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Hurricanes not likely to disrupt ocean carbon balance

March 30, 2009

Hurricanes are well known for the trail of damage and debris they can leave on land, but less known for the invisible trail left over the ocean by their gale-force winds - a trail of carbon dioxide. Read More

Wisconsin, Morgridge scientists excise vector, exotic genes from induced stem cells

March 26, 2009

A team of scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison reports that it has created induced human pluripotent stem (iPS) cells completely free of viral vectors and exotic genes. Read More

Dust plays larger than expected role in determining Atlantic temperature

March 26, 2009

The recent warming trend in the Atlantic Ocean is largely due to reductions in airborne dust and volcanic emissions during the past 30 years, according to a new study. Read More

Breakthrough device to debut at National Eye Institute’s 40th anniversary kickoff event

March 25, 2009

A portable vision device that provides blind individuals sensory input similar to vision will be presented at the 40th anniversary celebration for the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, on Friday, April 3. Read More

For Kim, calculated risk is all in the game

March 24, 2009

Like many overachievers, Sangtae Kim, who was named last fall to lead the Morgridge Institute for Research, is a calculated taker of risks. He knows chance when he sees it and, importantly, he knows how to size it up. Read More

Regional English dictionary closes in on ultimate milestone

March 23, 2009

Meandering its merry way through new submissions such as “whiffle-minded,” “whirligust,” “whistle punk” and “williwags,” the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) project is now tantalizingly close to completing a mission more than four decades in the making. Read More

Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form

March 19, 2009

Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right. Read More

Teeth of Columbus’s crew flesh out tale of new world discovery

March 19, 2009

The adage that dead men tell no tales has long been disproved by archaeology. Read More

Graduate School project raises profile of research integrity discussion

March 12, 2009

Researchers in any field know that ethics are a top concern. But what, exactly, does that entail? One Michigan State University poll found that as graduate students become more immersed in their program, they feel less obligated to report violations of research integrity. Read More

Evolution, ecosystems may buffer some species against climate change

March 5, 2009

Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems. Read More

Models present new view of nanoscale friction

February 25, 2009

To understand friction on a very small scale, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers had to think big. Read More

IceCube building goals exceeded at South Pole

February 25, 2009

As the 2008-09 Antarctic drilling season concludes, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is on track to be finished as planned in 2011. Read More

Lovely ‘snowfakes’ mimic nature, advance science

February 24, 2009

Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art. Read More

UW-Madison narrows field of potential WID research themes

February 23, 2009

The research direction of the rising Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) is coming into sharper focus as UW–Madison this week (Feb. 20) announced the list of successful pre-proposals for the public half of the new public-private institute. Read More

Genetic information personalizes warfarin prescribing

February 18, 2009

Warfarin, one of the world's most widely used drugs, is also one of the trickiest to prescribe. Half of those who take it are at risk of serious problems when given the standard starting dose. Read More

Engineered bacterium churns out two new key antibiotics

February 18, 2009

In recent years, scientists have isolated two potent natural antibiotics - platensimycin and platencin - that are highly effective against bacterial infection, including those caused by the most dreaded drug-resistant microbes. Read More

Researchers cite President’s role in reducing racism

February 16, 2009

President Obama spurred a dramatic change in the way whites think about African-Americans before he had even set foot in the Oval Office, according to a new study. Read More

Project explores mechanics of major earthquake faults

February 15, 2009

CHICAGO - Deep-sea drilling into one of the most active earthquake zones on the planet is providing the first direct look at the geophysical fault properties underlying some of the world's largest earthquakes and tsunamis. The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is the first geologic study of the underwater subduction zone faults that give rise to the massive earthquakes known to seismologists as mega-thrust earthquakes. Read More

How do you mend a broken heart? Maybe someday with stem cells made from your skin

February 12, 2009

A little more than a year after University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists showed they could turn skin cells back into stem cells, they have pulsating proof that these "induced" stem cells can indeed form the specialized cells that make up heart muscle. Read More

Psychoactive compound activates mysterious receptor

February 12, 2009

A hallucinogenic compound found in a plant indigenous to South America and used in shamanic rituals regulates a mysterious protein that is abundant throughout the body, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have discovered. Read More