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New materials for stronger wind turbines UPI: Marcio Loos, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and colleagues have built a lighter, stronger wind turbine blade that will allow larger turbines to capture more wind energy. It’s the world’s first…

For many Americans, caregiving a long-distance burden U.S. News & World Report: Long-distance caregiving is becoming more common, but it brings added stress. “We found that long-distance caregivers were much more anxious than local caregivers, who could see what was happening [on a more…

Ian Wong and freshbag aim to bring fresh food to urban communities The Huffington Post: School of Medicine student Ian Wong launched freshbag, a local food-delivery service, to help improve the area’s health. “As part of our schooling, we were sent into the [Cleveland] community to identify the…

Self-employed struggle as U.S. recovery offers few opportunities Bloomberg Businessweek: Because small companies employ about half of the private-sector labor force, it’s difficult for jobless rates to improve when they’re “not doing well, because they are too big a part of the economy,” said…

Cuyahoga County Council OKs absentee ballot mailing; Husted drops plan to block ballot applications The Plain Dealer: Secretary of State Jon Husted dropped his proposal to block absentee voting by using ballot applications sent at the taxpayers’ expense in Cuyahoga County. Husted said all voters…

Americana BBC: The handwritten letter has become a “sentimental inconvenience” around the world, especially in America, so Americana themes its episode around the postal service. Bill Marling, professor of American literature, modernism, popular culture and globalization, discusses James N. Cain’s…

College rankings that aren’t ridiculous: Washington Monthly The Huffington Post: Case Western Reserve University ranked No. 7 in Washington Monthly’s annual rankings, the top 13 of which are listed here.

'Bridesmaids,' 'The Help' draw women audiences – and big box-office numbers The Christian Science Monitor: Female-driven films have been huge hits at the box office this summer, such as The Help and Bridesmaids. The success of Bridesmaids, said SAGES Fellow Brad Ricca, was partly due to the fact…

Doctor shortage threatens U.S. and Ohio: The Changing Face of Medicine The Plain Dealer: A doctor shortage across the U.S. and in Northeast Ohio is occurring. To combat this, medical schools have agreed to grow enrollment by 30 percent by 2015—a difficult task for the schools, as classrooms and…

Biomarker spinoff from Case Western Reserve gets $300K federal grant MedCity News: NeoProteomics, a spinoff from Case Western Reserve University that was co-founded by the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics’ director Mark Chance, received a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of…