Campus flu shot clinics canceled
The Safety Department has announced that its annual free flu shot clinics for university employees have been canceled due to the short supply of flu vaccine supplies nationwide.
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UW-Madison makes next generation computing environment available
The Croquet Project, a joint software development effort among the Division of Information Technology (DoIT), the University of Minnesota and Viewpoints Research Institute, Inc. of Glendale California, has announced the release of the Croquet developers’ release code named “Jasmine.” Jasmine is a new open-source software technology and peer-to-peer network architecture that supports online learning and resource sharing among large numbers of users.
Biological engineers hope to help take the world beyond oil
In recent months consumers have become all too familiar with spiking oil costs, and most experts agree that higher prices at the pump are likely here to stay. As the demand for alternative forms of energy grows, “green-thinking” engineers at UW-Madison are working to expand the world’s fuel options.
Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
Using a gene resurrected from the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, recorded history’s most lethal outbreak of infectious disease, scientists have found that a single gene may have been responsible for the devastating virulence of the virus.
Hunting may not cause sinking woodcock populations
Wildlife ecology graduate student Jed Meunier is participating in a project that is helping to reveal the reasons underlying woodcock population declines in the upper Midwest.
Computer model mimics how children read
By developing a computer model that mimics how children learn to read, two researchers from UW-Madison and Stanford University track the development of a skilled reader, ultimately showing that phonics gives readers an edge, especially early on.
NSF grant aids state plastics industry
A project that partners students from across the state with UW-Madison professors and Wisconsin companies could help boost the state’s plastics industry in years to come.
Tiny arm shuttles electrons in a new transistor
Using a vibrating arm less than one-millionth of an inch long and one-thousand times thinner than a human hair, a new transistor toggles on and off through the movement of a single electron.
Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
Scientists at UW-Madison have developed a pair of rapid-fire tests for botulinum toxin, a feat that could underpin new technologies to thwart bioterrorism and spur the development of agents to blunt the toxic action of the world’s most poisonous substance.
‘Fossil genes’ reveal how life sheds form and function
Reading the fossil record, a paleontologist can peer into evolutionary history and see the surface features that plants and animals and, occasionally, microbes have left behind. Now, scouring the genome of a Japanese yeast, scientists have found a trackway of fossil genes in the making, providing a rare look at how an organism, in response to the demands of its environment, has changed its inner chemistry and lost the ability to metabolize a key sugar.
UW Hospital and Clinics installs “smart” intravenous pumps
Sixty percent of the harmful medication errors that occur in hospitals are related to IV infusion pumps.
New program simplifies growers’ access to potato varieties
With guidance from Wisconsin’s potato growers, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has launched a streamlined licensing program for seed potato farmers who wish to cultivate and sell varieties developed by the potato-breeding program at UW-Madison.
Proteins show promise for mosquito control
Que Lan, insect physiologist at UW-Madison, and her colleagues in the entomology department are working on a new, more targeted approach to mosquito control: inhibiting mosquitoes’ ability to metabolize cholesterol.
Storm-water management efforts deter runoff into Lake Mendota
It was easy to blame last spring’s flooding in Dane County on record-setting rains. But people are as much at fault as the weather, says Ken Potter, civil and environmental engineering professor.
Exhibition focuses on work of UW-Madison’s Christiane Clados
The Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program, in collaboration with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee, and Latino Arts Inc. in Milwaukee, are presenting the art exhibit and lecture series “Christiane Clados: Reconstructing the Pre-Columbian World.”
Discovery may halt progression of Alzheimer’s
In a finding that may cause a dramatic shift in the way scientists and researchers search for a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, a team of researchers led by Jeff Johnson, an associate professor at the School of Pharmacy, has discovered that increased expression of a protein called transthyretin in the brain appears to halt the progression of the disease. The findings appear in the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
Hurricane Frances satellite animation available
To observe the storm and its track, scientists at UW-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center have developed a new satellite animation tool that provides detailed, near real-time movies of the hurricane as it approaches the Florida coast.
Study of flu patients reveals virus outsmarting key drug
A drug envisioned as a front-line defense for the next flu pandemic might have a genetic Achilles’ heel that results in a drug-resistant influenza virus capable of infecting new human hosts, according to a study published Aug. 28 in the British medical journal The Lancet.
UW engineers clear bottleneck in production of hydrogen
Carbon monoxide, or CO, has long been a major technical barrier to the efficient operation of fuel cells. But now, chemical and biological engineers at UW-Madison have not only cleared that barrier – they also have discovered a method to capture carbon monoxide’s energy.