News tagged with western reserve
Physicists create BlackMax to search for dimensions in space at the Large Hadron Collider
Nov 07, 2008 |
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A team of theoretical and experimental physicists, with participants from Case Western Reserve University, have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist ...
Researchers develop 'wireless' activation of brain circuits
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Traditionally, stimulating nerves or brain tissue involves cumbersome wiring and a sharp metal electrode. But a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is going "wireless."
Accidental discovery has potential for new applications in packaging
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2009 |
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A recent discovery at Case Western Reserve University may help keep food and drugs safer and fresher longer and electronic equipment dryer and more secure than ever before - all at a lower cost.
Researchers track Chernobyl fallout
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and dispersed over the Soviet Union, Europe and even eastern ...
Cancer drug delivery research cuts time from days to hours
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a technique that has the potential to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to diseased areas within hours, as opposed to the two days it currently takes for existing ...
New study finds caregivers of spouses with dementia enjoy life less
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Spouses of husbands and wives with dementia pay an emotional toll as they care for their ailing spouse. This has prompted a call for new interventions and strategies to assist caregivers in coping with the demands of this ...
Researchers find mechanism underlying alt. splicing of premessenger RNA into messenger RNA
Biology /
Dec 24, 2008 |
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An international research team led by Tim Nilsen, Ph.D., a professor of medicine and biochemistry and the director of the School of Medicine's Center for RNA Molecular Biology, has discovered an unexpected mechanism governing ...
Uncultured bacteria found in amniotic fluids of women who experience preterm births
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Yale University have made a significant advancement in understanding the cause behind why some pregnant women suffer from inflammations in the inner womb without any signs ...
Case Western Reserve professor helps control infectious diseases with models and math
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Can an algebraic equation hold the secret to eradicating malaria or schistosomiasis? A Case Western Reserve University mathematics professor is utilizing the combination of algorithms and models in an effort to assist his ...
Time is what we make of it
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Ask anyone working on a project, and the biggest complaint one hears is "There's not enough time." But instead of more time, maybe what they need is a change of perception.
Researchers uncover genetic basis for some birth defects
Nov 10, 2008 |
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A multidisciplinary research team at Case Western Reserve University led by Gary Landreth, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Medicine's Department of Neurosciences, has uncovered a common genetic pathway for a number of ...
'Stay Dry' tested to help men with incontinence problems from prostate cancer treatments
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Following surgery and radiation treatments for prostate cancer, most men suffer some degree of incontinence. For approximately 14 percent of these men, the problem lingers five years later.
Research finds drug candidate slows age-related macular degeneration
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Research results from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine show that the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is markedly slowed in new laboratory-engineered mice when they received treatments ...
Genes involved in antibiotic resistance vary within a species
Biology /
Dec 16, 2008 |
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The recent emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) in Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacteria that causes infections primarily among seriously ill patients in the intensive care unit who may have reduced immune systems, has ra ...
Can't chalk it up to 'baby fat'
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive ...
