What limits the height of trees? Is it the fraction of their photosynthetic energy they devote to productive new leaves? Or is it their ability to hoist water hundreds of feet into the air, supplying the green, solar-powered sugar factories in those leaves?
A recent study conducted at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine has identified a molecular mechanism that enables prostate cancer cells to produce hormones that promote aggressive tumor growth, a finding that could lead to better treatments for the disease.
Now, this is more like it. Shaking off responsibilities and welcoming the extended daylight of summer, people made their way to the Memorial Union Terrace during many recent evenings, eager to take in the sights, sounds and smells of this beloved campus spot.
A community health initiative recently piloted at the UW Health Verona Clinic has helped patients there eat better, exercise more, and live healthier lives.
UW–Madison researchers are being encouraged to apply for competitive funding through the Fall Competition sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE).
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members Jin-Yi Cai and Robert Hamers have been named Steenbock Professors.
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently requested a figure for its annual report, to show global temperature trends over the last 10,000 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Zhengyu Liu knew that was going to be a problem. Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science today, Liu and colleagues describe a consistent global warming trend over the course of the Holocene, our current geological epoch, counter to a study published last year that described a period of global cooling before human influence.
Fresh corn-on-the cob, chicken, hamburger patties, hot dogs and other food cooks on the grill at the Memorial Union Terrace’s Brat Stand at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a summer evening on Aug. 7, 2014.
The first of August was a gorgeous day in northern Wisconsin: temperatures were in the mid-70s, the waters of Trout Lake were remarkably calm and clear, and the mosquitoes, for the first time this summer, were nowhere to be found. It was the perfect day for Trout Lake Station’s 4th annual open house.
A multi-institutional team has resolved a long-unanswered question about how two of the world’s most common substances interact. In a paper published recently in the journal Nature Communications, Manos Mavrikakis, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his collaborators report fundamental discoveries about how water reacts with metal oxides
They say blood is thicker than water. So much so, that even the volume of water in all of Madison’s lakes is still too thin for Thomas McKenna, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL). After seven years in the role, he is officially retiring from the lab and moving to Massachusetts to be closer to his grown daughters.
Going back to school after summer vacation can be rough. It’s even harder for students who don’t have the necessary school supplies.
A fundamental chemical pathway that all plants use to create an essential amino acid needed by all animals to make proteins has now been traced to two groups of ancient bacteria. The pathway is also known for making hundreds of chemicals, including a compound that makes wood strong and the pigments that make red wine red.
Around the office, it’s referred to as “The Foundation.” For outsiders, it’s known as the Summer Collegiate Experience, or SCE.
Data on Wisconsin’s experience with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its reform of the Medicaid and BadgerCare program are now easier to understand through a new chartpack released today by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, in partnership with the Covering Kids and Families program within the UW’s School of Human Ecology.
As the mid-August downtown leases turn over, overflowing dumpsters and buried curbs contain many items that can be reused or recycled. In an effort to reduce landfill waste and increase community benefit, the UW–Madison WE CONSERVE program and Office of Sustainability are partnering with the City of Madison, Goodwill Industries, Society of St. Vincent de Paul and student organization REthink Wisconsin to collect and donate reusable items.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will likely welcome its second largest class of Wisconsin-resident freshmen since 2005 this fall, with enrollment of state residents expected to be near 3,700.
American Family Insurance has gifted $675,000 to the Wisconsin School of Business.
Sarah Mangelsdorf has been told about “Jump Around.” She’s enjoyed time on the Terrace for cheese curds and a view of Lake Mendota. And she’s run to Picnic Point a few times. “I consider myself doing an ethnography,” Mangelsdorf says. “You really can’t come in from the outside and have a vision for a place you don’t yet truly understand.”
The results are in from the first-ever classified staff congressional election. Voting took place July 7 through July 21.