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WUD Film Committee plans special event film
“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. Read More
Halloween surprise: The Great Galactic Black Widow
Unsuspecting prey be warned! Hiding in the darkest corner of the constellation Circinus is a gigantic black widow spider waiting for its next meal. Read More
Scientists report a new method to speed bird flu vaccine production
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. Read More
Project may aid milk shortage in the developing world
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. Read More
Project could reduce U.S. inventory of spent nuclear fuel
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. Read More
UW-Madison establishes center for global health
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. Read More
Study: Demographer reassesses Japanese marriage slump
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. Read More
UW study shows deer in CWD zone stick to home
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. Read More
Researchers ask hunters to refrain from shooting deer with radio collars
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. Read More
Electronic pruners: A worthwhile investment
Using an electronic pruner is more efficient than using a manual pruner, because it reduces hand fatigue and is faster. Read More
Conference to set deer-vehicle crash research agenda
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. Read More
A fatty acid found in milk may help control inflammatory diseases
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. Read More
Flu virus reported to resist drug envisioned for pandemic
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. Read More
Stainless steel design techniques could translate to biological world
A tool normally used to improve stainless steel and other metal alloys has now found application to a decidedly non-metallic substance: protein. Read More
Fact sheet: University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor
Built in 1960, the university’s 1 megawatt reactor is about 1/3000 the size of a commercial reactor and is used for… Read More
Background on the UW–Madison Nuclear Reactor
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. Read More
Septic systems may harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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. Read More
Friends to hold Wisconsin’s largest used book sale on Oct. 12–15
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. Read More
Institute for Research on Poverty wins research center award
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. Read More
Early proteins may have sprouted under thirsty conditions
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. Read More