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Engine Research Center collaborates with GM
General Motors Corp. will fund a $5 million collaborative research laboratory at UW–Madison over five years to help develop cleaner, more efficient diesel and gasoline engines.
Study finds options to slow resistance to Bt corn
According to a study published in the current issue (Nov. 1, 2002) of the journal Ecology Letters, the current federally backed strategy to slow resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin could be altered to permit the normal application of pesticides to crop refuges without risking the overall resistance prevention strategy.
Registrar finalists named for UW–Madison
The university has narrowed the field of candidates for university registrar to four finalists.
New study open to men with advanced prostate cancer
Men with advanced prostate cancer that has become resistant to hormone therapy may be candidates for a new research study that seeks to determine whether a Vitamin D-like compound known as Hectoral enhances the impact of a chemotherapy treatment commonly known as Taxotere¨.
Dairy farmers face health insurance crisis
Although farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in Wisconsin, a new study from UW–Madison shows that more than 40 percent of dairy farmers either have no health insurance or have plans that don't cover all their family members.
Without fire, red pines could disappear
According to a new computer model, the towering groves of red pine trees characteristic of Minnesota's Boundary Water Canoe Area could completely disappear unless fire is reintroduced.
Researchers identify key to cancer cell mobility
In the race to cure cancer, researchers look for roadblocks that could stop cancer in its tracks, preventing it from spreading to other parts of the body. Scientists from UW–Madison may have found that blockade - an enzyme critical to the ability of cells to metastasize, a biological phenomenon by which cells migrate.
Test improves management of Johne’s disease
A professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine has developed a testing method that more precisely describes a cows's level of Johne's disease infection, thereby enabling farmers to make more informed decisions about disease management that could improve herd productivity.
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Dairy farmers face health insurance crisis Although farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in Wisconsin, a new study from UW–Madison shows…
Two lectures address issues of equality
Two speakers will visit campus to discuss equality, class, race, gender, and privilege. The lectures, together entitled "Unveiling Inequality," are free and open to the public.
Holy hibernaculum, Batman!
Dave Redell, a researcher in the wildlife ecology department, spends his summer nights ÷ just like Batman ÷ patrolling dark streets, parking lots and mine entrances in search of bats.
Grant creates scholars program in health, society
In the last decade, the idea that the health of individuals and populations is determined by a host of factors has steadily gained credibility among the academic and policy-making community. Thanks to a $4.6 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, UW–Madison scholars will have an excellent opportunity to study this concept further.
The complexity of protest
Jeremi Suri, an author and a UW–Madison assistant professor of history, specializes in the study of interactions between states, peoples and cultures, and the ways social movements can profoundly influence leaders and institutions.
There was a young man who lived under a telescope
Sure, graduate students live in all sorts of places all over town, but probably only one lives underneath a big telescope. As part of his job through the Astronomy Department, Aaron Steffen gets to live an observational astronomer's dream: to spend each night beneath the giant dome of a working observatory.
Cutting calories slows aging of heart
To remain young at heart, eat less. That, in short, is the message drawn from research published Oct. 28 by a team of researchers from UW–Madison.
UW gets $55.8 million to study inner-city asthma
The UW Medical School hopes to learn why children who live in inner-city environments are much more likely to develop severe asthma with a new, nationwide, $55.8 million research initiative.
Scientists mimic ear to improve speech recognition
Through extensive study of how speech is perceived by people with normal hearing, UW–Madison researchers have created a method for making speech more intelligible to listeners with hearing impairments. Psychologist Keith Kluender and neuroscientist Rick Jenison have developed an algorithm that, instead of boosting the loudness of sounds ÷ as do most hearing aids, mimics the way the human ear works to make speech clear and recognizable.
Second major gift opens new possibilities for WAIL
A second major equipment donation will help the Wisconsin Advanced Internet Laboratory on UW–Madison campus continue to distinguish itself as a first-of-its kind Internet research facility.
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Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries. E-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. A…
Modernists to meet in Madison
The cream of creative thinkers from the fields of literature, philosophy, the arts and more will meet in Madison from Thursday, Oct. 31, to Sunday, Nov. 3, to consider new ways of approaching rapid and widespread changes in all sectors of society.