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Potential for new superconducting material advances
Commercial potential is growing for magnesium-diboride, a recently discovered high-temperature superconducting metal, with new evidence that alloying enables the metal to carry very high electric current at a high magnetic field.
Stinking beauty: Rare flower set to bloom at UW–Madison
One of the world's largest and most malodorous flowers is about to bloom on campus.
Fast, cheap and portable – a new pathogen detection tool
Liquid crystals, the visual element in products like digital watches, computer monitors and mood rings, may help in the quest for early detection of disease-causing pathogens.
The Dalai Lama and scientists unite to study meditation
In a rare convergence of spirituality and science, the Dalai Lama and a handful of Western neuroscientists met this week at the university to discuss ways in which they can collaborate to conduct research on meditation.
UW study: Local spending, taxing under control
As Wisconsin legislators debate the balance between spending and taxes at the state level, a University of Wisconsin–Madison study has found no indication that…
Dalai Lama visits brain imaging facility
The Dalai Lama's deep interest in scientific knowledge that intersects with the spiritual aspects of Buddhism brought him to campus this week to visit one of the world's foremost centers on emotion research.
Agent shows promise for treating brain tumors
A chemical agent long used by physicians to get detailed pictures of cancer tumors may also have therapeutic value for a class of deadly brain tumors, according to a new study.
Sollinger: Drug may reduce vascular rejection
A drug approved for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma shows success in treating transplant patients who experience vascular rejection, a difficult complication. Currently, no FDA drug has been approved to treat severe vascular rejection.
Advances
(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)…
Veterinary collection reveals information about eye disease
Richard Dubielzig has a collection of eyeballs. They're not exactly peering out at him from shelves, though.
Sociologist chronicles the streets of Greenwich Village
For seven years, sociologist Mitchell Duneier spent nearly every summer and semester break living and working among the mostly homeless men who sell second-hand goods around Greenwich Village. His quest: to understand the dynamics of class, race and economics in America's inner cities.
Study suggests new options for treating breast cancer
Close to half the women in the world diagnosed with breast cancer each year stand to gain from a combined additional treatment begun at the time of breast cancer surgery. Oophorectomy (removal of both ovaries) plus tamoxifen tablets taken for five years reduce the chance of cancer recurrence by almost 20 percent and increases the likelihood of survival by 11 percent in premenopausal Vietnamese and Chinese women.
Study: Early intervention cuts crime, dropout rates
One of the nation's largest studies of public early-childhood education is tracking a "snowball effect" of positive outcomes, including new data showing significant declines in juvenile crime and dropout rates.
Study finds therapist is key to mental health
The drive by HMOs to "medicalize" psychotherapy - insisting that practitioners look for a medical disorder such as clinical depression and then dispense a prescribed treatment - will ultimately suffocate psychotherapy through ignorance of how it works.
Climate shift linked to rise of Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau
By probing ancient dust deposits in China and deep ocean sediments from the North Pacific and Indian Oceans, scientists have constructed the most detailed portrait to date of the effects on climate of the Himalaya Mountains and the great Tibetan Plateau.
Advances
(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)…
Keck lab ready to begin brain imaging studies
The $10 million W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior opened this month, promising to give scientists better views of brain function that could reveal more about emotions, learning and mental disorders.
Wisconsin academy launches water initiative
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is launching a statewide initiative on water use and conservation to examine and analyze the current state and long-term sustainability of Wisconsin's waters.
Research aims to reduce home fire damage
With the help of a National Science Foundation grant, civil and environmental engineering professor Steve Cramer recently embarked on a two-year project aimed at reducing the estimated 4,000 deaths, 17,000 injuries and $6 billion in property damage caused each year by fires in residential construction.
UW-Madison hosts African language experts
The university will host the 2001 African Language Teachers' Association conference April 26-28. Speakers and participants from around the world will convene at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 525 W. Johnson St.