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Online banking services no longer a differentiator, but a necessity

March 23, 2005

Credit union marketers no longer view offering online products and services as means of differentiating themselves from competitors, but as a necessity for doing business, according to a recently-released research report on online marketing trends by the UW E-Business Consortium.

Mathematician untangles legendary problem

March 18, 2005

Karl Mahlburg, a young mathematician, has solved a crucial chunk of a puzzle that has haunted number theorists since the math legend Srinivasa Ramanujan scribbled his revolutionary notions into a tattered notebook.

Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld

March 17, 2005

Taking a new approach to the painstaking assembly of nanometer-sized machines, a team of scientists at UW–Madison has successfully used single bacterial cells to make tiny bio-electronic circuits.

Study: Marmoset dads don’t stray

March 16, 2005

A squirrel-sized primate with white hair dancing out of its ears, the common marmoset finally may dispel tired stereotypes about promiscuous fathers in the animal kingdom.

To control germs, scientists deploy tiny agents provocateurs

March 14, 2005

Aiming to thwart persistent bacterial infections and better control group behaviors of certain microorganisms, scientists are creating artificial chemicals that infiltrate and sabotage bacterial "mobs."

Project builds in weather data to predict road safety

March 11, 2005

David Noyce hopes to help drivers predict the future - by warning them of weather-related driving conditions ahead.

Study: Post-9/11 news drove liberals toward a harder line

March 8, 2005

Liberals who gleaned most of their news from television in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks increased their support for expanded police powers, bringing them closer in line with the opinions of conservatives, a study by a UW–Madison researcher shows.

Small molecule may help pinpoint some cancers

March 8, 2005

Writing in the March 8 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, groups led by Medical School Professor James Dahlberg and his collaborator Wayne Tam, at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, report that elevated cellular levels of a particular microRNA, known as miR-155, may be diagnostic of some human cancers, notably lymphomas.

Book Smart

March 8, 2005

The Complete Idiots’ Guide to Simple Home Improvement (Penguin-Putnam, 2005) David Tenenbaum, staff writer, The Why Files science education Web…

Study finds two brain systems regulate how people call for help

March 8, 2005

The willingness to call out in distress to get help from others appears to be regulated by two brain systems with very different responsibilities, according to a study by researchers at UW–Madison.

No-stick cholesterol test offered

March 8, 2005

Findings by researchers at the Medical School support the validity of a new, non-invasive skin cholesterol test to help identify patients at increased risk for heart disease.

Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children’s brains

March 7, 2005

Brain tests at UW–Madison suggest that autistic children shy from eye contact because they perceive even the most familiar face as an uncomfortable threat. The work deepens understanding of an autistic brain's function and may one day inform new treatment approaches and augment how teachers interact with their autistic students.

Fermilab experiment to beam neutrinos through Dairyland

March 1, 2005

In an effort to pin down the elusive nature and qualities of one of nature's most intriguing subatomic particles - the neutrino - scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, in Illinois will soon send a beam of the ghostlike particles coursing through subterranean Wisconsin to a detector deep in a mine in northern Minnesota.

Book Smart

February 22, 2005

"Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems," Cliff Thurber, professor of geology and geophysics (Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005)

Climate change to bring a wave of new health risks

February 21, 2005

Climate change will not only bring about a warmer world, it is also very likely to set the stage for an unhealthier one.

The stuff of dreams

February 21, 2005

How does one visualize thought? Well, by pressing the open tip of an electrolyte-filled glass pipette much thinner than a human hair against the membrane of an individual brain cell, researchers can isolate a patch and identify the current flowing through individual ion channels on a cell's membrane.

Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells

February 17, 2005

Tackling a pressing and controversial technical barrier in stem cell biology, scientists at the WiCell Research Institute and UW–Madison have crafted a recipe that allows researchers to grow human embryonic stem cells in the absence of mouse-derived "feeder" cells, long thought to be a source of potential contamination for the therapeutically promising cells.

Tag Research

Online banking services no longer a differentiator, but a necessity

Mathematician untangles legendary problem

Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld

Study: Marmoset dads don’t stray

To control germs, scientists deploy tiny agents provocateurs

Project builds in weather data to predict road safety

Study: Post-9/11 news drove liberals toward a harder line

Small molecule may help pinpoint some cancers

Book Smart

Study finds two brain systems regulate how people call for help

No-stick cholesterol test offered

Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children’s brains

Fermilab experiment to beam neutrinos through Dairyland

Book Smart

Climate change to bring a wave of new health risks

The stuff of dreams

Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells

First critical parts of giant neutrino telescope in place

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Team receives $1.25 million grant for stem cell research