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World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

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91�ֿ� Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

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91�ֿ� Professor Shares Concerns 91�ֿ� Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research

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91�ֿ� Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.

Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.

Anuj Gurung Does Applied Research with Immigrant Communities in Akron's North Hill Neighborhood.

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Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health

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Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in 91�ֿ�’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

91�ֿ�'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

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91�ֿ� receives grant to help move inventions to the commercial market.

91�ֿ� Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women

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91�ֿ�'s Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.

91�ֿ� Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence

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91�ֿ� Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

91�ֿ� researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

91�ֿ� Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

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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 91�ֿ� researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

91�ֿ� Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal

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Melissa Zullo (left), associate professor of epidemiology in 91�ֿ�’s College of Public Health, works with a Ph.D. student.

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