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Professor uncovers hidden history in obscure text
Step into the office of Jacques Lezra, professor of English and Spanish, on the seventh floor of Helen C. White Hall, and you feel you are standing in an unusual used bookstore. Confined by crowded shelves of musty paperbacks, you can't imagine how someone fit them all into the small room.
Engineering students join clean snowmobile challenge
While the snow has yet to fly, 15 mechanical engineering students are already gearing up for the snowmobile season.
Microbe genes help scientists reconstruct animal origins
Without the help of fossils or any other record from the distant past, scientists have identified what they believe represents a common ancestor of all animals on Earth, a microscopic organism with key genetic traits that, until now, have been found only in true animals.
Research may yield better laxative
A recent development made by nutritional scientists at could lead to a more pleasing laxative.
Modern medicine goes medieval?
Since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians, the leech has at times been a prevalent tool in the physician's medical kit. But now, a novel device effectively performs the same function without the unpleasantness of having a blood-sucking parasite attached to your body.
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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. Gender…
Poet Genoways reads tonight
Poet Ted Genoways evokes the stark loneliness and hard-scrabble survival of life in early twentieth-century Klondike in "Anna, washing," the latest release from the Parallel Press.
Microbes may ease environmental, energy woes
Researchers are turning to microbes for help with some of our biggest problems. The results could lead to a healthier environment and new sources of fuels and chemicals for the 21st century.
Stem cells, forged into neurons, show promise for brain repair
In a set of meticulous experiments, scientists have demonstrated the ability of human embryonic stem cells to develop into nascent brain cells and, seeded into the intact brains of baby mice, further develop into healthy, functioning neural cells.
WAA wins national recognition
When the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) redesigned its Web site in early 2001, it was hoping to strike a chord with UW graduates. It managed to strike gold, as well.
World AIDS Day events planned
As in previous years, World AIDS Day will be marked with a variety of events at the university.
Gender differences may figure in sleeping disorder
Gender hormones may be a key factor in the onset of a common human disorder called sleep apnea.
Meteorologists keep eye on Antarctic weather – by remote control
Matthew Lazzara isn't like most meteorologists. His forecasts never include 'hot and dry' or 'rain likely.' But before you think he's describing your next vacation spot, know that his forecasts also include, 'Low near minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit' and 'Winds up to 120 miles per hour.'
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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. Crystal…
Forest management may mitigate global warming
A new study suggests that forest management may be used to restrain the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Vitamin settlement funds directed to stem cell research
A portion of the funds received by the State of Wisconsin in a price-fixing settlement with vitamin manufacturers has been directed toward stem cell research at UW–Madison.
‘War Letters’ author makes campus stop
Best-selling author Andrew Carroll will offer remarks and sign books during a special presentation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Survey center has big impact
Since its inception in 1987, the UW Survey Center has served the survey research needs of the campus community, as well as federal, state and local government, and nonprofit agencies, providing high-quality social science data while quietly working its way to the forefront of survey research.
Process may improve semiconductors
Sliced into almost paper-thin discs called wafers, semiconductors hold the circuitry that receives, transmits and processes information.
Old drugs could treat African Sleeping Sickness
By sorting through libraries of existing drugs, scientists have identified a subset of old medicines that may help combat a prevailing problem: the parasitic microbes that cause African Sleeping Sickness, a disease afflicting up to 500,000 people annually in sub-Saharan Africa and leaving more than 60 million at risk.