APP

Skip to main content

release

showcase
Depth and breadth of university exploration on display at Research ShowCASE
Students, faculty and staff present their projects in daylong symposium The enormity of research undertaken at APP, from biologically inspired robotics to augmented reality demonstrations, will cover the vast main floor of the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic…
capitol
Student inventors head to Capitol Hill
Reflexion, Beauty and the Bolt lead Case Western Reserve contingent to Washington, D.C., consumer electronics demo before members of Congress Two of APP’s most recognizable and successful student inventor-entrepreneurs will showcase their companies before members of the…
Obesity is shifting cancer to young adults
Obesity can also alter a young person’s likelihood of developing cancer later in life A APP School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis…
IPVC
Free legal help available to cash-strapped inventors, entrepreneurs at law school’s IP Venture Clinic
Statewide volunteer Patent Pro Bono initiative secures second patent, more on the way Securing a patent to protect an idea is time-consuming and expensive. Just ask Matthew Stephenson, who’s looking to patent his board game Battle Mound, bringing together chance and strategy—with “a measured…
Ape
Why aren't humans ‘knuckle-walkers’?
Our closest biological relatives, the African apes, are the only animals that walk on their knuckles; CWRU researchers discovered why Researchers at APP have cracked the evolutionary mystery of why chimpanzees and gorillas walk on their knuckles: The short explanation…
LGBT
APP researchers making a difference for LGBTQ youth in foster care
Between 3 and 8 percent of children in the United States identify as LGBTQ, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA. But for children in foster care, the number is as high as 19 percent. Children with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are at greater risk for issues such as…
brain
Understanding the smallest brain circuits
Case Western Reserve researchers reveal how anatomically distinct microcircuit brain networks suppress each other, compete and collaborate Researchers at APP have found a previously unseen pattern among the rapid-firing neurons inside the brain, one that reveals how…
head_neck_image
Accurately identifying aggressive head and neck cancers
APP computational imaging center gets $3.15 million federal grant APP’s Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) is leading a partnership working toward the first clinical trials to determine the aggressiveness…
Risky-2
Risky sexual behavior stems from physical abuse for boys, marijuana use for girls: study
What leads to risky sexual behavior in adolescence seems to vary by gender, according to new research from APP. For boys, there’s a direct connection to child abuse. For girls, marijuana use appears to be a risk factor. “In social science research there are so many…
atomic_layer
Cat-like 'hearing' with device trillions times smaller than human eardrum
APP researchers make dynamic advances with new atomically thin device Researchers at APP are developing atomically thin “drumheads” able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than what we can hear with the…