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Recent sightings: Lakeside Cinema
Students and community members take part in a Wisconsin Union Lakeside Cinema event featuring a screening of the 1971 movie “Willy Wonka…
Curiosities: Why does it seem like mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others?
“It’s true. There’s always one in every group,” says UW–Madison entomology professor and mosquito expert Susan Paskewitz. Photo: Jeff Miller That’s…
Political science researchers partner to improve Wisconsin elections
University of Wisconsin–Madison political science researchers are taking a key role in a federally funded project to improve the state's ability to collect accurate election returns.
Dance Marathon seeks leadership applicants
The UW–Madison Dance Marathon organization is looking for interested students to serve on its leadership council, responsible for planning and organizing the event, which is scheduled to take place beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, and will last 16 hours.
Badgers sipping from Directors’ Cup again in 2007-08
The University of Wisconsin finished 18th in the 2007-2008 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup, marking the 13th time in the 15-year history of the Directors’ Cup that the Badgers have finished among the top 25.
Airless tire project may prove a lifesaver in military combat
An ambitious startup company in Wausau is working on a project to develop tires that can withstand extreme punishment, even those meted out in military combat zones.
Working to bring individuals with large-animal interest into veterinary medicine
There has been much publicity lately about changes in the agricultural industry, accompanied by speculation that there will be fewer large-animal veterinarians.
Public events slated at UW–Madison research stations
The following is a list of public events currently scheduled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Agricultural Research Stations, the Kemp Biological Station and the O.J. Noer turfgrass facility.
Synchronized swimming: Collections of microorganisms make their own waves
Some microorganisms prefer the breaststroke while swimming. Others move along by essentially twisting their tail. How populations of bacteria and other microorganisms swim is more than just a matter of style, according to Mike Graham, University of Wisconsin–Madison Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention
In a paper publishing online this week in Biological Psychiatry, UW–Madison psychology researchers report that Ritalin fine-tunes the functioning of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) - a brain region involved in attention, decision-making and impulse control - while having few effects outside it.
Recent sightings: Algae on Lake Mendota
Following approximately 15 inches of rainfall during the first two weeks of June, algae collects on the surface water…
Studies of cell traits nets big award for UW–Madison researcher
UW-Madison biochemist Doug Weibel has received a prestigious Searle Scholar Award.
BIO 2008: Targeted therapies enjoy banner year
With all the buzz about stem cell research breakthroughs and other highlights in a year of life-science innovation, it was targeted therapies with companion molecular diagnostics that gained the most in terms of development and usage, according to a new study released by Deloitte Consulting.
Wiley to tackle interim role leading new institute
Outgoing University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley has been named the new interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the public half of the new research center that promises to be a model of interdisciplinary science and public-private collaboration.
UW-Madison student to bike across country for local park
Brian Backhaus spent his childhood fishing in the Silver Lake Park in his hometown of Manitowoc, Wis. He saw first hand the havoc excess lake plants and goose feces wreaked on the lake and the surrounding 14 acres of park.
UW-Madison grad student to meet with Nobel laureates
University of Wisconsin–Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she'd have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist - much less several of them.
UW-Madison’s ‘African Storyteller’ premieres on ResearchChannel
On June 18, the ResearchChannel began airing "The Storyteller with Professor Harold Scheub," the story of Sheub's remarkable experience with African storytellers.
Survey: Misconduct in research likely underreported
Instances of falsified results, fabricated data and plagiarism in scientific research may be vastly underreported, according to findings published in a commentary in the current (June 18) issue of Nature.