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Biologists from Indiana University and Montana State University have discovered a striking connection between viruses such as HIV and Ebola and viruses that infect organisms called archaea that grow in volcanic hot springs. Despite the huge difference in environments and a 2 billion year evolutionary time span between archaea and humans, the viruses hijack the same set of proteins to break out of infected cells.

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A successful program at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business that last summer taught dozens of college students from the Middle East and North Africa to become entrepreneurs is being expanded this summer to include those from Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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A new digital collection made possible by the collaboration of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis captures history through more than 14,000 images.

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More than 55 Indiana U. researchers participated in ACSM. Here, researchers discuss findings involving elite athletes, arterial stiffening in young and older populations, and a simple program for losing weight and sitting less.

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A conference Friday, May 31, at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Campus Center will focus on cultural competency in delivering mental health services.

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o foster greater understanding of social entrepreneurship within the context of American culture, Indiana University's Kelley School of Business is hosting a program for 20 students from across Europe, sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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An Indiana U. study found that an omega-3 supplement derived from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel improved lung function and reduced airway inflammation in asthmatics with exercise-induced asthma.

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The world premiere of the film "Ordinary Extraordinary Junco: Remarkable Biology From a Backyard Bird" -- a fascinating science documentary developed by biologists at Indiana University about one of North America's most beloved songbirds -- was a local success and a box office sell-out.

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The Rockefellers' contributions went beyond funding to creating the mechanisms for dispersing funds. Lessons learned by the Rockefeller Foundation could well serve today’s leading philanthropic giants, said IUPUI Professor William H. Schneider.

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Looking to further broaden Indiana University's international reach and to increase educational and research opportunities for its students and faculty, IU President Michael A. McRobbie will leave Saturday for South Korea, China and Taiwan. While there, he will renew or sign several agreements between IU and leading higher education institutions in the region. He also will meet with alumni and with business and government leaders, and attend two special receptions for IU's newest students from China and South Korea.

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"Eternal flames" fueled by hydrocarbon gas could shine a light on the presence of natural gas in underground rock layers and conditions that let it seep to the surface, according to research by Indiana University geologists.

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Indiana U. health policy expert Beth Meyerson said the new USPSTF screening guidelines represent an important shift in HIV testing and will result in more HIV screenings, but availability of the tests remains a big unknown.

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Paying college athletes is a contentious issue and the subject of a lawsuit challenging the use of their likenesses in video games. An Indiana U. study found that many video gamers recognize athletes in the video games.

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In advance of the May 10 release of director Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, "The Great Gatsby," Indiana University has several faculty experts who can provide insights on various aspects of the author, the book's themes and other details.

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Maybe rocker Greg Kihn was being prophetic in his 1981 hit, "The Breakup Song," with its chorus, "They don't write 'em like that anymore." An Indiana University professor's new paper looks at how people write to break up today, including through texts, emails and social media. According to a new research article by Ilana Gershon, associate professor of communication and culture in IU's College of Arts and Sciences, part of what makes the breakup stories she collected into American stories is that the medium seems so important to the message when breaking off relationships.

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An Indiana University School of Medicine breast cancer surgeon Susan Clare, M.D., Ph.D., is pursuing research that will utilize glass, gold, nanotechnology and Greek mythology hoping to vanquish breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain.

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The taste of beer, without any effect from alcohol itself, can trigger dopamine release in the brain, which is associated with drinking and other drugs of abuse, Indiana University School of Medicine researchers reported.

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A new study found that higher levels of mercury exposure in young adults increased their risks for type 2 diabetes later in life by 65 percent. The Indiana U. study is the first to show a link between mercury and diabetes in humans.

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Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are conducting the nation’s first randomized controlled dementia screening trial to weigh the benefits and risks of routine screening for dementia. The results of the five-year trial will help policy-makers, individuals and families weigh the pros and cons of routine screening of adults age 65 and older.

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Deloitte is expanding its relationship with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business to become the founding member of its Institute for Business Analytics.

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The U.S. should adopt mileage-based road user fees to raise revenue to build and maintain roads and bridges, say faculty members at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

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Indiana University announced that Robby Benson, a film and television industry veteran actor, director, producer and educator, will join its Department of Telecommunications faculty as a professor of practice in the fall of 2013.

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Indiana U. experts in family law and Americans' changing public opinion on families are available to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases involving same-sex marriage.

