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Desktop revolution: UW’s Condor scavenges for power
The future of supercomputing may be less glitzy than the multi-million-dollar, lightning-fast machines people assumed would handle massive computational chores. The future may end up looking a lot more ordinary -- like that computer humming away on your desktop.
State department official to visit
William B. Bader, assistant secretary for educational and cultural affairs, will visit campus Nov. 1-2 to discuss the current status of international educational programs.
Professors engage in ‘groundbreaking’ research
Craig Benson and Tuncer Edil, civil and environmental engineering professors, are currently involved in two major projects that are resulting in environmentally safer and more cost-effective road construction.
Poison-loving bug reveals genetic turn-on
A 'bug' called Rhodospirillum rubrum has the unusual ability to dine on carbon monoxide, the odorless gas that's lethal to animals. Scientists are studying its ability to switch on a set of genes that allow it to grow by breaking down this poison, and the findings could provide insights into how all organisms use such 'transcription factors.'
‘Biocomplexity’ project focuses on northern lakes
A team of a dozen university scientists will conduct a five-year, $3 million federal study of how human use of northern Wisconsin lakes affects sensitive shoreline ecosystems.
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Internet2 research labs planned
UW-Madison and Dartmouth College will be sites for Internet2 Public Key Infrastructure Labs meant to help develop and deploy technology to make the Internet more secure, more reliable and easier to use.
Best-selling European authors to speak
Four prominent European writers will appear together Wednesday, Nov. 15, to discuss their work and new trends in contemporary European literature. Ib Michael of Denmark, Sandra Petrignani of Italy, Alissa Walser of Germany and Martin Winckler of France will present "New Voices from the New Europe: An Evening of Literature, Readings and Dialogue with European Authors" at 7 p.m., Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Elvehjem Museum offers online taste of collections
Selections from the Elvehjem Museum of Art's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions now are available on the Web. Virtual visitors can access http://www.lvm.wisc.edu to see about 150 examples drawn from the museum's 16,000-piece collection.
Gene barrier could boost farming, environment
Working with teosinte, a wild cousin of maize, a university scientist has found a molecular barrier that, bred into modern hybrid corn, is capable of completely locking out foreign genes, including those from genetically modified corn.
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Primate center grant to boost library resources
The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library will receive a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Center for Research Resources to boost the library's staff and resources so that it can more effectively work with the greater primatological research community.
Political scientist tracks funding sources
Ken Goldstein, a new political scientist at UW–Madison, is to journalists right now as an epicenter is to seismologists. The media are…
UW education research featured at national forum
The university's math education research is getting national attention as part of the " Decade of Behavior" initiative developed to increase public support for behavioral and social science research.
Egyptian scholar to visit
Egyptian land rights and the effects of Egypt's agricultural policy on rural people will be the topic of a seminar by visiting Egyptian researcher Ashraf Ahmed Hussein Wednesday, Oct. 4, at noon in 206 Ingraham.
Report: A third of graduates attend UW
For a third of Wisconsin high school graduates in 1999, the next step was enrolling at a UW System campus.
Special interest spending analyzed
Voters in targeted markets see little difference in the two presidential candidates' advertising, thanks to independent groups, according to findings in an ongoing "real-time" study by political scientist Kenneth Goldstein.
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Program: Biking and bonding in battle against breast cancer
Researchers at the Medical School's HealthEmotions Research Institute have zeroed in on a program that can help women dealing with breast cancer get through what may be the worst times of their lives.
Science historian shares expertise in class, on roof
Let's create some business cards for David Lindberg, with a tip of the hat to a classic TV show: Have history of science, will share. Have shingles, will roof. Have wood, will saw.