Tag Research
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.
Corn yields another useful product
An industrial chemical found in antifreeze, de-icing fluids and liquid detergents could soon stand alongside animal feeds, sweeteners and cooking oil as a commercial product made from corn.
Comm Arts professor puts terror talk under rhetorical microscope
Nearly every American has watched President George W. Bush address the nation in the days since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. UW–Madison assistant professor of communication arts Susan Zaeske watches too, but her interest is piqued by more than just updates on the hunt for Osama bin Laden or the war in Afghanistan.
Antibiotic combo deadly to moths
Scientists may have exposed a chink in the armor of an insect that annually defoliates thousands of acres of forests and that, so far, has defied every effort to control it.
Can tamoxifen help patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease?
Prompted by his observation of an ALS patient who subsequently developed breast cancer, a UW Medical School researcher has found that the drug tamoxifen significantly delayed movement problems and prolonged survival in a group of 40 mice with an ALS-like disease.
Physical activity, quality of life go together in older women
The more physically active a woman over 60 is, the higher the overall quality of her life, a new study says.
UW gets federal support for ‘Ice Cube’
The university is slated to receive $15 million in federal funding for the first phase of a groundbreaking, Antarctica-based neutrino telescope.
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Employee ‘work memory’ affects rotation scheduling
Many service and manufacturing industry employers believe that cross-training their employees can help cover during turnover and absenteeism, while at the same time, increase workers' level of interest in their jobs.
Study probes perceptions of Wisconsin’s business climate
In a recent study among executives across the United States, UW–Madison Business School professor Jon Udell finds that executives outside the state hold a favorable image of the state's business climate, but Wisconsin executives generally are even more positive about factors concerning the quality of personal and business life in the state.
Four UW–Madison faculty named AAAS fellows
Four members of the UW–Madison faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dairy to handle BST milk
The Babcock dairy plant will no longer certify that its fluid milk supplies come from herds that avoid use of supplemental bovine somatotropin (BST).
Cell lines hold promise for drugs, birds
Scientists at UW–Madison have coaxed into existence a new line of cells from birds that could remake the poultry industry.
Avian cell lines have broad technological potential
Scientists have coaxed into existence a new line of cells from birds that could remake the poultry industry, provide new methods for manufacturing pharmaceuticals in the sterile encasement of the egg, and even help preserve endangered birds such as the California condor and whooping crane.
School-family project prepares for national rollout
The U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded $1.8 million to UW–Madison senior scientist Lynn McDonald for her research project, The Families and Schools Together Project: Building Relationships.