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Madison Dynamo Project seeks to recreate Earth’s magnetic field in the laboratory
The finishing touches are being applied to a UW–Madison experiment that will attempt to recreate -- in a 1-meter-wide stainless steel sphere -- the same conditions that give rise to the self-perpetuating magnetic fields that exist in the Earth and virtually all other celestial objects from stars to galaxies.
Sketch artist
If a tree falls… Mason Sachs, a junior art major, spends an afternoon sketching the view from Bascom Hill to the Capitol.
Researchers to study summer power failures
After a rash of power failures this summer caused headaches for millions of customers in some of the nation's major cities, two UW–Madison engineers at the Power Systems Research Engineering Center have joined a national effort to shed light on blackouts.
Smoking relapse targeted in $9.9 million study
Using an array of technology that will include hand-held computers and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, research teams at the UW Medical School will launch a comprehensive assault on one of the most persistent problems in smoking cessation: relapse.
Biodiversity as insurance in the face of change
A group of scientists from UW–Madison, writing in the Friday, Oct. 15, edition of the journal Science, suggests that biological diversity may be less important for an ecosystem's health than how individual animals, plants or microbes respond to environmental change.
Alumni donate $3.6 million to applied security analysis center
The finance alumni of the School of Business have raised more than $3.6 million to name a center in honor of a former professor. The Stephen L. Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis, being dedicated on Friday, Oct. 15, will include the business school's nationally known applied security analysis program.
Participants sought for macular degeneration study
The Department of Ophthalmology is recruiting patients to participate in a five-year clinical trial to determine whether laser treatment can decrease vision loss for older individuals at risk of developing severe age-related macular degeneration.
Image conscious: Service helps illustrate work
Medical Illustration and Photography staff members support clinical, teaching and research projects at the Medical School, University Hospital and Clinics, health sciences and for other university faculty and staff.
Mapmakers merge art and science
Cartographers have the computer tools today to depict the land in staggering detail, taking inventory of every tree, shrub, bump and crevice. Yet mapmaker Jennifer Grek is inspired less by technology than she is by 400-year-old Dutchmen.
Mind-Body research highlights
The scientific team assembled for UW–Madison's new Center for Mind-Body Interaction will explore emotional pathways to physical health from a variety of perspectives. Here are the five interrelated projects that will be pursued.
UW researchers offer new take on teaching evolution
A new take on teaching evolution in public schools - an issue stoked white-hot by the recent decision of the Kansas state board of education - can be found in a high school course developed at UW–Madison. The difference between this course and those typically taught across America is the difference between learning by rote and by discovery.
UW to launch center for mind-body interaction
UW-Madison scientists will study how the emotions affect health at a new center funded by the National Institutes of Health. The university will receive $10.9 million to create a Center for the Study of Mind-Body Interaction.
Advance may put gene chip technology on scientists’ desktops
The most insightful technology in modern genetics, the gene chip, which permits scientists to analyze thousands of genes at once, may soon come within easy reach of most biologists.
Study: Students who are challenged perform better
A study of 12 elementary and middle schools in Chicago has revealed two important findings: In writing and mathematics, few teachers give challenging assignments. But those who do get higher-quality student work.
Microwave imaging may yield better breast-cancer detection
A radar technology used to detect anti-personnel land mines may find a promising application in the campaign for early detection of breast cancer.
NSF funds new power electronics center
The College of Engineering will share with five universities a new national center for power electronics aimed at achieving dramatic savings in electric power consumption.
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Tracks in iron provide an insightful map of microbial world
Reading the narrow bands of iron found in some sedimentary rocks, scientists may have found a way to assess microbial populations across time and space, opening a window to the early history of life on Earth and possibly other planets.
Campaign ‘issue ads’ don’t pay off, study finds
The big spenders on campaign issue ads in the 1998 Wisconsin elections got very little payoff, says a UW–Madison professor.
Study: Policies interfere with pain management
Good pain control is an essential component of medical care for people with serious illnesses, but state policies can stand in the way of pain relief, according to a study by the Pain and Policy Studies Group at Comprehensive Cancer Center.