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From a Wisconsin cornfield, Earth’s dynamo recreated
In an underground bunker that brushes up against a Wisconsin barnyard on one side, and a cornfield on the other, a team of scientists, using a molten ball of metal, is replicating the same magnetic field-generating dynamo that exists at the core of the Earth.
Investigating the cell’s garbage disposal
A cell’s ability to clean house may shed light on cancer, Alzheimer’s disease–and rotten tomatoes.
Geochemical technique yields biomedical promise
Adapting a technique used routinely by geologists to measure the chemical composition of rocks, scientists may have found a better way to sample bone calcium balance in humans.
New technology provides real-world data for distance athletes
Professional athletes, including cyclists and distance runners, soon will have a powerful new tool to predict energy expenditure and performance during a race, thanks to a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Saris Cycling Group of Madison. The technology also has potential medical applications, including helping to treat obese children and adults and cardiac patients.
Weather put a damper on Wisconsin bug infestations in 2004
Common wisdom might hold that a wet summer might make for a bumper crop of insect pests, but Wisconsin’s damp summer actually suppressed some of the bugs that bug us the most, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison bug specialist.
Native American veteran documentary receives support
A PBS documentary about Native American veterans is one step closer to your television screen, thanks to a $75,000 production grant to a UW-Madison communications professor and filmmaker from Native American Public Telecommunications.
Postal kiosks include UW accessiblity features
Postal patrons tired of standing in long lines to mail their holiday packages now can save time when they use one of the U.S. Postal Service’s new automated postal centers to conduct transactions themselves. The kiosks incorporate the Trace Research and Development Center’s EZ Access features.
Study: Sleep duration affects appetite, body size
Lacking sleep and feeling hungry? Medical School researchers and their colleagues have found a very plausible explanation.
Wisconsin smokers try to quit the hard way
A new report on “How Wisconsin Smokers Quit” shows that nearly one-half of Wisconsin smokers tried to quit smoking last year. Close to eight out of 10 tried to quit “cold turkey” (without medication or counseling), and 90 percent relapsed within three months. Although new methods for quitting double or triple their chances for success, most Wisconsin smokers still are trying to quit the hard way.
Book smart
Ringlingville USA: The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success Jerry Apps, professor emeritus, continuing and vocational education Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2004 Their era was ripe with possibilities, and the Ringling brothers took every opportunity to pluck as many as they could. “The book is really an old-fashioned story,” says Apps. …
Service horse receives expert care from Vet School
When the horse you’re dealing with is a prescription for its owner’s health, the last thing you want is for the horse to succumb to its own health problems.
Biotechnology training grant is renewed
A National Institutes of Health grant that promotes graduate training in biotechnology has been renewed for an additional five years, according to bacteriologist Timothy Donohue, who directs the program.
Bird species see themselves in a different light
Two related South American species of birds, difficult to distinguish with the human eye, use ultraviolet light to differentiate between themselves, according to a zoologistat the UW.
Wisconsin poised to invest $750 million in biomedical research
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, taking a swing at keeping Wisconsin competitive in the superheated world of biomedical research, announced today (Nov. 17) that over the next several years Wisconsin would invest up to $750 million, including more than $500 million in new facilities and direct research support for scientists at UW-Madison.
Gamoran chosen to lead UW’s education research center
Adam Gamoran, professor of sociology and educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected as director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) in the university’s School of Education.
New technology predicts energy use, performance
Professional athletes, including cyclists and distance runners, will soon have a powerful new tool to predict energy expenditure and performance over a race, thanks to a unique collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Saris Cycling Group of Madison.
Statement from Carl Gulbrandsen
Carl Gulbrandsen is the managing director of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and president of WiCell Research Institute Governor Doyle’s proposal for the new public/private Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is an absolutely critical step for UW-Madison and Wisconsin to retain its national leadership in stem cell research. This multi disciplinary facility will have tremendous positive synergies …
Study: Meditation changes the brain’s electrical pattern
In the first scientific article to come from its pioneering studies of long-term Buddhist meditation practitioners, a UW-Madison team has found that long-term meditators (or “adepts”) show markedly different patterns of brain electrical oscillations compared to a group with no previous meditative experience, when both of them generated a standard meditative practice.
Lowe brings Native arts to Smithsonian
When Truman Lowe speaks about his trip to Minnesota’s North Shore in early 2000 to visit with George Morrison, his voice conveys a deep respect.