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Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab

A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab.

Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab

An innovative experiment creates building materials from fungus.

Brains on Tap will feature a discussion on the benefits of cycling exercise on Parkinson's disease.

Last month’s “Brains on Tap” discussion on Parkinson’s disease is now available to listen to on  

Brains on Tap is a quarterly series of public discussions, held at a brewery or bar, on topics of research being conducted by members of 91ֿ’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) and other Northeast Ohio neuroscientists.

91ֿ Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease In Aged Chimpanzee Brains

Since completion of her Ph.D. in 2016, Assistant Professor Melissa Edler and her colleagues have secured more than $2 million in research funding for examining aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

Photo of Karl Kosko wearing goggles

Three 91ֿ professors are developing a solution to a teacher training issue through the use of extended reality (XR) technology and 360 video. 

Student working on clothes mannequin

As of 2021, the fashion industry was responsible for 10% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to research done by the .

Image of DNA strands by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Hanbin Mao and Yaorong Zheng, both professors of chemistry and biochemistry, are conducting research on the mechanical modulation of cell migrations using DNA nanoassemblies to stop cancer migration.

Pitcher Plants inside the Herrick Conservatory

Some plants on campus are hungry for more than just water and sunlight. 

Students work in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

The average person spends about on their smartphone a day. In that time spent scrolling, do you ever stop to wonder what materials your phone screen is made of or why it works?