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Gamma ray telescope ready for prime time
A new telescope, part of an international effort to develop and build the world’s largest, most sensitive gamma-ray detector, was unveiled to the public Thursday. UW–Madison scientists developed a camera at the heart of the telescope.
Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees
Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human “common cold” virus, a new study has identified two other respiratory viruses of human origin in chimpanzee groups in the same forest.
New method assesses lead hazard in soil
UW-Madison researchers describe a way to use a common, low-cost soil test to determine how much of the lead is bioaccessible, and therefore dangerous.
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7:00 pm, UW Space Place, 2300 S. Park St. (lower level of the Atrium)
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Winter Class9:00 am, Horticulture Building
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Le Trou | France | 1960 | DCP | 131 min. | French with English subtitles Director: Jacques Becker7:00 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall