Tag Research
The stuff of dreams
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. Read More
Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells
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. Read More
First critical parts of giant neutrino telescope in place
Working under harsh Antarctic conditions, an international team of scientists, engineers and technicians has set in place the first critical elements of a massive neutrino telescope at the South Pole. Read More
Book Smart
"Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems," Cliff Thurber, professor of geology and geophysics (Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005) Read More
Team receives $1.25 million grant for stem cell research
A multidisciplinary team led by James Thomson has received a $1.25 million grant for stem cell research from the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles. Read More
Scientists find portal to how animals evolve
New work by the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute adds to the accumulating understanding of how evolution works at the most fundamental level. Read More
Scientists grow critical nerve cells
After years of trial and error, scientists have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the brain to the rest of the body. Read More
Scientific heart of giant telescope comes together
In the spring of 2005, when the new Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) trains its huge eye on the southern sky for the first time, the starlight it gathers will be parsed and analyzed by an instrument more befitting a space-based telescope than a ground-based monster. Read More
Lambs at rest hint at origin of growth spurts, pains
It has been evident to parents since time immemorial: Children, during their active growth years, gain stature in spurts, often overnight. Read More
Fish-odor enzyme advances understanding of toxic reactions
People with a rare enzyme mutation that makes their bodies smell like rotten fish find it devastating. Read More
Book Smart
Arrest the Music! Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics; Tejumola Olaniyan Read More
Business degrees from public universities appeal to corporations
There’s more evidence that America's largest corporations increasingly look to public business school graduates to fill top leadership roles. Read More
Conference examines No Child Left Behind Act
Public lectures by Kati Haycock, director of the Washington-based Education Trust, and Elizabeth Burmaster, state superintendent of public instruction, will highlight a conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Feb. 2-4, on the No Child Left Behind Act and its consequences. Read More
Milk prices and state farm income hit record highs in 2004
UW-Madison agricultural economists dusted off some long-idle superlatives to write their year-end review of the state’s farm sector, and they're fairly optimistic about prospects for the year ahead. Read More
Nanoscale electron island could lead to new efficient flat-panel displays
Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Robert Blick and colleagues in Germany have demonstrated a new nanoscale mechanism for field emission that could lead to a new type of energy efficient flat-panel display. Read More
Japanese institute signs software development contract
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NiCT) of Japan has signed a $200,000 contract with the University of Wisconsin–Madison to develop new educational uses for Croquet, an innovative open-source operating system that UW–Madison made available to developers in October. Read More
New center studies business and poverty
A new center, aimed at helping businesses improve the economic well-being of their low-income workers, has opened its doors. Read More
Probe opens a new window to interstellar space
Taking stock of the stuff between the stars - the all-important dust and gases that are the building blocks of new stars - has never been easy. Read More
UW professor emeritus honored for excellence in teaching
Donald R. Johnson, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has been recognized with a national award for his years of excellence in teaching and mentoring students. Read More
Protective protein may hold key to halting progression of neurological diseases
Patients who suffer from neurological diseases such as Huntington's disease, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease have dramatically different symptoms. An Alzheimer's patient, for instance, will lose memory and cognitive function, while an ALS sufferer will gradually lose motor control. Read More