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UW to help build monster telescope
The university has joined forces with an international consortium to help build and operate a major new South African observatory. Read More
Autism study sheds light on family struggles
A new study involving 427 families from Wisconsin and Massachusetts is the first of its kind to shed light on how individuals and families cope with autism into adulthood. Read More
New Earth data to stream into campus
UW-Madison will have access to a new generation of global earth science data through a new satellite tracking antenna to be installed this weekend at the Space Science and Engineering Center. Read More
Brain study sheds light on impulsive violence
The human brain is wired with natural checks and balances that control negative emotions, but breakdowns in this regulatory system appear to heighten risk of violent behavior, according to findings of a study by UW–Madison psychologist Richard Davidson. Read More
Experiments point to new theory of skeletal development
Curious children and developmental biologists have long pondered the question: what makes a thumb a thumb and a pinkie a pinkie? The answer UW Medical School researchers have found may force scientists to revise their theories of how cells of the developing skeleton organize into exquisitely patterned tissue, from fingers to spines. Read More
Forest Service, not industry, owns top forestland
In nearly all of the United States, forest industries own the best land for growing trees while National Forests occupy some of the least productive land. But the reverse is true in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, according to a recent UW–Madison study. Read More
How “the lands nobody wanted” became public forests
So how did national, state and county governments come to own the region's most productive forestlands? Stier says the reasons hinge on historical events involving logging shifts, farm problems, and government decisions. Read More
Reproductive biologists to meet here
Nearly 1,200 scientists from around the world will convene at the university July 15-18 to present the latest research in reproductive biology at the Society for the Study of Reproduction's 33rd annual meeting. Read More
Society for the Study of Reproduction program highlights
2000 ANNUAL MEETING – July 15-18, 2000 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (sponsored by the Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, the Department of Animal… Read More
Scientists report how a gene can ‘jump’
Nearly fifty years after a landmark paper proposed the existence of what later came to be called jumping genes, scientists are getting their first clear snapshot of one caught in midair. Read More
Schematic depicting the mechanism of transposition catalyzed by the Tn5 transposase
This schematic diagram illustrates the mechanism of transposition catalyzed by the Tn5 transposase. In the first step, individual molecules of transposase (blue… Read More
Study projects steady state growth
A UW–Madison study entitled "Wisconsin's Economy in the Year 2010" shows Wisconsin is in a solid position to move forward in the first decade of the 21st century. Read More
Farms remain foundation in Wisconsin
Fifty percent or more of Wisconsin farmers now own computers, receive most of their household income from off-farm jobs, and favor restricting development on agricultural lands, according to a recent university study. Read More
Eating less linked to healthier brain in old age
Eating less may be good for the health of your brain, and may help keep debilitating ailments such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases at bay. That is the message derived from a pathbreaking study that employed a powerful new gene-scanning technique to analyze activity in thousands of genes to create a molecular portrait of the aging brain in mice. Read More
Finding sheds light on addiction relapse
UW Medical School researchers have found that the memory of drug use can alter an area of the brain not traditionally implicated in addiction. Read More
A month’s rain: Record for a century
Madison's 30-day rain total ending June 15 has broken all records in the past century, university researchers say. Read More
Building better engines through natural selection
Computer models developed at UW–Madison are helping engineers design high-performance engines of the future, by using genetic algorithms to simultaneously increase fuel efficiency and reduce pollution. Read More
Prairie atlas expands botanical horizons
A new publication, "The Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora," promises to expand our botanical horizons by cataloging, describing and mapping the distribution of Wisconsin's prairie and savanna plants. Read More
Biosciences campus before and after BioStar
These maps show the current biosciences campus and the proposed campus under BioStar. Read More
Basic facts: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
History: WARF was created in 1925 to protect UW–Madison biochemist Harry Steenbock’s major vitamin D discovery, a breakthrough that led to the eradication of… Read More