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Financial well-being varies from farm to farm
How a farm family fares financially depends not only on how much it earns from farming, but also on how much it relies on that income, according to agricultural economist Ed Jesse, writing in Status of Wisconsin Agriculture 2006. Read More
Wisconsin dairy barns are a bit fuller this year
Some Wisconsin dairy cows may find themselves with less elbow room this year. The number of dairy cows in the state grew by 3,000 last year. This was only the second year since 1985 that Wisconsin’s dairy herd didn’t shrink (the other was 1994). From 1985-2001, Wisconsin lost an average of 33,000 cows per year. Read More
Play to learn: Team brings video games to the classroom
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers will discuss the power of well-designed video games at the Games, Learning and Society Conference, to be held Thursday-Friday, June 15-16, at the Monona Terrace in Madison. Read More
Diet, aging study gains $7.9 million grant
A pioneering long-term study of the links between diet and aging in monkeys will continue through 2011 with the help of a new $7.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Read More
Hybrid-vehicle team places second nationally
Tired of high gas costs and poor sport utility vehicle (SUV) fuel efficiency? A group of engineering students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has spent the last three years building one of the cleanest and most fuel-efficient SUVs in North America. The principles behind the vehicle, appropriately named the "Moovada," could one day be incorporated into mass-production hybrid SUVs. Read More
Political scientist named to Fulbright professorship in Australia
Kenneth Mayer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named to a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Read More
Mental health professionals can study violence, suicide
Fox Valley mental health professionals can learn about the risk assessment and management of suicide and violence in two University of Wisconsin–Madison seminars scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, June 26 and 27, in Appleton, Wis. Read More
The Why Files celebrates decade of science exploration
The Why Files is celebrating its first decade online. Read More
Five track athletes named academic all-district
Five members of the University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s track and field teams have been named to their respective 2006 College Sports Information Directors of America/ ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 teams. Read More
New project lets real users gang up on software bugs
Ben Liblit offers a bold prediction regarding all of the complicated software programs churning away in your computer: They have bugs. All of them. Guaranteed. Liblit has developed a novel program that lets real software users fight back with cooperative bug detection techniques. Read More
Prominent WARF patent expert wins prestigious national award
Patent lawyer Howard Bremer, a pioneer in university-based technology transfer, is the 2006 winner of the Jefferson Award, an annual recognition of outstanding contributors to intellectual property law in the United States. Read More
Documentary examines Wisconsin Innocence Project case
A new true-crime documentary, "Facing Life: The Retrial of Evan Zimmerman," will air at 8 p.m. on Monday, June 5, on the A&E cable network. Read More
Culver receives Distinguished Business Alumnus Award
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business has announced Curt Culver will receive its Distinguished Business Alumnus Award tonight (June 1) at an event in his honor at the Blue Mound Country Club in Brookfield, Wis. Read More
Chemists forge a new form of iron
An international team of chemists has discovered a new and unexpected form of iron, a finding that adds to the fundamental understanding of an element that is among the most abundant on Earth and that, in nature, is an essential catalyst for life. Read More
Physicists persevere in quest for inexhaustible energy source
As gas prices soar and greenhouse gases continue to blanket the atmosphere, the need for a clean, safe and cheap source of energy has never seemed more pressing. Read More
Professor to coordinate U.S. fusion science effort
A University of Wisconsin–Madison professor will be the liaison between United States plasma and fusion science researchers and a group that is building the U.S. share of ITER, an international fusion experiment that eventually could lead to an abundant, economical and environmentally benign energy source. Read More
New approach allows closer look at smoker lungs
Aided by a powerful imaging technique, scientists have discovered they can detect smoking-related lung damage in healthy smokers who otherwise display none of the telltale signs of tobacco use. Read More
UW health officials: Campus drinking water is safe
Recent news coverage has highlighted the issue of elevated levels of manganese (greater than 50 micrograms per liter) found in Madison Water Utility wells No. 3 and No. 10. The University of Wisconsin–Madison campus and University Research Park are not served by either of the affected wells, according to Rick Johnson, director of the Environmental Health Program at University Health Services (UHS). Read More