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Osteoporosis drug proves effective against breast cancer
Initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, or STAR, show the drug raloxifene, currently used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, works as well as tamoxifen in reducing breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women at increased risk of the disease. Read More
On a fly’s wing, scientists tally evolution’s winners and losses
A team of scientists from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have revealed the discovery of the molecular mechanisms that allow animals to switch genes on or off to gain or lose anatomical characteristics. Read More
Food, literature transform cultures in UW–Madison research
Associate Professor of English Rebecca Walkowitz says that you can draw countless parallels between the importance of both food and literature as instigators and vehicles of cultural and social evolution. And so she will at a public discussion at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, at the downtown public library. Read More
Soil-bound prions remain infectious
Scientists have confirmed that prions, the mysterious proteins thought to cause chronic wasting disease in deer, latch on tightly to certain minerals in soil and remain infectious. Read More
Stem cell symposium, bioethics forum to focus on neural repair, chimeras
Two of biology's hottest and most contentious realms will come under the microscope next week at two conferences hosted by Promega Corp.'s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Fitchburg. Read More
Technology helps electricity consumers become suppliers
A University of Wisconsin–Madison emeritus professor has developed technology that may allow large electricity customers across the country to enhance their power quality while lowering their energy cost. Read More
Scientists fashion semiconductors into flexible membranes
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have demonstrated a way to release thin membranes of semiconductors from a substrate and transfer them to new surfaces - an advance that could unite the properties of silicon and many other materials, including diamond, metal and even plastic. Read More
Recent sightings
Reflecting on reflections Shadowy shapes of people walking through the atrium of the Engineering Centers Building are seen silhouetted against… Read More
Educators strive to retain students with disabilities in science
While many students wrestle with complicated concepts in science, that struggle takes on a new meaning for students with disabilities who are trying to learn the same things. Read More
Book smart
From neighbors to killers: Book explores the personal horror of Rwanda’s genocide Scott Straus became a foreign correspondent stationed in central Africa… Read More
Data provides misleading picture of autism
National special education statistics show a 657 percent increase in autism over the decade from 1993 to 2003. That data suggests the country is experiencing an epidemic of autism. But inconsistencies in how the condition is diagnosed throughout the nation's schools, and the fact that the increasing trend for autism coincides with a corresponding slump in the reporting of mental retardation and learning disabilities, challenges the use of special education data to portray such an national epidemic. Read More
Historic gift will drive research innovation
The largest individual gift ever to benefit UW–Madison - $50 million from alumni John and Tashia Morgridge - will pave the way for pioneering scientific collaboration at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Read More
Scientists to discuss biological links to emotions
Seven of the world's leading researchers will gather in Madison April 26-27 to discuss various aspects of the link between brain function and emotional disorders. Read More
Physicists say multi-million dollar experiment advancing smoothly
An international team of scientists led by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, today described early results from a $170 million project that seeks to better understand neutrinos, the elusive subatomic particles that have intrigued physicists for decades. Read More
Massive iceberg bears down on Antarctic ice tongue
A monstrous iceberg - nearly as large as New York's Long Island - has barreled along the Antarctic coastline, coming to a stop at a well-known geographic feature of Antarctica, a floating tongue of ice hitched to the Ross Ice Shelf. Read More
Researchers say pollution is a social justice issue
While environmental pollutants constantly swirl around children in all walks of life, past research has shown that children in poor, minority populations are disproportionately likely to be exposed to harmful toxins such as lead and agricultural pesticides. Read More
Study: Online health support groups have emotional impact
Women with breast cancer who participate in computer support groups can obtain emotional benefits when they openly express themselves in ways that help them make sense of their cancer experience, according to a new study conducted by the UW–Madison Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research (CECCR). Read More
Cell barrier slows bird flu’s spread among humans
Although more than 100 people have been infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, mostly from close contact with infected poultry, the fact that the virus does not spread easily from its pioneering human hosts to other humans has been a biomedical puzzle. Read More
From neighbors to killers: Book explores the personal horror of Rwanda’s genocide
"Intimate Enemy," a new book by political scientist Scott Straus, deals head-on with one of the most disturbing aspects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda - that it was carried out, in essence, by everyday people, who quickly transformed from neighbors to killers. Read More
Engineers squeeze secrets from proteins
Proteins, one of the basic components of living things, are among the most studied molecules in biochemistry. Understanding how proteins form or "fold" from sequenced strings of amino acids has long been one of the grand challenges of biology. Read More