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Genome project finds ‘triggers’ for E. coli illness
The newly completed genomic sequence of E. coli O157:H7 reveals how these potentially deadly bacteria are armed with a surprisingly wide range of genes that may trigger illness.
Is Wisconsin facing a 1980s-style farm crisis?
Despite the lowest milk prices in two decades, state farmers probably won't see a repeat of the financial crisis of the mid-1980s - at least not this year, according to Bruce Jones, an economist at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Unless milk prices improve, though, the state's farm economy could face big problems in coming years, he says.
Studies of baby pigs address breathing problems
University research on baby pigs may soon help doctors improve the way they care for premature infants.
National ergonomics study released
Biomedical engineering Professor Robert Radwin is an author of a new federal study showing the far-reaching impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, a national health problem resulting in lost work time for approximately 1 million people each year.
Ph.D. training lacking in career preparation, study says
More than 40,000 students earn doctorate degrees each year from American universities, widely regarded as the best in the world in graduate education. But a new report released Tuesday, Jan. 16, says the training doctoral students receive is not what they want, nor does it prepare them for the jobs they take.
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Oldest crystal tells tale of hospitable early Earth
Reading the telltale chemical signature of a mineral sample determined to be the world's oldest known terrestrial material, scientists have reconstructed a portrait that suggests the early Earth, instead of being a roiling ocean of magma, was cool enough to have water, continents and conditions that could have supported life.
Team discovers genetic basis of Alexander disease
Scientists have pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare and devastating childhood brain disorder called Alexander disease, solving a 50-year-old mystery regarding its cause.
Astronomers land major satellite observing program
Astronomers from UW–Madison and several collaborating institutions have won a major contract with NASA to perform a detailed survey of the inner regions of the Milky Way using the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, a telescope that will be boosted into orbit around the sun in 2002.
Study: Business climate strong
A study by the School of Business shows that executives give Wisconsin high marks as a place to do business.
New center links environmental science, policy
Jonathan Foley, director of the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, likens the center to an intellectual incubator.
Parties spend more than candidates
Nationally, political parties spent more money on advertising than the candidates themselves for the first time in modern history, according to a report conducted by university professor Kenneth Goldstein.
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Semiconductor work may spur new electronics advances
A new research project in the College of Engineering to integrate semiconductor materials may lead to new applications in sensing, computing and wireless communication.
Fractals images reveal complex dynamics
Fractals are the offspring of the marriage of art, science and technology. They are generated by a computer to graphically represent solutions to mathematical equations. And in physics professor Clint Sprott's case, not just any solutions, but "chaotic" solutions.
The language of love: ‘When you have no voice, you need an ally’
When psychology professor Morton Ann Gernsbacher's 4-year-old son was diagnosed with autism, it changed the course of her research as Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor of Psychology at UW–Madison.
UW researchers focus on food-borne illnesses
The battle over bad bugs in the food supply is intensifying at UW–Madison, with a new faculty hiring effort focused on the growing worldwide concern about food-borne pathogens.
Project to help preserve Ojibwe language
While some native languages are in danger of being lost forever, J. Randolph Valentine, assistant professor of linguistics, is working with a team of dedicated scholars to help prevent the Ojibwe language from meeting that fate.
Discovery may jump-start mine remediation efforts
Probing the microscopic life found in the submerged recesses of an abandoned Wisconsin lead and zinc mine, scientists have found compelling evidence that microorganisms play a key role in the formation of mineral deposits. The finding could help jump-start new remediation efforts for contaminated mining sites.
Scientists find gene that fuels ‘sexual arms race’
Thanks to the lowly fruit fly and a team of scientists at UW–Madison and at Washington University in St. Louis, one genetic circuit that governs sexual dimorphism - the diagnostic differences between the sexes - has been found and characterized.