Research & Science
91PORNA Archaeologist Uses National Science Foundation Grant to Recreate, Test Ancient Weapons
91PORNA professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
91PORNA Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women
91PORNA's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
91PORNA Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
91PORNA researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
91PORNA Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
A 91PORNA professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
91PORNA 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 91PORNA researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
91PORNA Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
91PORNA Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
91PORNA Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal
91PORNA scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in 91PORNA’s College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th…
Cancer Survivors and Depression: 91PORNA Professor Studies Link
A new study by a 91PORNA researcher finds that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns.
91PORNA Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health
University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village 91PORNA, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin…
91PORNA Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers
91PORNA 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.
