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Oral drops for dog allergies pass another hurdle

July 24, 2012

A study reported today at the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in Vancouver, British Columbia, shows that placing allergy drops under a dog's tongue can be as effective as allergy injections for controlling skin allergies. Read More

Printed photonic crystal mirrors shrink on-chip lasers down to size

July 22, 2012

Electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have devised a new laser for on-chip optical connections that could give computers a huge boost in speed and energy efficiency. Read More

Lake algae: What you don’t see can really hurt you

July 17, 2012

The strikingly blue algae that afflicted the Madison lakes last week hardly needs a danger sign to warn of its toxicity. Read More

Northern Wisconsin high schoolers learn with stem cells, UW researchers

July 17, 2012

Eighteen top science students from northern Wisconsin high schools have earned the opportunity to hone their laboratory skills and work alongside leading researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison at a summer science camp focused on stem cells. Read More

A Hubble Space Telescope original returns to Wisconsin

July 17, 2012

After a journey of some 535 million space miles, give or take, and years languishing in a cavernous government warehouse, one of the original scientific instruments aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has splashed down in Wisconsin. Read More

UW geneticist remembered as his papers are read

July 17, 2012

In a conference room in the Genetics/Biotech Building on campus, a small group gathers for a weekly discussion of a journal article. Read More

Madison Community Foundation funds K-12 science programs at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

July 12, 2012

During the next year, kids and their families will be able to enjoy six new ways to experience hands-on science at the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Read More

Down on the cacao farm: Sloths thrive at chocolate source

July 11, 2012

Like many Neotropical fauna, sloths are running out of room to maneuver. Read More

UW scientists play key role in discovery of a new particle consistent with Higgs boson

July 4, 2012

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), aided by scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have narrowed the search for the elusive Higgs boson, discovering a new particle with a mass in the region of 125 GeV. Read More

Social media helps doctoral candidate reach out on research

July 3, 2012

For researchers, describing complex science to folks outside their discipline can be a tricky or even unpleasant experience. Read More

Four UW–Madison students attending prestigious Nobel conference

July 2, 2012

Four UW–Madison students will meet with more than 30 Nobel laureates and 580 young researchers from around the world July 1-6 at the 62nd annual… Read More

Designing microbes that make energy-dense biofuels without sugar

June 27, 2012

With metabolically engineered microorganisms hungry for levulinic acid, rather than sugar, a University of Wisconsin–Madison chemical and biological engineer aims to create more sustainable, cost-effective processes for converting biomass into high-energy-density hydrocarbon fuels. Read More

Mission deliscious: A look at Babcock Hall ice cream

June 26, 2012

What makes Babcock ice cream so good to eat—and so good for science, students and industry? Read More

Greenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze

June 25, 2012

Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long served as a historical thermometer, adding temperature data to studies of the local conditions up to the Northern Hemisphere’s climate. But the method — comparing the ratio of oxygen isotopes buried as snow fell over millennia — may not be such a straightforward indicator of air temperature. Read More

Blood-brain barrier building blocks forged from human stem cells

June 25, 2012

The blood-brain barrier -- the filter that governs what can and cannot come into contact with the mammalian brain -- is a marvel of nature. It effectively separates circulating blood from the fluid that bathes the brain, and it keeps out bacteria, viruses and other agents that could damage it. Read More