Research & Science
91²Ö¿â Researcher Examines Vaccine Rejection and Hesitancy, Discusses Ways to More Actively Promote Vaccination
The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at 91²Ö¿â’s College of Public Health, challenges statements made by influential individuals who oppose the widespread use of vaccines, and she ca…
91²Ö¿â 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 91²Ö¿â researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
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 91²Ö¿â students graduate. Kourtney Arnold, from 91²Ö¿â’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, and Asia Frazier and Tiffany Coleman, from 91²Ö¿â’s College of Communication and Info…
91²Ö¿â Researchers Study Link Between Viral Mobile App and a Healthier Lifestyle
Pokémon GO’s worldwide release one year ago sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pokémon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone. Capturing the little monsters isn’t just fun for the players, it m…
91²Ö¿â 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 91²Ö¿â at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education.
World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and 91²Ö¿â in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer material in a rectangu…
World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and 91²Ö¿â in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer material in a rectangu…
91²Ö¿â 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…
Artificial Intelligence
91²Ö¿â Business Professor Craig Zamary challenges entrepreneurial students to consider impact of artificial intelligence on a global economy.
91²Ö¿â Professor Shares Concerns 91²Ö¿â Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research
Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.