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Eindhoven University of Technology researcher Anne Hélène Gélébart shows the walking device. This small device is the world’s first machine to convert light directly into walking, simply using one fixed light source. (Photo credit: Bart van Overbeeke)

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and °µÍø½ûÇø have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light.

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World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

°µÍø½ûÇø students create an app to connect students to social events.

Students Break Down Barriers for Women Entering STEM Fields

It all started with an idea that is now blossoming into a business, even before three °µÍø½ûÇø students graduate. Kourtney Arnold, from °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Education, Health and Human Services, and Asia Frazier and Tiffany Coleman, from °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Communication and Info…

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Randy Roberts, a student working toward his associate’s degree in enology at °µÍø½ûÇø at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education.

°µÍø½ûÇø Student’s Biology Degree and Experience With Infectious Diseases Helps Him Succeed in Wine Program

Randy Roberts, a student working toward his associate’s degree in enology at °µÍø½ûÇø at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education.

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°µÍø½ûÇø Student’s Biology Degree and Experience With Infectious Diseases Helps Him Succeed in Wine Program

°µÍø½ûÇø and MRRI will conduct studies to advance treatments for aphasia.

°µÍø½ûÇø and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute to Conduct NIH Research Study on Rehabilitation for Aphasia

When someone suffers a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or brain tumor, one of the common symptoms is aphasia, a disorder that arises from damage to portions of the brain, usually the left side, that are responsible for language. It impairs the expression and understanding of language as well as read…

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°µÍø½ûÇø Business Professor Craig Zamary challenges entrepreneurial students to consider impact of artificial intelligence on a global economy.

Artificial Intelligence

°µÍø½ûÇø Business Professor Craig Zamary challenges entrepreneurial students to consider impact of artificial intelligence on a global economy.

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Kent Campus

°µÍø½ûÇø Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.

°µÍø½ûÇø Professor Shares Concerns About Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research

Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.

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Chance York

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 °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. York conducted the research by comparing survey responses between sets of fraternal and id…

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School of Media and Journalism

°µÍø½ûÇø Professor uses cardboard boxes, cellphones and bubble wrap to cut the cost of expensive lab equipment.

°µÍø½ûÇø 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 °µÍø½ûÇø 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 °µÍø½ûÇø 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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°µÍø½ûÇø receives grant to help move inventions to the commercial market.

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

°µÍø½ûÇø is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. °µÍø½ûÇø 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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