http://illinois.edu/pc/imageList/19 These are the top research articles at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1204care.html Health http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/19362 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:45:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Many Americans have lost more than just retirement savings amid a year-long economic meltdown that has sliced the U.S. stock market?s value by nearly half in a little over a year, a University of Illinois elder law expert says. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1204vitamine.html Health http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/19361 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research With up to half of a person?s body mass consisting of skeletal muscle, chronic inflammation of those muscles ? which include those found in the limbs ? can result in significant physical impairment. Illinois researchers have found that Vitamin E shows promise in easing inflammation. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1202soilcarbon.html Science http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/19296 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where ? and which ? biofuel crops are used, University of Illinois researchers report this month. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1126elearn.html Phil Ciciora General http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/19151 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:15:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Traditional classroom teaching in higher education could learn a thing or two from online teaching, otherwise known as e-learning, according to a University of Illinois professor who studies computer-mediated communication, information exchange and the Internet. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1125webchanges.html Craig Chamberlain Political http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/19123 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:45:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research There were 45 nations in the ?Coalition of the Willing? when the U.S. invaded Iraq. Or 46 or 48 or 49. The number depends on which version of key White House news releases you read. Different versions of three releases all appear to be the originals. But the words are different and so are the facts, depending on when, over a period of several years, you accessed the releases on the White House Web site. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1124layoffs.html Jan Dennis Business http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/19112 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:00:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Widespread layoffs that stem corporate financial losses but leave workers out in the cold would deepen the looming recession that sparked them, a University of Illinois labor expert warns. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1117arbitration.html Business http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/18876 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:00:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Democratic Party control in Washington could restore lawsuits as an option for workers and consumers now forced to settle disputes through mandatory arbitration that gives employers and businesses an unfair edge, a University of Illinois labor law expert says. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1113embryo.html Science http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/18780 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:30:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research A gene essential to the growth and development of most organ systems in the body also is vital to female ? but not male ? embryonic sexual development, scientists report this month. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1113musician.html Art http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/18773 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:45:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Thinking of buying a guitar for little Jim or Kim this holiday season, but afraid to spend too much for an instrument that might ultimately spend too much time in its case? Don?t fret. Some useful, practical knowledge to assist with such decision-making may be plucked from the research of Gary McPherson, the Zimmerman Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois. McPherson, whose work focuses on why and how some young music-learners develop into accomplished musicians while others do not, believes parents play a key role in determining the outcome. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1112meth.html General http://illinois.edu/pc/article/19/18721 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:30:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research A narrative- and relationship-based intervention implemented by child-welfare professionals in Illinois has helped foster children in the rural Midwest begin recovering from the traumatic experiences associated with their parents? misuse and/or manufacture of methamphetamine by recruiting people in the children?s communities to help them to talk about and better understand the problems that so profoundly affected their lives.