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.
The electronic neckwear sported by some deer around Mt. Horeb allows CWD researchers to monitor their movements around the clock.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For this reason, cardiologists at the University of Wisconsin Medical School have developed mathematical equations that can calculate a person’s vascular age.
Dirt may help scientists answer a question that has baffled them for decades: How does chronic wasting disease in deer and elk spread from animal to animal?
One of the most important industries in Wisconsin is the plastics industry. In an effort to help this industry keep its competitive edge, UW-Madison, along with other institutions throughout the state, will work with Wisconsin plastics companies to drive innovative product development and enhance industrial competitiveness through technology transfer of new polymer materials, processes and tools.
Sure, children get hurt, but a new study shows why.
Soil stabilization research that started in the sand country around the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences’ Hancock Agricultural Research Station has found a lifesaving application in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait.
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the state lab responsible for testing deer killed during Wisconsin’s annual hunt for the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), has selected a new rapid test for use beginning this November.
As the Carolinas brace for Hurricane Isabel, scientists at UW-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center are analyzing the projected path of the storm.
Dairy producers are getting a clear message from consumers: People read labels and many are willing to pay more for products marketed as organic or all-natural.