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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì researchers use EEG caps to study the brain activity of monks during a debate.

Mapping the Brain Activity of Buddhist Monks

Electroencephalogram (EEG) caps are helping ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers unlock the secrets of the mind.

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , Research & Science , Featured Story

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

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Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Success Story , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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Eindhoven University of Technology researcher Anne Hélène Gélébart shows the walking device. This small device is the world’s first machine to convert light directly into walking, simply using one fixed light source. (Photo credit: Bart van Overbeeke)

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Professor Robin Selinger of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Liquid Crystal Institute® helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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Ideastream talks with ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants

Ideastream® talks with ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Health , Featured Story , Faculty Research , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Featured Story , Global Reach

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WKYC-TV talks with ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

Acting too White: ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Tags: Health , College of Sciences and Humanities , Featured Story , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Mathematical Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , National Science Foundation , Grants , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Biological Sciences , Research & Science

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains

Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are considered uniquely susc…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Sciences and Humanities , Research & Science

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A ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords

A ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Sciences and Humanities , Student Success , LaunchNet ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì , Featured Story

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì professor Hanbin Mao (middle) co-authored a paper with graduate students Sagun Jonchhe (left) and Prakash Shrestha (right) on the genetic factors influencing the formation of cancer cells.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Sciences and Humanities , Success Story , Research & Science

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