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• U. of I. music duo's latest CD draws from wide-ranging repertoire May 16, 2012
  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 hourl […]
• Getting news from the Internet not as divisive as many assume May 15, 2012
  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. […]
• Maps of miscanthus genome offer insight into grass evolution May 15, 2012
  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 to […]