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New national trauma center to study adolescents

October 24, 2003

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. Read More

New genomic data helps resolve biology’s tree of life

October 22, 2003

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. Read More

Professor’s book takes aim at ecological ‘givens’

October 21, 2003

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. Read More

Advances

October 21, 2003

Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries. E-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. Laser… Read More

UW, Japan collaboration could help chart the protein universe

October 21, 2003

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. Read More

Massive Antarctic iceberg breaks in two

October 14, 2003

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. Read More

New UW center will study plasma in the lab, in the cosmos

October 14, 2003

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. Read More

Is it ok to shoot radio-collared deer in the CWD zone?

October 10, 2003

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. Read More

What’s that deer wearing?

October 10, 2003

The electronic neckwear sported by some deer around Mt. Horeb allows CWD researchers to monitor their movements around the clock. Read More

College of Engineering to lead Upper Midwest freight study

October 9, 2003

UW-Madison will lead a multi-state study on freight transportation in the Upper Midwest to assess the ability of transportation systems to handle increased freight traffic in the coming years. Read More

UW-Madison Lidar instruments will test NASA’s ICESat

October 8, 2003

Tonight (Oct. 8) at 8:45 p.m. Central time, NASA will test a laser instrument on the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) using accurately calibrated instruments developed by the University of Wisconsin Lidar group and housed atop the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building on UW–Madison's south campus. Read More

Invasive water fleas found in Wisconsin lake

October 7, 2003

UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) report today (Oct. 7) that spiny water fleas (Bythotrephes cederstroemi) have invaded the Gile Flowage, a lake in Iron County near Lake Superior. Read More

Stars align in new center

October 7, 2003

Plasma physics and astrophysics may sound as far apart as the Earth and sun, but a five-year, $11.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation brings together these two disciplines, which tackle similar scientific problems. Read More

Educated nurses boon to patients

October 7, 2003

According to Sean P. Clarke, associate director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, recruiting and retaining highly educated nurses might be the biggest key to improving patient safety. Read More

Prairie research at the roots of environmental health

October 2, 2003

What lies beneath the tall prairie grasses at the Arboretum is helping restoration ecologists understand the role prairies can play in improving the health of our environment - from the soil that nourishes our crops to the air that we breathe. Read More

Re-engineered UW–Madison car wins in clean-car competition

September 30, 2003

A car re-engineered by students at UW–Madison's College of Engineering came away with two top awards at the world's largest environmental vehicle event. Read More

Scientists devise new nutritional solution for cat hairballs

September 30, 2003

Mark Cook, animal scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and researchers at the NestlŽ Purina PetCare Company have devised a way to help dissolve hairballs by using agents that break up, or emulsify, fats. Read More

WiCELL earns designation as national stem cell center

September 29, 2003

The WiCell Research Institute, a non-profit subsidiary of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has been named as one of three Exploratory Centers for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the nation by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Read More

Researchers identify Botox receptor

September 29, 2003

Researchers identify a receptor - a route of entry - for the Botox toxin that could lead to improved uses of the substance in the medical field and new methods for neutralizing it in the event of biological warfare. Read More

Vascular age: You’re only as old as your arteries

September 26, 2003

For this reason, cardiologists at the University of Wisconsin Medical School have developed mathematical equations that can calculate a person's vascular age. Read More