When a loved one dies, families usually gather together to grieve. While some members cope with the loss, others sink into depression. Who will experience the telling signs of this mental illness depends in part on genetic make-up, according to new research published in the July 18 issue of the journal Science.
Public art and ecological design come together as a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty install salvaged pieces of steel and rubble into the landscape of a trendy condominium complex in Middleton, Wis.
With the help of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the University of Wisconsin-Madison will join a broad national effort to study autism, a complex developmental disability that affects the functioning of the brain.
A novel telescope that uses the Antarctic ice sheet as its window to the cosmos has produced the first map of the high-energy neutrino sky.
Scouring the genome of a wild Mexican potato, scientists have discovered a gene that protects potatoes against late blight, the devastating disease that caused the Irish potato famine.
The Greater Milwaukee Foundationâs Shaw Scientist Award is providing two researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with $200,000 grants: one to explore how cells integrate the processes that sense DNA damage and repair it, and a second to investigate how mammalian cells respond to genetic damage, hoping to shed light on diseases such as Parkinsonâs and Alzheimerâs.
It is thousands of times less expensive than platinum and works nearly as well. Writing this week in the journal Science (June 27) chemical and biological engineers at UW-Madison report the discovery of a nickel-tin catalyst that can replace the precious metal platinum in a new, environmentally sustainable, greenhouse-gas-neutral, low-temperature process for making hydrogen fuel from plants.
Researchers at the UW Medical School have published what is believed to be the first evidence that human embryonic stem cells can grow into the three major types of muscle cells found in the heart. The findings were published online in Circulation Research, a journal of the American Heart Association.
The National Cancer Institute has announced plans to fund a $10 million Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research at UW-Madison that will strive to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families, particularly those from underserved populations.
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes made a good many of his famous deductions by using all the sciences available during his fictional career in Victorian England. If teleported to the 21st century, Holmes most assuredly would want to join the 90 soon-to-be 10th graders using the latest forensic science techniques to solve their own fictional mystery.
With a $35,000 grant from the Industrial & Economic Research Program, UW-Madison chemistry professor Robert M. Corn and his laboratory will work with a local biotechnology company to advance the real-time detection of enzyme reactions – research that is particularly important for drug discovery.
A new diagnostic instrument at the School of Veterinary Medicine makes it easier for veterinarians to locate and treat the cause of poor milk flow in dairy cattle.
The Center for German and European Studies, a program of UW-Madison’s International Institute, has been awarded $625,000 from the German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (Deutsches Akademisches Austausch Dienst).
With the help of three grants from the Department of Defense, researchers from the UW-Madison will delve deeper into a molecular and environmental understanding of chronic wasting disease.
The last day of the school year may mark the beginning of three months of summer fun, but it also marks the beginning of learning loss, when students lose some of the skills they learned during the academic year. By attending proactive and preventative summer school programs, however, students can regain learning ground, according to ongoing research from UW-Madison.
The International Institute has been awarded nearly $12 million over three years (2003-2006) in federal Title VI grants under the National Resource Centers (NRC) program and the Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
Northern Wisconsin is changing, and, in the coming years, this hallowed holiday spot could change even more dramatically, according to a report from researchers at UW-Madison.
Scientists working with cells that may someday be used to replace diseased or damaged cells in the brain have taken neural stem cell technology a key step closer to the clinic.
Physicians at University of Wisconsin Medical School are joining a nationwide trial to see if adding a commonly prescribed anti-platelet drug to an aspirin regimen will further reduce the incidence of stroke.
A new device developed by a UW-Madison engineer helps reveal how individual electrons generate heat. This advance will help engineers find solutions to abate the heat created by flowing electrons in devices like laptop computers.