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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.
Advances
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.
WARF West Coast office opens
The patent and licensing organization of the university has become the first university technology-transfer institution in the United States to launch a satellite office.
Research leads to higher quality pork
A compound long used for baking and treating indigestion has a new use. UW–Madison researchers have discovered that sodium bicarbonate improves the quality of meat from pigs and other livestock.
UW joins ‘Big Ten’ nuclear engineering consortium
As the issue of nuclear power in the United States re-emerges, the U.S. Department of Energy has recently awarded $10 million to a consortium of four "Big Ten" schools recognized as leaders in the field of nuclear engineering, among them UW–Madison.
Study sheds light on Down syndrome and language
Countering the claim among researchers that language learning in children with Down syndrome ends during the teen-age years, a new UW–Madison study shows that certain language skills continue to improve well beyond the teen-age years, suggesting that adolescents with Down syndrome should continue programs for language learning.
IRP designated an area poverty research center
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has designated the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW–Madison as one of three Area Poverty Research Centers.
UW unveils new cheese with scandinavian roots
Cheesemakers at the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, unveiled recently a new specialty cheese for Wisconsin cheese producers.
UW-Madison leads $26 million study on aging
While we all age, we age in different ways. But exactly why we age differently remains much of a mystery. A new $26 million study led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, however, plans to make the reasons more clear.
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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. Paper…
UW gets $35 million for math and science education
Capitalizing on a tradition of pioneering research, training and outreach to improve the way science and math are taught in the nation's schools, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has tapped UW–Madison to lead a new $35 million effort in science and math education reform.
Military reservation home to rare species
While it serves many miltary uses, Wisconsin's Fort McCoy Military Reservation also provides a sanctuary for rare native plants.
Novel form of vitamin D shown to grow bone
A novel form of vitamin D has been shown to grow bone in the lab and in experimental animals, a result that holds promise for the estimated 44 million Americans, mostly post-menopausal women, who suffer from or are at risk for the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis.
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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. Stretching…
Political television advertising spending escalates, study finds
More than $300 million has been spent by candidates on television advertising in races for the U.S. House and Senate, as well as in a number of highly competitive, record-spending gubernatorial contests across the nation, according to a new study by a university political scientist.
Deconstructing dams
Emily Stanley, a river ecologist at the Center for Limnology, has found that dam removal allows not just fish and canoes, but also damaging nutrients, to barge through the water system. Results of the study, which focused on dam removal sites along the Baraboo River and Koshkonong Creek in Wisconsin, were recently published in the journal BioScience.