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Tag: research
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Energy Institute engages stakeholders in creative solutions
The new University of Wisconsin-Madison Energy Institute is leveraging several renowned UW-Madison energy education and research programs in its unique, multidisciplinary approach to understanding and addressing key global energy issues.
Raj Veeramani: Getting down to e-business in Wisconsin
When he joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992, industrial and systems engineering Professor Raj Veeramani went on a statewide bus tour for new faculty. His interactions with state residents – from students at inner-city Milwaukee schools to rural dairy farmers and members of the Oneida nation – made a deep impression that continues to guide his activities as a professor.
New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
To help fire managers identify the best locations for site treatments in one particularly fire-prone region in Southern California, a University of Wisconsin-Madison team developed a map that incorporates both environmental and human factors to pinpoint where the most devastating wildfires are likely to start in the Santa Monica Mountains, located just north of Los Angeles.
Getting down to e-Business in Wisconsin
Raj Veeramani, an industrial and systems engineering professor, directs the University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium (UWEBC), a university-industry initiative that offers its 70 member companies opportunities to share, explore and learn best practices in e-business.
Dieting meets DNA: Nutrition gets personal in new studies
Ushering nutritional science into the biotech age, UW–Madison researchers are exploring the complex interactions between food and genes to uncover new modes of disease prevention, drug development and, eventually, personalized diet advice tailored to one’s DNA.
New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
As wildfires put more human lives and property at risk, people are looking to fire managers for protection.
Engineers develop more than tenfold improvement in measuring virus infectivity
A University of Wisconsin-Madison biological engineering team tweaked the standard system for measuring virus infectivity, digitized it, quantified it, analyzed it and discovered a method more than 10 times as sensitive.
Scientists find mutations that let bird flu adapt to humans
By comparing influenza viruses found in birds with those of the avian virus that have also infected human hosts, researchers have identified key genetic changes required for pandemic strains of bird flu.
Researcher: Red wine may not be so healthy
Most red wine may not be as good for the heart as media reports have suggested and may even be harmful, according to a review presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.
On track to prevent Johne’s disease with drug or vaccine
To date, the only response to Johne’s disease, a debilitating wasting disease in dairy cattle, has been to eliminate affected cows from the herd. But School of Veterinary Medicine researchers are homing in on a way to save the cow by controlling the disease-causing bacteria instead.
Immune system, stem cells pique researcher’s interest
An established cardiovascular biomechanics researcher whose interests include studying stem cell differentiation for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, Brenda Ogle joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering in August.