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The other red meats: UW to study alternatives
A team of researchers will study ways to improve marketing and processing of alternative red-meat animals including ratites, such as ostriches, emu and rhea; farm-raised red deer and fallow deer; and bison. Read More
New book explores what workers want
What do workers want? University professor Joel Rogers answers that question in a new book based on the most extensive workplace survey of the last 20 years. Read More
Psychologists study new way to treat depression
The standard treatments for depression do not work for millions of people who suffer from the condition. But Medical School psychologists are studying a promising new approach that may greatly improve the odds. Read More
New technique can create flu viruses
A research team has perfected a method for creating designer influenza viruses, which can be tailor-made to solve mysteries about how flu strains mutate, spread and cause illness. Read More
Mushrooms cripple herpes, other viruses
Rainforests and other remote, undeveloped spots on the planet arenât the sole source of medically useful plants. Researchers at the Medical School have discovered a mushroom that grows in their own "backyard" can cripple certain viruses. Read More
Cells show capacity for mending nervous system
Using stem cells grown in the laboratory, scientists have successfully transplanted those cells into the nervous systems of ailing rats and arrested the course of a debilitating congenital disease. Read More
Boom in Blooms: Wild flowers thrive in area this summer
Dennis Stimart, UW–Madison horticulture professor, says two straight years of exceedingly mild Wisconsin winters are helping native wild flowers run wild. Read More
Law School examines use of video in sex abuse cases
A study underway at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School is examining the use of video technology to protect child victims in sexual-abuse prosecutions. Read More
$6.75 million to extend primate studies of diet and aging
A decade-long study of how diet affects the process of growing old, will continue and be expanded at the UW–Madison with the help of $6.75 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read More
The Biomarkers of Aging
The biomarkers of aging are a set of bodily functions and conditions that tend to change with age. They are the same in humans as they are in non-human primates such as rhesus macaques. Read More
Promising mastitis treatment to get Wisconsin test run
A new bovine mastitis product that enhances the cow's immune system and may curb the costliest disease facing dairy farmers will undergo a key trial this year at UW–Madison. Read More
Oversight hearing on “Wildlife Conservation on National Forests”
Thank you for the opportunity to testify here on an issue central to management of our National Forests and vital to conserving the many plant and animal species that depend on these lands. Read More
Packard Foundation grant boosts a dirty hunt for DNA
The dirt beneath your feet holds many secrets, not the least of which may be the next miracle drug. Read More
UW-Madison demographer gets far-flung questions and far-reaching results
When Paul Voss tells you, "The day is punctuated by phone calls and e-mails," you might respond, "So is mine." Read More
What makes the census so costly and time-consuming?
In the 1990 census, only 65 percent of American households voluntarily returned their questionnaires Read More
What is the American Community Survey?
To prepare for the 2010 Census, Voss helped develop the American Community Survey Read More
Study finds tenuous link between gender and self esteem
Popular assumptions about a cavernous self-esteem gender gap may be greatly exaggerated, according to a new analysis of nearly 150,000 respondents by University of Wisconsin–Madison psychologists. Read More
Dairy compacts are bad public policy, experts say
As Congress considers enlarging interstate dairy compacts, a new study by three UW–Madison agricultural economists labeled the compacts "bad public policy." Read More
Wisconsin lands federal transportation research center
Wisconsin is behind the wheel of a multi-million dollar Midwest transportation research center, thanks to an innovative partnership forged between UW–Madison engineers and state officials. Read More
Kettl urges reforms for U.S. energy department
The U.S. Department of Energy is "hamstrung by the accumulation of 50 years of organizational structures" that have been focused on "a very different time and a fundamentally different mission," according to testimony by a UW political science professor. Read More