International team of researchers co-led by Kent State professor investigates In a new study, researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand? When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, science was revolutionized. Today researchers and the medical industry routinely create artificial DNA structures for many purposes, including diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Now an international rese...

Terrorism can be a heavy subject for many to digest, but for Associate Professor Stephanie Danes Smith and School of Communication Studies Director Paul Haridakis, it is a teaching opportunity. For years, Smith and Haridakis have been analyzing how different communication tactics are used in terrorism and developed the Communication Studies course, Communication and Terrorism, as a result.    As professional communicators and professors of communication, their attention was drawn to how ...