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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.
Inhibitors explain enzyme involved in gene expression
The identification and characterization of the novel "CBR703" class of inhibitors through combined efforts in biochemistry, genetics and structural modeling with contributions from UW–Madison scientists and biopharmaceutical company Cumbre Inc. are described in a paper published in the Oct. 24 issue of Science.
Five years later, stem cells still tantalize
The fifth anniversary of biologist James Thomson's report that stem cells could be isolated, cultured and grown in apparently limitless quantities was marked Oct. 27 with a news conference in Washington, D.C.
Study to assess nations’ response to enviromental concerns
A $400,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the globalization of environmental policy has been awarded to Clark Miller, an assistant professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW–Madison, and his colleagues at Harvard University.
New national trauma center to study adolescents
UW-Madison will partner with the Mental Health Center of Dane County, Inc., to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment services provided to adolescents who have experienced trauma.
New genomic data helps resolve biology’s tree of life
A team of scientists from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has shown that new genomic-scale data offers powerful, unprecedented resolution of the evolutionary tree.
Professor’s book takes aim at ecological ‘givens’
Looking at situations through unorthodox intellectual prisms is botanist Tim Allen's stock in trade. As a theorist specializing in hierarchy and complexity within biological systems, he is the first to admit that, although he may not always ask the right question, at least he will approach a problem by asking a different one.
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UW, Japan collaboration could help chart the protein universe
The billions of proteins that compose life on Earth remain one of the truly uncharted territories in the biological universe, due mainly to the slow and arduous techniques their exploration requires. Now, a research partnership between UW–Madison and a Japanese university and company aims to develop a technology that may allow scientists to map the shapes and structures of proteins more easily than ever before.
Massive Antarctic iceberg breaks in two
In what could be a boom or a bust for some Antarctic shipping, a massive, 100-mile long iceberg known as B-15A has split in two, satellite photos have confirmed. Monitoring the Antarctic ice using NASA's Terra satellite, scientists at the UW–Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center were among the first to notice the fracture creating two giant icebergs in the Ross Sea, due south of New Zealand.
New UW center will study plasma in the lab, in the cosmos
Plasma physics and astrophysics may sound as far apart to you as the Earth and sun, but the two disciplines have a lot in common. Now, a five-year, $11.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will bring them even closer together.
Is it ok to shoot radio-collared deer in the CWD zone?
One effect of the university's successful deer trapping and collaring program ÷ aimed at tracking the movements of whitetails in the CWD intensive harvest zone around Mt. Horeb, Wis. ÷ is that hunters are now spotting radio-collared deer, and wondering if it's alright to shoot them.
What’s that deer wearing?
The electronic neckwear sported by some deer around Mt. Horeb allows CWD researchers to monitor their movements around the clock.