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From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the stateās Third Frontier Commission. Kent State will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants arā¦
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The Mystery Behind Euphoric Feelings of Holding a Baby
There is nothing like it - holding a tiny baby in your arms. As a parent, you most likely know what it is like to get flooded with a rush of those ooey-gooey feelings. But why? How does it happen and what is the science behind those feelings for dads? Business Insider reached out to Heather Caā¦
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two Ā鶹¹ū¶³ researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each hā¦
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two Ā鶹¹ū¶³ researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each hā¦
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Kent State Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās College of Arts ā¦
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Kent State Epidemiologist Leads Study That Refutes Assumptions Ā鶹¹ū¶³ Depression In Heart Attack Patients
A Ā鶹¹ū¶³ epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression in heart attack patients. Studies have shown that people who suffer from depression are more likely to have heart disease or heart attacks in their lifetime. Worse still, similar research shows that heart pā¦
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Kent State Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two Ā鶹¹ū¶³ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from Kent Stateās College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanksā¦
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Kent State Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinsonās Patients
Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinsonās disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. Now, a Ā鶹¹ū¶³ professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purposeā¦
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Kent State Biology Professor Looks to Stop Alzheimerās Before It Starts
For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimerās disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailmentās victims. A Ā鶹¹ū¶³ professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts. Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., an associate biology professor in theā¦
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The Future of Fuel Cells
The basic concept of a fuel cell is simple ā it converts chemical energy into electricity. To hear Ā鶹¹ū¶³ Assistant Professor Yanhai Du, Ph.D., in the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology tell it, however, the impact of modern and emerging fuel cell technolā¦
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