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 economic experts will offer forecasts for 2000-2001 at an executive briefing on campus Friday, March 17.
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.
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.
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.
Pinning Wisconsin’s economic growth to the potential of biotechnology, Gov. Tommy Thompson has proposed a $317 million investment in cutting-edge research centers at the university.
Several UW-Madison biotechnology-related departments are ranked among the nation’s best. Graduate programs in biochemistry, molecular biology, molecular and general genetics, chemistry, computer science and biostatistics all are ranked in the top 10 by the National Research Council. In 1998, UW-Madison conferred the most doctorate degrees in science and engineering in the nation. The total number …
As biologists press toward a greater fundamental understanding of the basis of life, ethical conundrums trail in their wake. From the ability to screen for genetic predisposition to disease to the creation of genetically altered foods, a host of ethical dilemmas has surfaced for society to contend with.
Here are just a few examples of the many leading figures in bioscience research who work at UW-Madison.
Glenn Chambliss, chair of the Department of Bacteriology, has lived a life that sounds like a Dickensian tale.
In his State of the State message to the Legislature Jan. 26, Gov. Tommy Thompson revealed plans for a $317 million BioStar initiative to build a series of state-of-the-art research centers on campus.
From compounds for gene therapy to promising new drugs for treating cancer and osteoporosis, the commercial prodigies of the university’s research enterprise have altered the state’s economic landscape, creating jobs and wealth that rival the contributions of Wisconsin’s most important industries.
(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.) Book blazes path through online jungle A new book, “The Amazing Internet Challenge,” profiles a dozen pioneering sites that have developed critical guides and filters to sort useful information from Internet noise. Edited by …
The mastery and magic of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech earned it top honors in a recent list of the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century as compiled by researchers at UW-Madison and Texas A&M University.
A study of vegetation changes in Wisconsin’s northwest sand country reveals a dramatic decline in pine barrens, pines and open habitats, and an increase in oak and aspen forests over the past 140 years.
With the help of a new satellite capable of finding the telltale, superheated gas created by stars that exploded long ago, scientists have confirmed a four-decade-old theory that the Milky Way is swathed in a corona of hot gas.
Peering deep into a distant galaxy, astronomers have obtained a glimpse of what may be the youngest massive star clusters ever observed.
Three finalists have been named for the position of assistant vice chancellor for workforce equity and diversity at UW-Madison.
Scientists have taken DNA computing from the free-floating world of the test tube and anchored it securely to a surface of glass and gold. In so doing, they have taken a small but important step forward in the quest to harness the vast potential of DNA to perform the same tasks that now require silicon and miniature electronic circuits.
Ian Coxhead considers himself an environmentalist, but he wasn’t happy with the environmentalists he saw on the news from the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle. “Trade liberalization is not necessarily bad for the environment,” says the UW-Madison economist.