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Technique improves yogurt’s consistency
Tearing off the foil lid from a cup of yogurt sometimes reveals more than you want to eat — a pool of murky liquid floating above the fruitful treat. New manufacturing techniques developed by CALS food scientist John Lucey could keep this watery substance — called surface whey — beneath the surface without adding extra ingredients.
Sludge cleanup creates park
With the help of civil and environmental engineers, lagoons that once stored wastewater sludge are now part of Wisconsin's newest state park.
Looking inside infection
Adel Talaat, once a poultry veterinarian in Cairo, Egypt and now part of the School of Veterinary Medicine, is studying gene expression of infectious agents from the inside.
Obesity, smoking and inactivity top health concerns
In a recent informal poll of UW Health primary care experts, obesity, smoking and inactivity were ranked the health problems most patients need to take seriously. Depression, diabetes and hypertension were not far behind. The good news: tackling even one of these problems will likely improve your health in several areas.
Newly identified enzyme reduces bitterness in cheese
A UW–Madison food scientist is using new technology to tackle an old problem in cheesemaking - and the solution could mean both a bigger market for the state's dairy producers and reduced costs for cheesemakers.
Researchers explain how we detect the location of sound
The slightest turn of the head can significantly change the way a person or animal detects sound. A subtle tilt alters the angle at which high-frequency sound waves hit the ear, providing cues to localize the sound. To use those cues, the brain must put what it hears into the context of the position of the head. Until recently, scientists were not sure how this was done.
Mammoth hose reel slides toward completion
It's big. It's on runners. It will soon be painted bright red. And it's headed for the Pole. But it's not loaded with toys, and instead of being drawn by eight tiny reindeer to the North Pole, this sled -- which carries a mammoth hose reel as part of a unique cold-climate drilling rig -- is destined for the South Pole via Air Force C-130 where it will help lay the groundwork for a novel telescope.
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Athletics duties reassigned
Four UW Athletics administrators have been given new titles and additional duties now that Al Fish, associate athletics director, has been named associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and management effective Jan. 6.
Professor upbeat about unappreciated root crop
Irwin Goldman, an affable associate professor of horticulture knows a lot about beets. As part of his faculty research, he grows beets, breeds beets and studies beets.
Burning the fats
As we exercise to keep the holiday trimmings from garnishing our waistlines, we're more likely to burn one type of fat, according to a new study by researchers in nutritional sciences.
Beet pigments may help prevent cancer
Nothing conveys the hue of extreme anger or embarrassment like the red of beets. Now, a new finding suggests beet red may signify something else: cancer protection.
Removing arsenic from water: faster, cheaper
Arsenic in drinking water is a problem just about anywhere in the world, particularly in developing parts of Asia. To ensure safer drinking water worldwide, researchers at UW–Madison have developed an adsorbent that can remove arsenic from water faster and more cheaply than current methods.
Milk-based material improves imaging
Milk does the body good, especially when it comes to detecting human ailments. In a new development by UW–Madison researchers, concentrated milk provides a tissue-mimicking material that could improve medical imaging.
Promising research makes its way into the world
WARF assists projects by filing for patents.
Undergrads share hands-on research
More than 70 UW–Madison students, mostly sophomores and juniors, will share findings from their mentored research projects this Thursday during a public poster session at Union South.
Self-employed health insurance higher for farmers
Following last issue's news that more than 40 percent of dairy farmers either have no health insurance or plans that don't cover all family members, a new study by UW–Madison sociologists shows that among the health care plans for the self-employed, farmers are the hardest hit.
Pregnant women still smoking
Despite the known health consequences of smoking during pregnancy, about 48 percent of women smokers continue to light up after learning they're pregnant, according to the second in a series of action papers published by the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.
Engine Research Center collaborates with GM
General Motors Corp. will fund a $5 million collaborative research laboratory at UW–Madison over five years to help develop cleaner, more efficient diesel and gasoline engines.
Study finds options to slow resistance to Bt corn
According to a study published in the current issue (Nov. 1, 2002) of the journal Ecology Letters, the current federally backed strategy to slow resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin could be altered to permit the normal application of pesticides to crop refuges without risking the overall resistance prevention strategy.