University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Richard Amasino has revealed studies that have begun to peel back some of the mystery of how plants pace the seasons to bloom at the optimal time of year.
An international group of conversation analysts, including one from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has put together a new anthology of studies that explore communication between primary-care doctors and their patients.
Madison Area Technical College today dedicated its new biodiesel reactor, built in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to produce motor fuel blended from waste vegetable oil and methanol.
After conducting research at Scotland’s Roslin Institute (birthplace of Dolly the cloned sheep) and creating in-vitro models of obesity and Parkinson’s Disease for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Gabriela Cezar has returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A number of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists will present research at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant starting this weekend at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. Here is a preview of some newsworthy presentations:
The Drum Corps International World Championships will be returning to Camp Randall Stadium Tuesday-Saturday, Aug. 8-12. There will be restricted street access around the stadium during the week. On Monroe Street from Lot 18 to Randall Avenue and Randall north to West Dayton Street, the curbs on the Camp Randall side will designated for DCI use only.
Subscribers to Charter Digital Cable now have access to University of Wisconsin-Madison programming on ResearchChannel as video on demand.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found a way to make a tiny lens so “smart” that it can adapt its focal length from minus infinity to plus infinity — without external control.
Antibiotics should not be used routinely when asthma patients have attacks, according to national asthma-treatment guidelines. But two new studies—one in adults and one in children—at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will test these current recommendations by analyzing whether using antibiotics for patients with uncontrolled asthma symptoms improves their condition.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows that the rusty crayfish, long seen as a bully in Wisconsin lakes, may be vulnerable to a “double whammy” of intensive trapping and predator fish manipulation to the point where it may be possible to rid lakes of the animal that has vexed scientists, anglers and conservation agencies alike for decades.
A faster magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data-acquisition technique, developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will cut the time many patients spend in a cramped magnetic resonance scanner, yet deliver more precise 3-D images of their bodies.
New thin-film semiconductor techniques invented by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers promise to add sensing, computing and imaging capability to an amazing array of materials.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today issued a call for proposals for a new program to stimulate innovations in personal health information technology.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison experts have differing opinions about whether formula or “donor milk” is a better alternative for babies.
Soil scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison will have international attention this week at the 18th World Congress of Soil Science on July 9-15 in Philadelphia.
Toni M. Whited, an associate professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, co-authored the best paper on corporate finance published in the Journal of Finance in 2005.
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists report that body dissatisfaction studies may focus too much on white women, although women of color report similar levels of anxiety about their bodies.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison learned that there’s more to that cloud of roadway dirt than meets the eye: What looks like ordinary dirt actually is a potentially toxic mixture of non-tailpipe vehicle emissions, including microscopic metal particles from brake and tire wear.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor reports in the June 30 issue of the journal Science on a better way to make a chemical intermediate called HMF from fructose: fruit sugar. Chemical intermediates are compounds that are the raw material for many modern plastics, drugs and fuels.