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Polymer bandages may give new life to old bridges
Long polymer "bandages," designed so that troops could quickly repair or reinforce bridges to bear the weight of 113-ton military tank transport vehicles, now could be used to quickly and inexpensively strengthen aging rural bridges and concrete culverts around the country. Read More
UW-Madison in drivers’ seat of national transportation center
With $16 million in funding over five years from the U.S. Department of Transportation, UW–Madison transportation engineers will drive their research, education and technology-transfer efforts to the national level. President Bush will sign the "Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users" Wednesday in Aurora, Ill. The bill designates UW–Madison as one of 10 National University Transportation Centers charged with advancing research on critical national transportation issues and expanding the workforce of transportation professionals. Read More
Center for Integrated Ag Systems Selected as a Pesticide Reduction Champion
The UW–Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems has been selected by the EPA as a Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Champion for 2005. This designation honors CIAS for its efforts to reduce pesticide risk through sustainable agricultural practices such as Integrated Pest Management and organic farming. CIAS also received this national honor in 2003. Read More
South African telescope poses opportunities for U.S. businesses
Thanks to its geography and its clear skies, South Africa has long been a prime location for astronomy. Which is why UW–Madison – plus a dozen other international organizations - signed on a little more than five years ago to help build and fund SALT, the Southern African Large Telescope. Faculty and administrators will travel to this emerging economic powerhouse on the African continent’s southern tip in November when SALT – the largest telescope in the hemisphere - captures its first light. They also hope to open doors to Wisconsin business leaders accompanying them on the trip, nurturing what they foresee as a two-way commercial exchange that will benefit both the Badger State and South Africa. Read More
Engineers chart semiconductors on the scale of atoms
Spanning fewer than a thousand atoms, the electronic devices on semiconductor chips have become so miniscule they defy most efforts to characterize them. Now for the first time, engineers have demonstrated a way to image these vanishingly small devices by mapping them atom by atom. Read More
First Business Financial Services elects Bugher to board of directors
First Business Financial Services, Inc., located at 401 Charmany Dr. in Madison, announced July 22, 2005 that Mark D. Bugher has been elected to… Read More
Students grab top honors in food competition
It looks like odd years are a lucky charm for the UW–Madison Product Development Team. The group of food science students captured first place this year in a national product development contest sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists for "Healthy sTarts," a granola cup coated with strawberry-flavored yogurt and topped with strawberries and blueberries. Read More
Diamonds are a scientist’s best friend
Do diamonds really last forever? That's the hope of UW–Madison researchers who are trying to solve the problems associated with building extremely small machines and having them withstand the test of time, wear and tear. Read More
Students’ granola-yogurt fruit cup may scoop up national honors
A group of UW–Madison food science students have spent the past year developing what may be the next big thing to hit grocery shelves. Read More
Engineer creates tool for keeping computers cool
Anyone who has listened to the constant whir of a computer's fan or held a laptop for too long knows how blazing hot computers can get. UW–Madison engineers have created a spray cooling method that early tests show can remove heat at rates up to three times faster than other spray techniques. Read More
Forestry project will map likely habitat of endangered butterfly
A grant from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School's Technology Transfer Program will fund a project that uses computer mapping and statistical modeling to identify likely habitat of the endangered Karner blue butterfly. The project could help Wisconsin land managers save thousands of dollars on field surveys required to protect the rare insect. Read More
UW-Madison scientists receive $20 million award for protein study
Researchers at the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have received a $20 million award to fund Phase II of the Protein Structure Initiative over the next five years. Read More
New business startup program message sent to UW–Madison faculty and staff
New Business Start-Up Program Message Sent to UW–Madison Faculty and Staff Read More
Pros visit UW–Madison for sweet truth about candy
The 43rd annual Resident Course in Confectionary Technology for professionals run through June 24 on the UW–Madison campus. Read More
Two Wisconsin veterinary students win national awards
Two of five national awards given by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) recognizing academic achievement went to students at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Read More
UW-Madison accounting professor among most influential in finance
An accounting professor at the School of Business has been named one of the nation’s 100 most influential people in finance. Read More
Technique provides path to manufacturing complex nano-electronic devices
In the time it takes to read this sentence, your fingernail will have grown one nanometer. That's one-billionth of a meter and it represents the scale at which electronics must be built if the march toward miniaturization is to continue. Reporting in the June 3 issue of the journal Science, an international team of researchers shows how control over materials on this tiny scale can be extended to create complex patterns important in the production of nano-electronics. Read More
Making a better cheddar
Whether it's a stretchy mozzarella or an easy-to-slice Swiss, cheesemakers aim to provide consumers with high quality, consistent products. To this end, they often try to improve texture and flavor by controlling for factors like acidity and the breakdown of milk proteins by enzymes. However, the key to better Cheddar may lie in undissolved calcium salts, according to a report by UW–Madison cheese scientists published recently in the International Dairy Journal. Read More
Green diesel: New process makes fuel from plants
College of Engineering researchers have discovered a new way to make a diesel-like liquid fuel from carbohydrates commonly found in plants. "It's a very efficient process," says researcher George Huber. "The fuel produced contains 90 percent of the energy found in the carbohydrate and hydrogen feed. If you look at a carbohydrate source such as corn, our new process has the potential to create twice the energy as is created in using corn to make ethanol." Read More
Competition unleashes student creativity on silk tie designs
Silk ties, especially upscale ones that cost up to $120, are unlikely to make their way into many undergraduate student fashion statements. But as far as classroom projects go, ties proved to be a perfect fit. A Department of Environment, Textiles and Design course at UW–Madison, led by professor Jennifer Angus, spent the spring 2005 semester designing a new line of retro-conversational ties for the Chippewa Falls fashion company XMI. Read More