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Tissue digester to help dispose of CWD-infected materials
A new $900,000 state-of-the-art mobile tissue digester promises a safe and efficient way to dispose of as many as 15,000 samples of deer tissue to be tested in the coming months by the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for the presence of chronic wasting disease.
Dane County businesses expect economy to improve in 2004
Dane County businesses are predicting increases in revenues and profits in the coming year, according to a survey sponsored by the UW–Madison School of Business and First Business Bank.
History of frog deformities suggests emerging disease
A historical examination of amphibian deformities - frogs with extra legs growing out of the abdomen, for example - suggests that these aberrations are not a new phenomenon, but part of an emerging disease that could jeopardize the survival of these organisms.
Advances
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Research generates reliable energy source during outages
As utility companies search for ways to avoid blackouts, like the one that shut down the northeastern corner of the United States last summer, one idea comes from UW–Madison.
Easily paralyzed flies provide clues to neurodegeneration
With a slight tweak of temperature, geneticist Barry Ganetzky's flies drop like, well, flies.
Brain study shows some animals crave exercise
Like junkies without drugs, mice without running wheels crave what they lack, suggesting that some animals can develop an addiction for exercise, report scientists in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Behavioral Neuroscience.
Forum examines Wisconsin’s smart growth law
A group of 12 students at UW–Madison is looking at Wisconsin's smart growth law, which requires every local government in the state to adopt a community plan by 2010.
UW receives grant to boost Wisconsin’s plastics industry
UW-Madison has received a $600,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help enhance sustainable economic growth in the state's plastics industry cluster.
Book Smart
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, professor of Hebrew and Semitic studies, "Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-visioning Culture," UW Press, 2003.
Hospital performs first live donor paired kidney exchange
UW Hospital surgeons successfully performed Wisconsin's first "live donor paired kidney exchange" on Nov. 7, one of a handful done in the United States.
Dioxin, other chemicals killed Lake Ontario trout
Researchers have determined that dioxin and similar toxic chemicals were high enough in Lake Ontario to kill virtually every lake trout that hatched there from the late 1940s to the late 1980s.
Journalism school software expands Web-based research
A homegrown software innovation born of "creative laziness" in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at UW–Madison is saving time and money and opening doors to a new world of online survey research.
Report encourages state investment in organic agriculture
Organic food sales in the United States have grown 20 percent or more annually for the past decade and remain strong. A new report details the growth of organic agriculture in Wisconsin and the nation, and encourages state investment in this value-added marketing strategy.
Device may help keep dog knees limber
As our canine companions get older, a common joint problem could leave many of them stiff in the knee. Fortunately, a new device developed by researchers at UW–Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) may help veterinarians catch the problem early - before it results in permanent arthritis.
Forum: Make teaching more like research
Viewed from Nobelist Carl Wieman's perch, the way science is taught in the undergraduate classroom is at a historical crossroads. Like 16th century science, when the tradition of Aristotle was traded in for the newfound ability to measure and quantify nature, science education today is poised to capitalize on new ways of teaching, learning and, critically, measuring results in the classroom.
Golfing toward a greener environment
As mountains of scrap tires continue to rise above the landscape, researchers at UW–Madison have found an environmentally friendly use for them: grind them up and place the rubber bits beneath golf course greens.
Sex a necessary evolutionary commodity, new study shows
In a species of worm where males seem glaringly superfluous, a new study shows that sex may indeed be a beneficial strategy for survival.
Grant helps center study link between cancer and aging
With cancer death rates far greater for those 65 or older, the National Institutes of Health has selected the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center as one of eight research centers to study the relationship between cancer and aging.