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New year holds hope for particles, planets The Columbus Dispatch: The search for dark matter—the essential, invisible glue that holds the universe together—is listed in a prediction of 2012 science discoveries. “We hope to be going into dark-matter-search mode by the early fall,” said Tom Shutt, as...

Jimmy Dimora trial expected to produce explosive testimony, larger-than-life characters The Plain Dealer: The public-corruption trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora is scheduled to begin Jan. 9. “It’s going to be tough sledding for the defense,” said Lewis Katz, John C. Hutchin...

Doctors have to manage smartphone distractions American Medical News: Surveys show that more than 80 percent of doctors carry smartphones, raising concerns about how these distractions could hurt patients. Physicians should turn off email notifications and other apps, said Neil Mehta, director of e...

Just as e-books and text messaging have their skeptics today, when Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe rolled off the printing press in 1719, the public wondered how this work of fiction and others like it would affect public morals and social order, according to Christopher Flint, associate professor of...

Case Western Reserve University’s 121 Fitness is offering specials for joining the gym this month: Join in January and pay just $25 in initiation fees (a 50-percent discount) and pay no dues for January. Plus, new members can earn the $25 back just by exercising regularly. 121 Fitness has 90 staff ...

Science Café Cleveland’s next topic will be “Antioxidants: Direct from the Fountain of Youth? Are antioxidants the magic elixir of immortality, or poisons in disguise?” During the Jan. 9 session, pharmacology professors John Mieyal and Mike Maguire will discuss whether antioxidants are the key to he...

All students, staff and faculty are invited to join the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women for “Finding Your Voice,” an informal discussion on finding your voice personally and professionally. The event, a WILD Wednesdays talk, will be held Jan. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Spartan Room, located o...

Linda Ehrlich, associate professor of Japanese, presented at the (S)Movies: Contemporary Spanish Cinema conference in New York City Dec. 12-17. Ehrlich gave an introductory talk about Catalan director Isaki Lacuesta and led a post-film-viewing question-and-answer session with the director. Lacuesta...

Information Technology Services (ITS) recently unveiled a newly redesigned help.case.edu website. The enhanced and expanded site is easier to understand, search and navigate, and it provides more of the information you frequently need to use CWRU technology services. Use help.case.edu to seek assis...

A manmade package filled with nature’s bone-building ingredients delivers the goods over time and space to heal serious bone injuries faster than products currently available, Cleveland researchers have found. Tested on sheep in Switzerland, the surgical elastic “implant device”—essentially a wrapp...