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Study: Nutrient pollution drives frog deformities

September 25, 2007

High levels of nutrients used in farming and ranching activities fuel parasite infections that have caused highly publicized frog deformities in ponds and lakes across North America, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Read More

Hormone-driven effects on eating, stress mediated by same brain region

September 25, 2007

A hormone system linked to reducing food consumption appears to do so by increasing stress-related behaviors, according to a new study. Read More

Institutes will provide space for science, arts, community

September 24, 2007

Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to give input on the design of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery during upcoming town hall meetings, planned for Oct. 1, 8 and 10. Read More

New book looks at public perception and media treatment of GMOs

September 24, 2007

Although the vast majority of Americans are blithely unaware, the United States and its system of food production is irreversibly hitched to modern biotechnology. In short, most people unwittingly and regularly consume food that was produced through genetic engineering. Read More

Scientific American columnist to be writer in residence

September 24, 2007

Steve Mirsky, whose talent blending science and humor has been a staple of Scientific American since 1995 as reflected in the magazine's Anti Gravity column, has been named a University of Wisconsin–Madison Science Writer in Residence for fall 2007. Read More

Study reveals possible genetic risk for fetal alcohol disorders

September 21, 2007

New research in primates suggests that infants and children who carry a certain gene variant may be more vulnerable to the ill effects of fetal alcohol exposure. Read More

$7.2 million grant to aid search for ALS stem cell therapy

September 20, 2007

With the help of a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers will explore the potential of stem cells and natural growth factors to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Read More

Grant supports changes to clinical, translational research

September 19, 2007

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded UW–Madison’s new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) one of the largest grants in the history of the School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More

Hybrid buses come to campus

September 19, 2007

Two of Wisconsin’s first hybrid electric-powered buses will be in service on campus soon. Read More

Major grant advances UW’s clinical and translational research enterprise

September 18, 2007

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison's new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) one of the largest grants in the history of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, making UW–Madison a key player in an ambitious NIH plan to transform the country's clinical and translational research enterprise. Read More

Wisconsin prairie to be named for botany Professor Hugh Iltis

September 17, 2007

A prairie in Marquette County will soon be named for Hugh Iltis, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of botany and former director of the UW–Madison Herbarium. Read More

Microbial Sciences Building designed for discovery, collaboration

September 14, 2007

As the doors swung open at the new Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, students and researchers found a facility designed to spark exchanges of ideas aimed at answering biological questions of unprecedented complexity and importance. Read More

Research and instruction in the Microbial Sciences Building

September 14, 2007

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Microbial Sciences Building will be home to a wide range of departments, programs and researc h centers. Read More

Slide show: Microbial Sciences Building

September 14, 2007

Pedestrians walk past the exterior of the Microbial Sciences Building. The 330,000-square-foot facility is the campus’s largest academic building. Joanne Weber, center, a faculty associate… Read More

Concrete Canoe team victorious in the Netherlands

September 11, 2007

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Concrete Canoe Team dominated the 30th annual Dutch Concrete Canoe Challenge this weekend in the Netherlands. The team took first place overall, with victories in five out of the six race categories. The team's 20-foot, 176-pound canoe, Descendent, also won the construction and innovation categories for its design and use of environmentally sound concrete. Read More

Exhibits reveal famous patrons of the arts also loved science

September 10, 2007

Medici enthusiasm for science as well as art during the three centuries the family reigned over Florence and Tuscany is now on display at UW–Madison. Read More

Graduate science education program to expand to more universities

September 10, 2007

The UW–Madison-based Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) has received a three-year, $5.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand a campus science education program to five other major research universities. Read More

Using evolution, UW team creates a template for many new therapeutic agents

September 10, 2007

By guiding an enzyme down a new evolutionary pathway, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers has created a new form of an enzyme capable of producing a range of potential new therapeutic agents with anticancer and antibiotic properties. Read More

Basic research robust in face of more university patenting

September 10, 2007

A UW–Madison study of more than 1,800 U.S. life scientists found that, despite an explosion in academic patenting in recent years, most life science professors still do research the "old-fashioned" way: they win federal grants, publish results in scientific journals, and graduate Ph.D. students. Read More

National Stem Cell Bank announces addition of new cell lines

September 7, 2007

The National Stem Cell Bank has announced that it has received select human embryonic stem cell lines from Novocell, a leading stem cell engineering company based in San Diego. With the addition of the new lines, the National Stem Cell Bank will have on deposit 14 of the 21 cell lines listed on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) federal registry. Read More