist Uses National Science Foundation Grant to Recreate, Test Ancient Weapons

51³Ô¹ÏÍø professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.

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Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence

51³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø professor explains how good cells can turn bad.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.

These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.

An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

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