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Innovative medical records software developed by Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center on Aging Research will provide more personalized health care for older adults.

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A Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute researcher is a member of an international team that has discovered this childhood eye cancer is not always caused by a mutation of the “retinoblastoma gene.”

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Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are working to restore vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy with stem cell treatments.

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Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has achieved CFA Program Partner status with CFA Institute, which offers the premier certification in the investment industry worldwide. The partnership will benefit students seeking to become Chartered Financial Analysts, an international designation that the CFA Institute awards after a rigorous examination process.

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IU law prof Michael Pitts says Shelby County v. Holder is the most important election law case to reach the Supreme Court since Bush v. Gore, which decided the 2000 presidential election.

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The media called it "The Twitter Predictor," and some scoffed at the idea that by analyzing activity on the social media tool one could predict economic markets like the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But today, Indiana University associate professor Johan Bollen's work received a rare form of validation: a United States patent.

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Students at Indiana University in Bloomington have a new tool that provides them with quick and easy access to knowledge about how to conduct business effectively with people all over the world. IU is the first university in the United States to offer enterprise-wide GlobeSmart, a Web-based product from Aperian Global, which offers consulting, training and Web tools for global talent development. GlobeSmart provides in-depth information and advice about business, culture and travel-related topics in more than 65 countries.

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Indiana University has announced the creation of its first international gateway office. Located in Gurgaon, India -- a suburb of New Delhi -- the Indiana University Gateway-India will serve as a home base for IU activities in the country.

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New research from Indiana University has found that machine learning - the same computer science discipline that helped create voice recognition systems, self-driving cars, and credit card fraud detection systems - can drastically improve both the cost and quality of health care in the United States.

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Earlier this week, a team of historians and archaeologists concluded on the basis of DNA and other evidence that skeletal remains found underneath a parking lot in England last fall were those of King Richard III, who died in 1485. Indiana University has several faculty experts who are available to comment on the discovery's impact on the long-dead king's place in history, his depiction by Shakespeare and the effect on actors.

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A new book edited by Indiana University faculty member Sara C. Pryor examines the ways in which climate change is having a significant impact on the Midwestern United States through more frequent heavy rain events, drought, extreme heat and other factors.

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Omega-3 fatty acids have potential benefit for people on dialysis, who are at high risk for sudden cardiac death.

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A team of biologists from Indiana University and Brown University believes it has discovered the mechanism by which interacting mutations in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA produce an incompatible genotype that reduces reproductive fitness and delays development in fruit flies.

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Spectator sports and food have long gone hand-in-hand, yet FDA regulations geared toward calorie transparency at restaurant chains ignore this relationship by failing to include concessions at major sport facilities.

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Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has entered into a partnership with the newly formed American University of Mongolia to offer an MBA for global executives beginning in September.

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An Indiana U. study reveals that in a nationally representative study of Americans, sex was rated as highly arousing and pleasurable whether or not condoms and/or lubricants were used.

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Indiana U. experts discuss the medical community's role in the controversy surrounding concussions and the NFL; the hook-up culture on college campuses; and similarities between finding a love interest and finding a job.

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When schools are failing, new research from Indiana University suggests, administrators should focus on a single, annual goal if they want to obtain higher graduation rates.

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Indiana University structural biologist Joel Ybe and colleagues identify a "topology switch" in the protein clathrin, the function of which may shed light on molecular processes involved in tumor suppression.

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Chemicals used as flame retardants are present as environmental pollutants at locations around the globe, including remote sites in Indonesia, Nepal and Tasmania, according to a study by researchers from Indiana University.

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Religious groups aren’t capturing the hearts of the millennial generation, and the Internet is partly to blame, says the author on a new book on building strong religious communities.

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Under the law, whistle-blowers are supposed to be protected from direct reprisals on the job, including discrimination. But what if they and their actions becomes the subject of a widely distributed email? Is that a form of retaliation? Two professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business set out to answer that question and determine when public disclosure of the whistle-blower's identity -- like in an email -- is sufficient to support such a claim, in a paper that has been accepted for publication in North Carolina Law Review.

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End-of-the-world predictions are common in human history, but believers in the Mayan Doomsday claim don’t understand the Mayan calendar system, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis professor Larry Zimmerman said.

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Using brain imaging and other measures, Indiana U. and Kinsey Institute researchers showed that new mothers were less interested in threats unrelated to the baby. The use of oxytocin produced similar results in other women.