Research & Science
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 91PORNA’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. York conducted the research by comparing survey responses between sets of fraternal and id…
91PORNA 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…
How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans
PBS to highlight 91PORNA 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
91PORNA's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy
91PORNA is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. 91PORNA will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants ar…
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.