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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.
UW-Madison study returns biology to the basics
We may be living in the age of biotechnology, but science still has some very basic questions to answer. And, one of them is 'What microbes live in lakes?'
Linguistics professor documents endangered Menominee language
Professor of linguistics Monica Macaulay is recording and documenting the rapidly vanishing Menominee language, a traditionally oral language markedly different from any European counterpart.
Researchers identify enzyme that turns on RNA
Scientists have long searched for triggers that activate ribonucleic acid (RNA), a key component in gene expression. Now, in the Thursday, Sept. 19, issue of the journal Nature, scientists from UW–Madison report that they have found an enzyme that activates RNA, which could lead to new ways of regulating genetic information.
UW Hospital performs state’s first islet cell transplant
A UW Hospital transplant team has delved into the cutting edge of medical technology by performing Wisconsin's first pancreatic islet cell procedure.
Garden partnership blossoms
University researchers and community members all are harvesting the benefits of a university-community agricultural partnership on Madison's North Side. The university and Friends of Troy Gardens have begun a project dedicated to sustainable agriculture research, and education and outreach at Troy Gardens. The project is led by the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems and funded by a grant from the Kellogg Foundation.
Study: Record TV campaign ads halted for Sept. 11
The much-anticipated ceasefire in political television advertising by 2002 candidates across the nation was confirmed in a study released Friday by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at UW–Madison, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Geographic’s map drawn from UW–Madison work
National Geographic this month features a map, "A World Transformed,"depicting human impact on the Earth as detailed by UW–Madison research.
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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. Gene…
Gene controls plant’s clock
Scientists have discovered a gene that regulates when plants flower and is critical for keeping a plant's 24-hour clock running accurately.
Deconstructing dams solves some problems, creates others
Today, fewer fish are banging their heads against these barriers, due in large part to Wisconsin's efforts to tear down dozens of deteriorating dams. Razing these structures may alleviate many wildlife headaches, but it also may create new problems, according to research from UW–Madison.
Bad dogs make news; scientist laments the preventable
In the world of dogs and their humans, Patricia McConnell is a shrink extraordinaire. Like few others, McConnell, an adjunct professor of zoology, can get into the head of a dog and gain some insight into the animal's thought process. Sadly, most of the minds she's reading these days belong to aggressive dogs, the growlers and biters that sometimes make chilling headlines as a result of attacks on humans beings.
Rethinking the evolution of limbs and digits
Developmental biologists have unexpectedly found that the genetics underpinning the formation of limbs and digits in vertebrates is distinctly different than what scientists have believed for nearly 30 years.
Study: Family income up, but inequality grows
A new study offers some good long-term news for working families in the state: family income is up. But other indicators are less positive.
Scientists develop atomic-scale memory
Scientists have made a first step toward a practical atomic-scale memory where atoms would represent the bits of information that make up words, pictures and codes read by computers.
Scientists assess shoreline development impact
To understand the ecological effects of lakeshore development on these freshwater ecosystems, UW–Madison has launched an extreme experiment - remove all the woody debris from one lake's shoreline waters and study what happens.
Vet Med sponsors dog jog
Veterinary Medicine's annual Dog Jog at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, begins in front of the School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 Linden Drive.