Research & Science
How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans
PBS to highlight Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.
Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
From Research Lab to Commercial Market: 91¿´Æ¬Íø Awards Grant to Boost Economy
91¿´Æ¬Íø is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø will share $400,000 with Cleveland 91¿´Æ¬Íø University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants ar…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Archaeologist Uses National Science Foundation Grant to Recreate, Test Ancient Weapons
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
91¿´Æ¬Íø researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
A Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø 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 91¿´Æ¬Íø researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers
91¿´Æ¬Íø students will travel to Japan for collaborative research with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, studying evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior.