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Released: 12-Nov-2019 12:00 PM EST
First-of-its-kind online tool helps Indiana communities address climate change vulnerabilities
Indiana University

Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute has launched the Hoosier Resilience Index, a first-of-its-kind online tool to help local governments and Indiana residents understand how their communities are vulnerable to climate change and what they can do to respond.

11-Nov-2019 1:20 PM EST
New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago
Indiana University

A study co-led by researchers at Indiana University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.

6-Nov-2019 12:05 PM EST
U.S. economy continues to expand, but at a slower pace, reaching about 2 percent growth in 2020
Indiana University

The U.S. economy will continue to expand for a 12th consecutive year in 2020, but by only about 2 percent and struggling to remain at that level by year's end. Indiana's economic output will be more anemic, growing at a rate of about 1.25 percent, according to a forecast released today by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

   
Released: 4-Nov-2019 3:45 PM EST
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley to serve as Kelley School's Poling Chair
Indiana University

Former Maryland Gov. Martin J. O' Malley will visit the Indiana University Kelley School of Business as its Poling Chair of Business and Government during the current academic year.

Released: 31-Oct-2019 4:20 PM EDT
McCabe article analyzes EPA’s weakening of air pollution rules for industry
Indiana University

In a new article published by Harvard Law School, Janet McCabe, director of the Environmental Resilience Institute, details how the Trump Administration is weakening one of the long-established cornerstones of the Clean Air Act to appease industry at the expense of public health.

Released: 15-Oct-2019 2:40 PM EDT
Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure
Indiana University

Researchers at the IU School of Optometry have used adaptive optics technology to create the first undistorted microscopic images of the eye's trabecular meshwork, which could help improve treatment for glaucoma.

   
Released: 7-Oct-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Focus on Mental Health as Cause of Mass Violence May Be Increasing Stigma
Indiana University

Over the last two decades, more Americans see people with mental health problems as dangerous and are willing to use legal means to force treatment, according to a new paper by IU Distinguished Professor of Sociology Bernice Pescosolido.

   
Released: 2-Oct-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Innovations in farming and manufacturing focus of $1.1 million in NSF grants to IU
Indiana University

Two grants to professors in the IU School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering will support research on the revitalization of traditional industries in Indiana and Taiwan

27-Sep-2019 12:05 AM EDT
IU School of Medicine awarded $36 million NIH grant for Alzheimer's disease drug discovery center
Indiana University

The IU-led center is one of only two multi-institution teams in the nation selected as part of a new federal program intended to improve, diversify and reinvigorate the Alzheimer's disease drug development pipeline.

18-Sep-2019 10:35 AM EDT
Open Medicare Data Helps Uncover Potential Hidden Costs of Health Care
Indiana University

IU scientists studying Medicare data have found an association between health care industry payments to medical providers for non-research expenses and what these providers charge for medical services.

     
17-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Key similarities discovered between human and archaea chromosomes
Indiana University

A study led by Indiana University is the first to reveal key similarities between chromosomes in humans and archaea. The work could advance use of the single-celled organism in research on cancer.

   


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