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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.)…
Exercise improves physical, mental health of breast cancer patients
Breast cancer patients can benefit in many ways from a structured exercise program, researchers at UW Medical School's HealthEmotions Research Institute have found. Women who completed a 16-week supervised program showed significant improvements in physical fitness as well as psychological well-being.
150-year global ice record reveals major warming trend
From sources as diverse as newspaper archives, transportation ledgers and religious observances, scientists have amassed lake and river ice records spanning the Northern Hemisphere that show a steady 150-year warming trend.
Tiramisu Press blends book design with content
They do a dance together, they do. It's a dance of paper and ink and type and words, a dance that melds message with form. Out on the floor they whirl and spin until they blur...into books.
Brain structure acclimates more quickly to same-race pictures
People's brains respond differently to pictures of faces representing their own race compared with those of another race, according to an initial study appearing in the current issue (Aug. 3, 2000) of the journal NeuroReport.
Report: Wisconsin family income up, growing inequality
Where do Wisconsin workers and families stand in the decade-long economic expansion? That heady question is tackled in a new report - "The State of Working Wisconsin 2000" - released Sunday, Sept. 3, by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at UW–Madison.
Study shows gains for voucher students
A study by a new political scientist at the university, William Howell, has found that test-score performance went up among black students who switched from public to private schools under voucher programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Dayton, Ohio.
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.)…
Photo essay: E-mail from the deep
Bobbing over the 100-foot depths of northern Wisconsin’s Trout Lake, a technology-stocked buoy is helping scientists track the vital signs of major ecological…
Scientist puts cancer under fierce new light
Gelsomina De Stasio speaks English and Italian with equal fluency. But when she speaks of a "multi-lingual approach" to curing cancer, it has little to do with either language. De Stasio, a physics professor and one of the university's new strategic hires, talks about multilingual science: a hybrid of physics, chemistry, biology and oncology that is guiding her to new approaches to fighting lethal cancers.
Either ‘fire’ or ‘ice’ may hurt marriage
Turning a cold shoulder can be just as corrosive to marriage as open hostility, according to a new study authored by a university researcher.
UW-Madison continues to aid Hurricane Mitch recovery
The university's Space Science and Engineering Center is working with other agencies in the continuing effort to help Central America recover and rebuild after Hurricane Mitch's devastation in 1998.
New soybean pest reported in Wisconsin
A new soybean pest previously unreported in the U.S. has appeared in fields scattered across Wisconsin during the past month, according to university scientists. The soybean aphid also has turned up in northern Illinois and may soon be reported from Michigan.
Guatemala gets land advice from UW experts
A group of high-level government officials and policymakers from Guatemala will be among those attending a land access workshop Aug. 21-24 at the university.
Sans organism, scientists harvest a trove of DNA
Plant pathologists at UW–Madison are harvesting many new and useful chemicals from, literally, beneath our feet. The DNA of microorganisms extracted from soil samples may yield new antibiotics, insecticides, anticancer drugs or antiparasitic agents.
Lake study shows persistence of acid rain effects
Little Rock Lake, the site of a landmark study on the effects of acid rain, has been taken to chemical hell and back, and seemingly recovered from the trip.
Chinese research leaders learn about tech transfer
Twenty members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be at the university until Friday, Aug. 25, to learn how Wisconsin research moves into the marketplace.
Real-time lake data advances ecology research
Bobbing over the 100-foot depths of northern Wisconsin's Trout Lake, a technology-stocked buoy is helping scientists track the vital signs of major ecological change.
Report finds support lacking for working poor
While many state residents are celebrating Wisconsin's new prosperity, tens of thousands of working families have not yet achieved even minimal financial security, a new report shows.
Cancer study enrolls 6,000 women
A landmark breast-cancer prevention study has enrolled 6,139 postmenopausal women in its first year.