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IU School of Law-Indianapolis Ranks 44th in the Nation
In its first annual ranking of U.S. law schools , Super Lawyers Magazine ranks Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis as 44th in the nation.
Northwest Hospital Moves to Enviro-Friendly Generator
Northwest Hospital in Randallstown is among the first hospitals in the nation and first hospital on the East Coast to move to an environmentally-friendly generator to power its emergency electrical needs.
Smartphone App Illuminates Power Consumption
A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors at the University of Michigan.
Saving the single cysteine: new antioxidant system found
We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines.
High Blood Pressure Easy to Miss in Children with Kidney Disease
Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension – even during doctor’s office visits — increasing a child’s risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology.
Gallery of Fluid Motion and Virtual Press Room Now Open
The virtual Press Room for next week's 62st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics in Minneapolis is now open. See http://www.aps.org/units/dfd/pressroom/.
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