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A new surgical technique shows promise for preserving sexual function in men who would have been permanently impotent after conventional prostate surgery.

In a small but highly provocative study, a UW-Madison research team has found, for the first time, that a short program in “mindfulness meditation” produced lasting positive changes in both the brain and the function of the immune system.

The experiences of millions of people have proved that antidepressants work, but only with the advent of sophisticated imaging technology have scientists begun to learn exactly how the medications affect brain structures and circuits to bring relief from depression.

A team of UW-Madison accounting students has won a national case competition sponsored by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Along with the seven crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated upon re-entry Saturday, Feb. 1, were two experiments led by UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics. Both projects investigated the biological changes of plants in a weightless environment.

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With so many people using over- the-counter herbal supplements as a means to promote health, one UW-Madison researcher is wondering why we don’t hunt for health-promoting properties among the ordinary plants we grow for food.

According to a new study by researchers at UW-Madison, educational intervention programs for young children that also involve the parents help cut the rate at which enrolled children will be abused or neglected by their caregivers. The findings, published in the current issue of the journal Child Development, provide new evidence that preschool programs can impact not just school readiness, but long-term family outcomes.

Tearing off the foil lid from a cup of yogurt sometimes reveals more than you want to eat — a pool of murky liquid floating above the fruitful treat. New manufacturing techniques developed by CALS food scientist John Lucey could keep this watery substance — called surface whey — beneath the surface without adding extra ingredients.

With the help of civil and environmental engineers, lagoons that once stored wastewater sludge are now part of Wisconsin’s newest state park.

Adel Talaat, once a poultry veterinarian in Cairo, Egypt and now part of the School of Veterinary Medicine, is studying gene expression of infectious agents from the inside.

A UW-Madison food scientist is using new technology to tackle an old problem in cheesemaking – and the solution could mean both a bigger market for the state’s dairy producers and reduced costs for cheesemakers.

The slightest turn of the head can significantly change the way a person or animal detects sound. A subtle tilt alters the angle at which high-frequency sound waves hit the ear, providing cues to localize the sound. To use those cues, the brain must put what it hears into the context of the position of the head. Until recently, scientists were not sure how this was done.

It’s big. It’s on runners. It will soon be painted bright red. And it’s headed for the Pole. But it’s not loaded with toys, and instead of being drawn by eight tiny reindeer to the North Pole, this sled — which carries a mammoth hose reel as part of a unique cold-climate drilling rig — is destined for the South Pole via Air Force C-130 where it will help lay the groundwork for a novel telescope.