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‘Tat’ protein advances AIDS vaccine search
Rhesus monkeys immunized with an inactivated HIV protein called Tat toxoid showed markedly lower viral levels following infection with simian HIV, according to a report in this week's on-line issue of the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Will robots milk Wisconsin dairy cows?
Robotic milkers could someday free Wisconsin dairy farmers from the tyranny of the milking schedule. However, for the short term, the machines will be a risky investment, according to Doug Reinemann, a milking systems researcher at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
History book examines Madison government
The La Follette Institute has published a book titled 'Madison, An Administration History of Wisconsin's Capital City 1929-79.'
More exercise may mean less pain
Kinesiologist Kelli Koltyn studies the intersection between exercise and pain and whether exercise can actually have a pain-relieving effect, not unlike downing a couple aspiri
Microbe may be a key to mine pollution
A newfound microbe that eats iron and lives in acid-drenched conditions has been identified as a chief suspect in the environmental damage caused by metal ore mining.
Employee-friendly practices pay off
The adoption of employee-friendly policies by corporations may or may not improve bottom-line performance, but they at least pay for themselves, contrary to many popular notions.
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Rotational grazing triples on state dairy farms
About 23 percent of Wisconsin's dairy farmers used management-intensive rotational grazing last year -- more than triple the seven percent that used rotational grazing in 1993, a UW–Madison survey has shown.
Book: Librarian was an early civil rights activist
The civil rights movement of the '60s was boosted by the bravery of those who had gone before, and Martin Luther King Jr. had a surprising partner from the '40s and '50s: an elderly white librarian in a small Oklahoma town. That librarian is the focus of a new book by Louise Robbins, director of the School of Library and Information Studies.
Study challenges wisdom of holding back students
A new study by a education professor Elizabeth Graue challenges the conventional wisdom about the value of 'redshirting' children by delaying their entry into kindergarten or of asking them to repeat a grade in K-3.
Atmospheric scientists take to the skies again
The Wisconsin Snow and Cloud-Terra 2000 experiment will once again bring to Madison NASA's ER-2, a high-altitude research plane, to validate science scientific instuments on NASA's new earth observing satellite, Terra.
Art professor to curate Smithsonian collection
Truman Lowe, internationally acclaimed sculptor and university faculty member for 24 years, is serving as contemporary arts curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Prof reveals truth about cherry tree story: It’s a lie
You may have used the story of George Washington and the cherry tree to teach your children the virtue of honesty. While a sterling example of personal integrity, the incident is a complete fabrication, concocted in 1806 by Parson Weems for a fictional account of Washington's life, according to Stephen Lucas, professor of communication arts and author of 'The Quotable George Washington' (1999: Madison House).
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Pigment power: Carrots join fight against cancer
Have you ever seen a purple carrot? How about white, yellow, or red? Recent research suggests that pigments in these colorful carrots, which taste just like regular carrots, may help prevent heart disease and cancer, and reduce cholesterol.
Top economists to predict economic outlook
Top economic experts will offer forecasts for 2000-2001 at an executive briefing on campus Friday, March 17.
Chemists develop new way to monitor molecules
Taking a page from modern astronomy, where scientists are making a raft of new discoveries by sampling starlight across the electromagnetic spectrum, a group of university chemists has refined a powerful new way to probe the molecular universe using infrared light.
Enzyme research could advance anti-cancer drug development
In a breakthrough that could revolutionize the development of anti-cancer drugs and drugs to treat other diseases, researchers at the UW Medical School have identified the molecular basis through which a family of enzymes involved in several life-threatening diseases communicates information to cells.
Institute formed to distribute stem cells
In an effort to move human embryonic stem cell technology into the mainstream of academic and corporate research, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has established a private subsidiary whose primary purpose will be to distribute the cells to qualified scientists.