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Computer model recreates storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald

November 10, 2005

On Nov. 10, 1975, Lake Superior swallowed the Edmund Fitzgerald, along with her 29 crew members and cargo of almost 26,000 tons of ore. The wreck evolved into a Midwestern legend. Thirty years later, researchers at UW–Madison have built a simulation of the storm using the latest forecast technology.

Bridge reinforcement system tapped for technology award

November 9, 2005

A group of UW–Madison civil engineers has received a Popular Science magazine "Best of What's New" award in engineering for a unique technology that may lengthen life of bridges without raising construction costs.

Grant promotes faster application of health care technology

November 7, 2005

By fostering early-stage collaborations between UW–Madison biomedical engineering researchers and practicing physicians, a new initiative will enable researchers to deliver their advances more quickly to the patients who need them.

Chancellor’s statement regarding Governor’s veto of AB 499

November 4, 2005

Gov. Jim Doyle's veto Thursday (Nov. 3) of Assembly Bill 499 was an important step to preserve Wisconsin's leadership in the burgeoning field of embryonic stem cell research. The bill would have criminalized a promising form of biomedical research.

Dispatches from Trout Lake Station

November 2, 2005

More than 80 years ago, two UW–Madison biologists opened a rustic research outpost on Trout Lake, deep in the heart of Wisconsin's pristine northern lake region. Their goal was to unlock some basic mysteries of freshwater lakes, from their chemical makeup to their elaborate circle of life. Today, research at Trout Lake is thriving more than ever, but a great deal of the focus has shifted to the developmental pressures that threaten what people cherish most about recreational lakes.

Professor to present at national mental health conference

November 1, 2005

David Gustafson, director of the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx), will present on connections between addiction and mental health at the 21st Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy on Nov. 2-3 in Atlanta.

Writer’s Choice

November 1, 2005

Film offers lessons in effective resistance Smack in the middle of World War II, a group of German college students took it upon…

For the Record

November 1, 2005

Call for proposals for DoIT technology support The Division of Information Technology is offering Engage “Adaptation” Awards. These awards will provide $800 and…

WUD Film Committee plans special event film

November 1, 2005

“Wis-Kino Fall Kabaret” is an international film movement that invites innovative people everywhere to make short films with limited budgets and time. The Kabaret is its autumn showcase and will include a selection of international Kino shorts. Organized by students on the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee, the free event will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, in the On Wisconsin Room at the Red Gym.

Halloween surprise: The Great Galactic Black Widow

October 31, 2005

Unsuspecting prey be warned! Hiding in the darkest corner of the constellation Circinus is a gigantic black widow spider waiting for its next meal.

Scientists report a new method to speed bird flu vaccine production

October 31, 2005

In the event of an influenza pandemic, the world's vaccine manufacturers will be in a race against time to forestall calamity. But now, thanks to a new technique to more efficiently produce the disarmed viruses that are the seed stock for making flu vaccine in large quantities, life-saving inoculations may be available more readily than before. The work is especially important as governments worldwide prepare for a predicted pandemic of avian influenza.

Project may aid milk shortage in the developing world

October 28, 2005

A UW–Madison researcher is building on one of Wisconsin's great strengths to address a major nutrition issue in the developing world: the scarcity of milk.

Project could reduce U.S. inventory of spent nuclear fuel

October 26, 2005

Hoping to reduce the nation's growing inventory of stored spent nuclear fuel, UW–Madison will team with scientists and students from Big Ten universities, the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory to develop innovative nuclear fuel cycles that will recycle and dispose of this high-level radioactive material.

UW-Madison establishes center for global health

October 24, 2005

UW-Madison has established a Center for Global Health, a joint initiative of the UW schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and the Division of International Studies.

Study: Demographer reassesses Japanese marriage slump

October 24, 2005

It seems obvious to assume that marriage rates are waning in the industrialized world because women are more educated and financially independent than ever before. But sociologists say the connection is hardly so black or white.

UW study shows deer in CWD zone stick to home

October 21, 2005

White-tailed deer, it seems, are homebodies. That's the upshot of an intensive UW–Madison study of the traveling behaviors of 173 radio-collared white-tailed deer in south central Wisconsin — a study that has implications for managing chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer herds.

Researchers ask hunters to refrain from shooting deer with radio collars

October 21, 2005

UW-Madison researchers are asking south central Wisconsin deer hunters participating in the fall hunt to refrain from shooting animals with radio collars. The collared animals have been part of an intensive survey of deer behavior and movement and research results from the study promise scientists and wildlife managers better insight into how chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading across Wisconsin's landscape.

Electronic pruners: A worthwhile investment

October 19, 2005

Using an electronic pruner is more efficient than using a manual pruner, because it reduces hand fatigue and is faster.

Conference to set deer-vehicle crash research agenda

October 18, 2005

More than 1.5 million drivers nationwide last year collided with deer on roadways around the country, and the costs related to this growing problem total more than $1 billion each year. On Oct. 24-25, nearly 70 researchers, administrators, engineers and ecologists from 20 states, Canada and Japan will meet in Madison to present findings and set a strategic agenda for deer-vehicle crash research, funding, technology transfer and education.

A fatty acid found in milk may help control inflammatory diseases

October 18, 2005

One of the isomers of conjugated linoleic acid, a group of fatty acids found in milk, is a natural regulator of the COX-2 protein, which plays a significant role in inflammatory disease such as arthritis and cancer, according to a study published by UW–Madison researchers.