Illinois News Bureau: Research

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  Expert: Medicaid cuts will hurt low-, middle-income Illinois seniors
  5/23/2012Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor writer Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor by Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor published by Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor
  Springfields plan to slash nearly $1.4 billion from the states Medicaid program will ultimately result in bigger medical (and financial) problems for low- and middle-income senior citizens and their families, says a University of Illinois elder law expert.
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  Social welfare cuts ultimately come with heavy price, researchers say
  5/23/2012Sharita Forrest, News Editor writer Sharita Forrest, News Editor by Sharita Forrest, News Editor published by Sharita Forrest, News Editor
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  U. of I. music duo's latest CD draws from wide-ranging repertoire
  5/16/2012Dusty Rhodes, Arts and Humanities Editor writer Dusty Rhodes, Arts and Humanities Editor by Dusty Rhodes, Arts and Humanities Editor published by Dusty Rhodes, Arts and Humanities Editor
  The old warning about judging a book by its cover applies to the new album by flutist Jonathan Keeble and harpist Ann Yeung, music professors at the University of Illinois who perform and record as the Aletheia Duo. Their second CD is Song of the Black Swan: Works Inspired by Nature. The instrumentation and New Age title combine to suggest the CD is an hourlong soundtrack suitable for meditation or a garden wedding.
• Getting news from the Internet not as divisive as many assume
  5/15/2012Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor writer Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor published by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor
  The Internet is changing the way people get their news, but theres little proof that it is fragmenting or polarizing the news audience the way many assume, says professor David Tewksbury, the head of the University of Illinois department of communication.
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  Maps of miscanthus genome offer insight into grass evolution
  5/15/2012Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor writer Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor by Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor published by Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor
  Miscanthus grasses are used in gardens, burned for heat and energy, and converted into liquid fuels. They also belong to a prominent grass family that includes corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Two new, independently produced chromosome maps of Miscanthus sinensis (an ornamental that likely is a parent of Miscanthus giganteus, a biofuels crop) are a first step toward sequencing the M. sinensis genome. The studies reveal how a new plant species with distinctive traits can arise as a result of chromosome duplications and fusions.
• Research: Too much, too little noise turns off consumers, creativity
  5/14/2012Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor writer Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor by Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor published by Phil Ciciora, Business & Law Editor
  Ambient background noise turns out to be an important factor affecting creative cognition among consumers, according to research from Ravi Mehta, a professor of business administration at Illinois.