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Digital reading technology makes its way into UW–Madison classrooms
Alongside music, television and the news media, books are surging into the new technology era with digital reading devices.
Satellite anniversary marks 50 years of studying climate from space
On Oct. 13, 1959, University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Verner Suomi and Robert Parent crouched in a bunker at Cape Canaveral, sweating through the countdown for the Juno II rocket perched on its launching pad 150 yards away.
High-speed genetic analysis looks deep inside primate immune system
Viruses such as HIV and influenza take safe harbor in cells, where they cannot be recognized directly by the immune system. The immune response relies on infected cells announcing the presence of the virus by studding their exterior with fragments of the virus lurking within.
Banded rocks reveal early Earth conditions, changes
The strikingly banded rocks scattered across the upper Midwest and elsewhere throughout the world are actually ambassadors from the past, offering clues to the environment of the early Earth more than 2 billion years ago.
Recent sightings: 2009 Diversity Forum
Damon Williams (far right), vice provost for diversity and climate, stops to listen in and answer questions as participants brainstorm ideas about what…
Scientists hope to mimic nature’s dynamos
In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where the needle points north.
UW Homecoming run/walk, parade alter downtown traffic patterns
Several street closures will be in effect during Homecoming activities near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.