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What to Drink and When WKYC: Mary Beth Kavanagh, senior instructor of nutrition, stopped by Good Company to discuss which beverages—from energy drinks to coconut water—actually provide the benefits they claim and which ones are worth the calories and sugar content.

Settle in for a summer of ‘reboots’ at the box office Gannett Wire: From Spider-Man to Snow White, some of this summer’s biggest films likely will be “reboots” of popular tales. “The idea of rebooting a film property really began with (James) Bond,” said SAGES Fellow Bradley Ricca. “As Bonds grew…

Community gardens in running for orchard contest The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University Farm is one of eight Ohio community gardens in the running to receive a fruit tree orchard. The orchard would help supply Bon Appetit Kitchens on campus with fresh fruit. The first round of voting…

Turning plant virus into cancer weapon WKYC: Nicole Steinmetz, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is leading a team of researchers who are taking a plant virus and turning it into a cancer-fighting “medicine container.” "We've already shown that we can deliver these to brain tumors,…

Weighing news for at-risk babies The Plain Dealer: Ohio’s infant mortality rates haven’t grown since 2006, though it’s still the 11th-highest rate in the country. “In the short term, it’s frustrating, but over the longer term, those numbers do continue to improve,” said Marc Collin, associate…

Elizabeth Davis, alum of Cleveland stage, gets Tony Award nod The Plain Dealer: The musical Once earned 11 Tony Award nominations, including alumna Elizabeth A. Davis (GRS ’06) for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical. Ron Wilson, director of the MFA Acting Program,…

Bionic ear could replace cochlear implants Discovery News: A team of engineers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah built a cochlear implant that would put more components inside the ear than other versions—making them more convenient and less bulky.

Slowing sales show small business needs help Bloomberg Businessweek: Average revenues for small business owners are up 9.5 percent since the recovery began, but a closer look at recent data reveals the depth of small business owners’ sales problem and supports demands for help, writes Scott Shane,…

More scientists share memories of science fairs The Columbus Dispatch: Even more scientists from across Ohio shared their memories of childhood science fairs, including chemical engineering professor Robert Savinell, who built a gas chromatograph (an instrument to separate, detect and quantify…

Cincinnati woman’s suit may refine limits on rules for church-school teachers The Associated Press: A 30-year-old single woman was fired from her job as a teacher in two Cincinnati Catholic schools after she was artificially inseminated and became pregnant; the case is now a federal discrimination…