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Another huge iceberg departs Antarctica
A new, massive iceberg has broken off from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, according to polar-orbiting satellite imagery taken Friday, May 10, at the Antarctica Meteorological Research Center .
Advances
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Miniature laboratories made easy
Thanks to university biomedical engineers, scientists soon may be able to fabricate elaborate palm-sized "laboratories" more easily and for about a quarter of the cost of current methods.
Innovation increases wireless data rates
University engineers have invented a method of characterizing and managing the multiple channel paths generated when antenna arrays are used at a wireless transmitter and/or receiver.
Device may ease biopsies
A new device developed by UW–Madison students and faculty may bring the cumbersome breast biopsy procedure up to date.
Algorithm improves wireless communication
Engineering researchers have developed novel algorithms that significantly simplify signal processing and improve performance of antenna arrays used in wireless communications systems.
Device makes engine perform better
Mechanical engineering professor Frank Fronczak and his graduate students have hit upon the idea of a "variable valve timing actuator" aimed at making engines work better.
Former official to talk on Argentine economy
Federico Sturzenegger, former secretary of economic policy, Argentina, will visit campus Monday, May 6, to explain Argentina's current economic crisis.
Rehabilitating bridges better
An engineering professor has come up with a way to temporarily strengthen bridges to extend their lifespan.
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Emerita’s autobiography places personal history in political context
She fled the Nazis, sought refuge in Communism, helped define feminism and created the field of women's history. Gerda Lerner, professor emerita, discusses her life and struggles in her new memoir, 'Fireweed: A Political Autobiography' (Temple University Press).
Two named to academy
A political scientist and geographer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2002.
Study: Whites perceive more crime when blacks live nearby
Perceptions of crime in a particular neighborhood may be due to the presence of young African-American men, according to a new study by two UW–Madison researchers.
WARF signs stem cell license agreements
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has signed two licensing agreements allowing a company and another university to distribute human embryonic stem cells in research.
Research illuminates ‘art’ of friendship
Kenneth M. George, professor of anthropology, has been friend to one of Indonesia's most distinguished artists for the last 17 years. That friendship has come to be the driving force behind George's research.
Hygiene lab: Testing for anthrax and much more
In 1924, William Stovall, who was then director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, published an article on anthrax in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. Now nearly 80 years later, scientists working in the facility that bears his name are again focused on anthrax.
Brain, heal thyself
Adding to the growing evidence that mammal brains can produce new nerve cells, a Medical School team reports that adult rats that suffer strokes are able to grow new brain cells.
Growth masks growing inequality
Wisconsin could lose its standing as one of the most economically equal states in the nation, according to the Center on Wisconsin Strategy.
‘Rain gardens’ help recharge ground water
For those of us who spent winter days dreaming of tulips and sunflowers, tomatoes and snap peas, gardening means one thing ÷ growing plants. But the gardens blooming in the minds of two university engineers cultivate sand and gravel, water budgets and storage capacity.
Medical School attacks asthma
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $19 million to the Medical School to conduct three groundbreaking studies to find answers about asthma.