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Tongue seen as portal to the brain
The tongue, asserts Paul Bach-y-Rita, is a terrific portal to the brain. The UW–Madison physician and inventor says the tongue might serve as the ideal tactile environment to help blind people navigate, give Navy Seals directions in dim underwater environments and guide urban search-and-rescue teams as they comb the confusion of smoke-filled buildings for people to rescue. Read More
UW surgeons test computer-assisted surgical equipment
For years, medical experts have anticipated that computer and robotics technology would revolutionize the hospital operating room. At UW Hospital and Clinics, that prediction is taking a giant step forward. Read More
Cold researchers seek study participants
That achy, sneezy, itchy, stuffy and simply miserable feeling that is the result of having a common cold may not have to be so miserable in the future. A new cold treatment being studied at the UW Medical School, if proven effective, may revolutionize how we treat the common cold. Read More
Labeling GM food may benefit farmers
As the rest of the world continues to reject genetically modified (GM) foods, American farmers might look to government-mandated labels as their ticket back into the global market. Read More
Genomics portends next revolution in agriculture
As science begins to accumulate and explore plant and animal genomes - the entire set of genetic instructions for a particular organism - a new revolution in agriculture is in the offing and, according to university biologist Robert Goodman, promises a long-lasting and favorable impact on agriculture worldwide. Read More
Born with the perfect pitch?
The ability to identify a note on the musical scale without a single reference point - known as absolute or perfect pitch - is a rarity even among musicians, but new studies with infants suggest that everyone may begin life with this remarkable talent. Read More
Program lends new precision to ‘gamma knife’
In a promising new research effort, a mathematical program is helping automate and fine-tune the arduous process of radiation surgery. Read More
Teaching Enhancement Grants announced
Nine teaching and learning projects have been awarded 2001-02 Teaching Enhancement Grants. Read More
Chemical flame retardant found in salmon
University scientists have found high levels of a common chemical flame retardant in Lake Michigan salmon. Read More
Team places sensors on enormous iceberg
University researchers have placed Automatic Weather Stations on the massive Antarctic iceberg that broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf last March. Read More
New class of sensors fashioned from LEDs
The same technology behind the glowing lights reminding people to turn off VCRs and stereos is being applied to new treatments for hard-to-heal wounds and new super-efficient traffic lights. Now a group of UW–Madison scientists have shed light on a valuable new use for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by demonstrating their usefulness as chemical sensors. Read More
UW, Third Wave forge research partnership
Third Wave Technologies, Inc. and UW–Madison announced today, Feb. 6, that they have entered into a collaboration that will encourage new research to identify and treat genetic origins of disease. Read More
What puts the brakes on madly spinning stars?
Keying off new observations, astronomers are turning to an old idea of what puts the brakes on young, rapidly rotating stars, some of which spin so fast that astronomers are amazed they simply don't fly apart. Read More
Prison work fuels professors’ passion for justice
The seeds of social justice were sown early in the lives of clinical associate professors of law Keith Findley and John Pray. Those seeds reaped a huge harvest earlier this month, when Texas convict Christopher Ochoa was exonerated for a rape and murder he did not commit. Read More
Advance makes voting machines easier to use
The Trace Research and Development Center will demonstrate easy-to-use voting machine design techniques Tuesday, Jan. 30, during a Capitol Hill event focused on electronic voting technology. Read More
Foundation supports chemical genomics center
A $1.5 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation will enable the university to establish a center of research for the study and application of chemical genomics, a dynamic new field combining chemistry and molecular biology. Read More
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. Read More