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Flu virus reported to resist drug envisioned for pandemic

October 14, 2005

An avian influenza virus isolated from an infected Vietnamese girl has been determined to be resistant to the drug oseltamivir, the compound better known by its trade name Tamiflu, and the drug officials hope will serve as the front line of defense for a feared influenza pandemic.

Stainless steel design techniques could translate to biological world

October 13, 2005

A tool normally used to improve stainless steel and other metal alloys has now found application to a decidedly non-metallic substance: protein.

Fact sheet: University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor

October 13, 2005

Built in 1960, the university’s 1 megawatt reactor is about 1/3000 the size of a commercial reactor and is used for…

Background on the UW–Madison Nuclear Reactor

October 13, 2005

For nearly 50 years, the research reactor at UW–Madison has been operated and maintained in a consistently safe and secure manner. Public research universities are by their nature open scholarly environments where knowledge is shared, and the research reactor lab at UW–Madison is no exception.

Septic systems may harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria

October 10, 2005

A new housing development in Sun Prairie, Wis., is giving UW–Madison researchers a chance to test whether septic systems cause bacteria in groundwater to become resistant to antibiotics.

Friends to hold Wisconsin’s largest used book sale on Oct. 12–15

October 10, 2005

The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries will host their semiannual used book sale Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 12-15, in 116 Memorial Library. The sale features a wide variety of donated books, journals and magazines in the sciences and humanities with special collections of art books, natural history, urban planning and women's studies.

Institute for Research on Poverty wins research center award

October 10, 2005

The Institute for Research on Poverty at UW–Madison has won designation as one of three Area Poverty Research Centers nationally by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Early proteins may have sprouted under thirsty conditions

October 5, 2005

The primordial soup cooked up by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's John Yin is a thin one indeed: Besides an amino acid, it contains just copper and chloride.

Report: Growing deficits jeopardize U.S. influence around world

October 5, 2005

The United States must confront the alarmingly high federal budget and current account deficits, according to a new report written for the Council on Foreign Relations in New York by Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of public affairs.

National Stem Cell Bank spins out first private sector work

October 4, 2005

Nimblegen Systems is the first Madison company to benefit from the Oct. 3, 2005 announcement by the National Institutes of Health to base the National Stem Cell Bank at the WiCell Research Institute.

Grant funds nursing research into improving patient care

October 4, 2005

The National Institute of Nursing Research has awarded two grants totaling $2.8 million to the School of Nursing to develop interventions designed to improve patient health.

Book Smart

October 4, 2005

Fall 1991 found Francine Hirsch entering the Ph.D. program in history at Princeton, just as unprecedented change was unfolding in the former Soviet Union.

New battery technology helps stimulate nerves

October 3, 2005

With the help of new silicon-based compounds, scientists - and patients - are getting a significant new charge out of the tiny lithium batteries used in implantable devices to help treat nervous system and other disorders.

WiCell receives $16 million NIH grant to create national stem cell bank

October 3, 2005

The WiCell Research Institute has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the federal government's first and only National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB), it was announced today at a news conference in Madison.

Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes

October 3, 2005

Humans have cultivated potatoes for millennia, but there has been great controversy about the ubiquitous vegetable's origins. This week, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, a team led by a USDA potato taxonomist stationed at UW–Madison has for the first time demonstrated a single origin in southern Peru for the cultivated potato.

Scientist uses form to explain building blocks of life

September 30, 2005

UW-Madison biochemists have developed an approach that allows them to measure with unprecedented accuracy the strengths of hydrogen bonds in a protein. The scientists were then able to predict the function of different versions of the protein based on structural information, a novel outcome that was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Nanoscale research receives big boost

September 30, 2005

The National Science Foundation has awarded the UW–Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) nearly $14.8 million over the next six years to continue its leading-edge research on the interfaces of materials at the nanoscale.

UW-Madison, Medical College of Wisconsin to lead $16 million children’s health initiative

September 29, 2005

A consortium of community organizations and academic institutions in Wisconsin will participate in the largest long-term study of the environment's effects on human health and development ever conducted in the United States. The goal of the long-term study is to improve the health and well-being of children.

Prestigious award for scientist exploring consciousness and sleep

September 29, 2005

A psychiatrist at UW–Madison is one of 13 scientists nationwide to receive the prestigious Pioneer Award, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today.

Researchers: Deep sleep short-circuits brain’s grid of connectivity

September 29, 2005

In the human brain, cells talk to one another through the routine exchange of electrical signals. But when people fall into a deep sleep, the higher regions of the brain - regions that during waking hours are a bustling grid of neural dialogue - apparently lose their ability to communicate effectively, causing consciousness to fade.