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Researchers study yellow jacket behavior
UW-Madison entomologist Robert Jeanne has been studying the compounds in foods that German yellow jackets - prevalent late summer pests in Wisconsin - find attractive and how the wasps locate food. Jeanne hopes the results will lead to better methods to control the pest. Read More
Scientists reveal new HIV vaccine target
Scientists have shown for the first time, using a nonhuman primate model, that the AIDS virus avoids the body's strongest immune responses during the first few weeks of infection. The finding, which appears in the Sept. 21 issue of Nature, opens the door to new vaccine directions. Read More
Wisconsin team narrows search for Higgs boson
With time running out for Europe's largest particle accelerator, a team of Wisconsin physicists may be tantalizingly close to being among the first to see the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle that is responsible for endowing all matter with mass. Read More
Bush campaign spending increases; draws even with Gore
The George W. Bush presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee have drawn even with Vice President Al Gore and the Democratic Party's spending by dramatically increasing spending on television ads since Labor Day, according to a new study by a UW–Madison political scientist. Read More
Law profs take lead on Supreme Court case
Three UW Law School professors are spearheading an effort to defend the laws of several states that protect the right of employees to sue when their employers discriminate against or fire them. Read More
Professor advances public service in global economy
Jeffrey Bernstein, an expert in international trade and industrial organization, joined the faculty last fall through the Madison Initiative's strategic hiring program. He is playing an integral role in the La Follette School of Public Affairs' development of a new master's degree in international public affairs. The program began Sept. 5 with nine students. Read More
Study to test magnets as treatment for nerve pain
Do magnets really reduce severe nerve pain? Millions of people seem to think so; the worldwide market for magnetic devices to treat pain is estimated to exceed more than $1 billion. But, until very recently, there was little solid scientific evidence to prove their value in treating pain. Read More
Fossil find pushes fungi age back 60 million years
Fossils from a Wisconsin roadcut show clearly that fungi and green plants moved from water onto land at about the same time, bolstering the theory that fungi helped plants successfully invade the land. Read More
UW shares in new national technology push
The National Science Foundation announced today, Sept. 13, that 95 institutions will share $90 million in grants for the first year of its new Information Technology Research initiative. UW–Madison scientists will be the lead investigators on four projects totaling more than $8.1 million over five years. Read More
UW System grant to aid migrant workers
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the UW System a four-year grant for $1 million through the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships program. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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… Read More
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. Read More