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Study: Too few doctors ask teens about smoking
Doctors are failing to identify smoking status in about half of the adolescent patients they have seen, according to a UW–Madison study. Physicians addressed tobacco use even less with younger teens, missing an opportunity to intervene with those experimenting with tobacco use.
UW Health Sports Medicine center weighs in on body fat
Thanks to a landmark study involving the UW Health Sports Medicine Center, physicians and coaches can evaluate the effectiveness of methods widely used to measure body composition and predict the minimum weight an athlete should maintain.
Ancient maps and corn help track the migrations of indigenous people
Maps are tools to show you where you are going, but they can also show you where you came from. That principle drives the work of Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, who study ancient maps, oral traditions and the movement of domesticated crops to learn more about the origins of native people in the Americas.
WiCell to offer free stem cell training to UW–Madison researchers
In an effort to increase the number of UW–Madison researchers working with human embryonic stem cells, WiCell has agreed to waive the $300 fee for taking its two-day stem cell training course.
Student invention gives his brother new level of freedom
Charged with creating a new device for a senior design course in mechanical engineering, a team of students immediately knew their goal.
Student project helps state leaders explore women’s issues
Farm wives, conservationists, small-town entrepreneurs, inner-city single mothers, corporate executives, faculty, students: The experiences of women from all walks of life in Wisconsin are being collected by a group of undergraduates.
Study debunks myths about Wisconsin’s public-sector jobs
Wisconsin’s share of government jobs is not out of proportion to other states, challenging the idea that the state is a high tax-and-spend state, a new study by researchers at the UW–Madison and UW-Oshkosh reveals.
Study portrays creeping ‘impoverishment’ of state’s forests
Tramping parcel after parcel of Wisconsin’s north woods, botany researcher David Rogers is finding less and more.
Rowan to lead Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Brian Rowan, professor of educational studies and former associate dean for research at the University of Michigan, has been selected as director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research in the School of Education.
Sarr named International Student Services director
Papa Demba Sarr has been named director of International Student Services (ISS).
Study: Cancer drug Erbitux nearly doubles survival
Patients with head and neck cancer appear to survive nearly twice as long after receiving a new drug known as Erbitux (scientific name: cetuximab) in conjunction with radiation therapy compared with patients treated solely with radiation therapy.
Education scholar wins grant for learning model
David Williamson Shaffer, an assistant professor of learning science, has won a $585,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how professions can serve as models for student learning.
Researchers report major advance in gene therapy technique
A group of researchers from the Medical School, the Waisman Center and Mirus Bio Corporation reports a critical advance relating to one of the most fundamental and challenging problems of gene therapy: how to safely and effectively get therapeutic DNA inside cells.
RFID conference to drive state technology adoption
The Wisconsin RFID Conference, scheduled for Thursday, June 17, in Waukesha, will teach business and technology leaders how RFID technologies are poised to revolutionize inventory tracking through the supply chain. The conference will be held at the Country Inn Conference Center.
Partnership gives federal, local fire managers a powerful tool
CALS teams up with the USDA Forest Service to create maps of the wildland / urban interface.
Engineers visualize electronic memory as it fades
While the memory inside electronic devices may often be more reliable than that of humans, it, too, can worsen over time. Now a team of scientists from UW–Madison and Argonne National Laboratory may understand why. The results are published in the early online edition (May 23) of the journal Nature Materials.
UW-Madison scientists find a key to cell division
A cellular structure discovered 125 years ago and dismissed by many biologists as "cellular garbage" has been found to play a key role in the process of cytokinesis, or cell division, one of the most ancient and important of all biological phenomena.
Milky Way churning out new stars at a furious pace
Some of the first data from a new orbiting infrared telescope are revealing that the Milky Way - and by analogy galaxies in general - is making new stars at a much more prolific pace than astronomers imagined.
Study shows that genes can protect kids against poverty
For children growing up poor, money isn't the only solution to overcoming the challenges of poverty. The genes and warm support received from parents also can buffer these children against many of the cognitive and behavioral problems for which poverty puts them at risk.
Cranberry breeding program may soon bear fruit for growers
A cranberry variety developed by UW–Madison scientists with the help of local cranberry growers is now poised to give those same growers a competitive edge.