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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.
Advances
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Around the world in 80 years
Jules Verne gave us the adventurous tale of traveling around the world in 80 days in boats, hot air balloons and automobiles. Herbert Howe, in contrast, figures that swimming around the globe has taken him nearly 80 years.
‘Best companies’ are better performers
The neverending wrangle over whether firms that make their employees happy can bring the same kind of smiles to shareholders has just received an answer from a UW–Madison researcher: Yes, they most emphatically can.
UW-Madison, PanVera ties run deep
PanVera Corporation, a University Research Park company that turns genetic information into tools for drug discovery, is a textbook example of how university-industry partnerships can be vital to a company's success.
Colleges collaborate on stray voltage research
A new research project may determine if and how lower-level stray voltage affects livestock.
Forum examines online market research
UW-Madison is sponsoring a forum to highlight the latest developments in online market research Nov. 16-17 at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Chicago.
Discovery of ‘immortal skin’ holds medical promise
From a routine study of the life span of human skin cells, a university research project gave rise to an astonishing accident: A line of skin cells that simply wouldn't die.
Groups offer new design for scholarship
Scholars have discussed their work informally, within and across disciplines, since Plato was a pup. However, a new innovation for university researchers creates a cohesive framework that helps faculty and students more effectively work across disciplines and departments.
Booming e-business sinks Madison roots
A university computer scientist, whose software ideas are powering hot Web sites like Ask Jeeves!, hopes to find fertile ground for high-technology employees in Madison.
Center builds food network
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems has taken the lead in building a national network of centers and programs working to foster more sustainable food and farming systems.
Investing in ‘New Economy’ explored
Experts from five major investment firms will offer advice and ideas on investing in the new economy at an investment symposium on campus Friday, Nov 10. The free symposium runs 2-5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave.
Professor’s passion helps protect endangered primates
In 1982, while still a Harvard graduate student, professor of biological anthropology Karen Strier began a fieldwork stint in one place that has stretched to the present day. 'The 18 years I've been studying these monkeys is longer than some of my students have been alive,' she says.
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.)…
Recent sightings
UW Arboretum staff member Larry Ring uses a kerosene drip to set a perimeter fire during a recent prairie burn at…