Tag Research
Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab
Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab. Read More
Professor leads national effort to improve medical records
Over the past 20 years, patients have been called upon to play an increasingly active role in acquiring, coordinating and managing their own health care. Patricia Flatley Brennan, a professor of nursing and industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is directing a national project to develop the IT tools to make this goal a reality. Read More
New book extols the beauty of Arboretum prairie plants
People looking for a gift for the gardener or nature lover in their lives - especially one who is interested in prairies and prairie gardens - might consider the new "Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum," a beautiful and informative guide to the more than 360 native and introduced species that grow and bloom on the Arboretum's prairies. Read More
‘Kauffman Campus’ award will fuel campus, state entrepreneurship
Gov. Jim Doyle and Chancellor John Wiley announced today that the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has named the University of Wisconsin–Madison one of its nine "Kauffman Campuses," and has received $5 million to help train students in the principles and practices of entrepreneurship and spur greater research commercialization statewide. Read More
New research program tackles Parkinson’s disease
A new research collaboration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison aims to move promising new therapies for Parkinson's disease from primates to patients. Read More
Study: Botulinum attacks like a ‘smart bomb’
A pilot without a map can locate an airport by first finding a nearby landmark, like a big river, and then searching for the airport. New research from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and Scripps Research Institute shows how the astonishingly powerful botulinum toxin uses a similar strategy to latch onto nerve cells, the first step in inactivating them. Read More
Scientists find potential weapon against tuberculosis infection
The discovery of a unique copper-repressing protein in the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans may pave the way toward new strategies for halting tuberculosis infection. Read More
Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors
The brain's emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers reported this month. Read More
From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease
Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch - a control that determines gene activity and that, when malfunctioning in humans, may contribute to serious neurological disorders. Read More
Researchers clear way to stronger glass
Look at your window - not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which way. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new glass-making technique that eliminates some of that mess. Read More
Writer’s Choice
The Glass Lab will hold an open house on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There will be glass blowing and neon demonstrations, and work will be available for sale. Read More
Putting a massive library at the public’s fingertips
A 15-year-old home-schooled boy … College students in Illinois … The nephew of Bangladesh’s president. The people on this list have a common trait: They are all Wisconsin Idea recipients, thanks to the Digital Collections Center (UWDCC). Read More
Report: Women in science see progress, but not enough
A recent National Academies of Science report illuminates issues female scientists and engineers face in universities across the nation, including UW–Madison. Read More
Historian, influential campus leader E. David Cronon dies at age 82
E. David Cronon, an influential and revered former dean of the College of Letters and Sciences and history professor for more than four decades at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died early this morning (Dec. 5) after a brief illness. He was 82. Read More
Controlling confusion: Researchers make insight into memory, forgetting
Why do we forget? Do memories decay on their own, or are they harmed by interference from similar memories? Using a technique called "transcranial magnetic stimulation," brain researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison may have found the answer. Read More
Good sports: Hamstring findings may help injured athletes stay healthy
Athletes who strain a hamstring could avoid re-injuring the muscle by participating in targeted physical therapies and improving their running mechanics, according to University of Wisconsin–Madison research. Read More
Study: Political ad time trumps election coverage on the tube
In the month leading up to the 2006 mid-term elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from news coverage, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows. Read More
UW-Madison researchers develop novel method to find new antibiotics
A University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist plans to search for new antibiotics that render virulent bacteria harmless without killing them. Read More
Lakeshore Nature Preserve comes to life online
A digital trove brimming with cutting-edge maps, evocative photos, ecological information and the rich history of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Lakeshore Nature Preserve has been assembled on a Web site that debuted today. Read More