Campus Research Facilities Reactivated
Like many universities and organizations during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the institutions that make up Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) — Michigan State University, the...
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MTRAC-funded project uses computer-assisted technology to mitigate surgical bleeding
Intraoperative hemorrhage — colloquially known as “bleeding out” — is a leading cause of death in operating rooms around the world.
Zowada Observatory still captures the stars despite quarantine
While Michigan’s stay-at-home order has halted much of Wayne State’s research activity, some studies have seen little interruption. And, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy observatory...
Street Medicine Detroit creates field hand-washing stations for Detroit’s homeless community
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Street Medicine Detroit, a student-led organization committed to serving the unreached homeless population of Detroit, has built a series of Field Hand-Washing St...
Researchers complete analysis on testing and reopening under COVID-19
Governors across the United States are anxious to reopen their struggling economies. However, because COVID-19 has not disappeared, testing remains limited and a vaccine is at least months away, reopeni...
An urgent search for solutions as researcher leads COVID-19 clinical trials
While scores of Wayne State pharmacy and health sciences faculty, students and alumni are engaged in head-to-head battle with COVID-19 on the front lines, college researchers are relentlessly searching ...
Engineers using 3D printers to produce face shields for PPE-strapped health care workers
Doctors, nurses and volunteers treating COVID-19 patients across the U.S. face a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). A group of students in the Wayne State University College of Engineering are working…
Lethargic global response to COVID-19: How the human brain’s failure to assess abstract threats cost us dearly
It’s hard to prepare for sudden change and distant threats don’t spur us to action. These are a few of the reasons why the world had a slow response to COVID-19, according to URC collaborating researchers Arash…
Commentary: Michigan's research universities involved in COVID-19 fight
Samuel L. Stanley Jr., Mark S. Schlissel and M. Roy Wilson Michigan needs its great public research universities more now than ever. And we are bringing all of our resources to this fight.
All in: Researchers shift focus to COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic putting life as we knew it on hold, many Wayne State researchers are aggressively shifting their focus to addressing the virus. To date, researchers have proposed more than 60 research projects…