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McCoy book chosen as first in ‘Beyond our Borders’ series
Alfred McCoy’s “A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror” will lead the next “World Beyond our Borders” series, sponsored by the International Institute and Borders book store.
Five Questions With…
With this issue, Wisconsin Week is introducing this feature, in which we’ll ask a faculty or staff member, chosen at random, to give readers…
Roundtable announces events
University Roundtable has announced its schedule for this spring. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Jonathan Foley of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for…
Study reveals classic symbiotic relationship between ants, bacteria
Ants that tend and harvest gardens of fungus have a secret weapon against the parasites that invade their crops: antibiotic-producing bacteria that the insects harbor on their bodies,UW-Madison researchers report in today's issue of Science.
As Amazon’s tree line recedes, malaria-wielding mosquitoes buzz in
Scientists have long known that chronic deforestation can spawn a jungle of environmental woes. But now, a study confirms that vanishing forests inflict more than environmental damage: they may cause human diseases, too.
Advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment
With an equal rate of incidence and mortality-the number of those who get the disease and those who die from it-Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a brain cancer death sentence. Scientists at UW–Madison are working on a new radiotherapy technique for fighting GBM with the element gadolinium — an approach that might lead to less invasive treatments that offer greater quality of life for patients.
Radiation studies key to nuclear reactor life, recycling spent fuel
Two UW–Madison projects to study advanced materials and fuels for current and future nuclear reactors received roughly $1 million this month under the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI).
New study shows animal family tree looking bushy in places
A team of UW–Madison scientists suggests that a branch-by-branch account of animal relationships over a vast expanse of time is difficult to reconstruct because early animal evolution occurred in bunches.
Illuminating Alzheimer’s: Research sheds light on creatine’s presence in brain
A team of Canadian and American scientists working at the UW–Madison Synchrotron Radiation Center reports the first-ever finding of elevated levels of creatine — the newly discovered agent of Alzheimer's disease - in brain tissue.
UW scientists team up to battle food-borne illnesses
On its journey to your dinner plate, food is vulnerable to contamination along the way. Usually, it arrives at its final destination without picking up dangerous microbial hitchhikers—but not always.