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As honeybee colonies collapse, can native bees handle pollination?
With colony collapse disorder continuing to plague commercial beekeepers in many parts of the country, University of Wisconsin–Madison experts are studying whether native pollinators can supply the insect pollination needed to form many fruits. Read More
Public tickets for Dalai Lama event available April 17
The public is invited to attend a dialogue between His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Richard J. Davidson, director of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The conversation, "Investigating Healthy Minds," will take place at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, May 16, in the Overture Center's Capitol Theater. Read More
Ongoing evaluation of Milwaukee Choice Program finds students achieving on same level as peers
Students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program scored at similar levels as their peers not participating in the school choice program, according to a study released Wednesday. Read More
Controls for animals’ color designs revealed
The vivid colors and designs animals use to interact with their environments have awed and inspired since before people learned to draw on the cave wall. Read More
On slippery science subjects, Internet news delivers
Internet-based science news draws a more demographically diverse, learned and focused audience than print or television news, according to a study by University of Wisconsin–Madison communication researchers. Read More
Low-power computers could benefit environment and U.S. economy
A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering professor has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design low-power computing systems that, if implemented on a broad scale, could have significant environmental and economic benefits. Read More
UW-Madison researchers use light to coax cells to move
Suppose you could get immune cells to move just where you wanted them to in the body - to fight infection or kill a tumor? It may sound like science fiction or magic, but it's not. Read More
Book explores organ transplant network, evidence-based decision-making
In an important and timely study of medical governance, professor David Weimer of the La Follette School of Public Affairs explores a regulatory approach that delegates decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations. Read More
Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis
For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence. Read More
Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements
A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions. Read More
UW researchers develop new model for macular degeneration
Exposing albino rats to moderately intense light has produced a new animal model for the most common cause of severe vision loss in humans. Read More
Celebrating 25 years at UW–Madison’s Biotechnology Center
On Wednesday, March 10, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus community and guests will join in celebrating 25 years of operation at the UW–Madison Biotechnology Center. Read More
Remarkable new images show a 4-D view of the heart
What does the racing heart of someone in love - or on a fast treadmill - really look like? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) now have pictures that are better than anything that's come before. Read More
Nano-foundry technique yields ultra-durable probes from diamond
When a team of university and industry researchers tried a novel, foundry-style mold-filling technique to make nanoscale devices, they realized they had discovered a gem. Read More
Gift of $16 million pharmaceutical facility benefits Morgridge Institute
Mentor Worldwide LLC's donation of a $16 million manufacturing facility to the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will help fuel the nonprofit's mission of accelerating biomedical discoveries to delivery as treatments and cures. Read More
The science of healthy minds brings Dalai Lama to UW–Madison
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Waisman Center will welcome His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to its public grand-opening celebration Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16. Read More
DNR taps UW–Madison expertise to measure, manage state deer herd
Wisconsin wildlife managers are tapping into University of Wisconsin–Madison expertise in wildlife ecology, forest ecology and environmental communications in order to better manage the state's population of white-tailed deer. Read More
UW-Madison biochemists take a bead on gene-controlling code
DNA may provide the blueprint for life, but scientists are learning more about the role of a chemical code that governs the way that blueprint is read. Read More
New book puts American welfare state in perspective
A new book called "Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or a Leader?" explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and well-being of nations and, in particular, looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere. Read More