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Bad service doesn’t deter customers, research finds
Customers who get bad service actually may be more likely to return to a business -- if the customer expected poor service in the first place, a UW–Madison researcher has found.
Cantor to participate at national V-chip news conference
Joanne Cantor, an expert on the effects of violent and frightening media images on children, plans to participate June 16 at a national news conference advocating the V-chip blocking device as a way for parents to control what their children watch on television.
UW scientists find a gene that controls organ shape
Growing complete organs in the laboratory, a longstanding dream of biomedical science, is one key step closer to reality as a team of Wisconsin scientists report the discovery of a genetic mechanism that gives organs their shape.
Herb no remedy for tobacco grower woes
Echinacea has become a popular herbal supplement, and reports of high profits have some tobacco growers thinking about switching to Echinacea production. That could be a very risky switch, according to university researchers.
Evolutionary biologists radiate to Madison meeting
For four days this month, nearly a thousand scientists will make UW–Madison the world center of evolutionary biology.
Study shows unrelenting grip of nicotine withdrawal
Researchers are discovering that nicotine withdrawal symptoms can behave more like characters in a bad horror flick: Just when you think you've killed them, they're back with a vengeance.
Rediscovered native history notebooks donated to Oneida
Due to some anthropological sleuthing on campus, the Oneida Nation near Green Bay, Wis., now holds copies of 167 long-lost notebooks filled with descriptions of Oneida life during the first half of this century.
Microsoft grant establishes UW Data Mining Institute
The almost infinite capacity of computers to collect and store information poses a practical dilemma: How does one find the gems in this mountain of raw data?
New WIYN Telescope image dissects a starburst galaxy
New images captured by the 3.5 meter WIYN Telescope on Kitt Peak, Ariz., depict the starburst galaxy NGC 7673, shedding new light on the origins of starbursts and galactic evolution.
Conference keys on university role in economic growth
An international conference June 9-12 will target the expanding role of university research parks in spurring economic development. The Association of University…
The million-pound hammer
Of all the devices that pulverize, crush, vibrate, flatten and stretch in the name of materials testing, one university machine separates the tools from the toys.
Symposium probes impact of toxins on development
A symposium June 3-5 at UW–Madison will explore new research on the links between environmental toxins and disease, including birth defects and cancer.
Researchers learn how nature produces cholesterol-lowering agent
Scientists know that a fuzzy fungus similar to the mold that grows on stale bread produces lovastatin, the natural substance that lowers cholesterol in humans. Now researchers at the School of Pharmacy have learned how the fungus makes it.
Bacteria that “eat” dynamite
Among the first to identify bacteria that break down nitroglycerin, the active component of dynamite, UW–Madison researchers now have identified two enzymes that enable bacteria to degrade both nitroglycerin and TNT, another explosive.
NISE charts three years of steady progress
As it flies toward its fourth birthday this fall, the National Institute for Science Education at UW–Madison has leaped over some tall pedagogical buildings, with more in sight.
Professor explores science, politics of dams
Emily Stanley, an assistant professor of zoology and scientist with the Center for Limnology, plans to use a dam removal project on Wisconsin's Baraboo River as a unique opportunity to gather important ecological data before and after the breach.
Alternative publisher to fund e-journals
Ratcheting up its David-and-Goliath battle with publishing behemoths, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition has announced it will offer $500,000 for the creation of new electronic journals.
New supercomputer will advance engine research
A unique partnership helped the university's Engine Research Center buy a new supercomputer that will invigorate its engine simulation work.
Hubble Space Telescope image has Wisconsin flavor
Four scientists with Wisconsin ties are part of a team who played a key role in the selection of the latest object to be observed by the Hubble Heritage Project - a public outreach program of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
A brush with the saola
If there's a common wisdom to field biology, it is to expect the unexpected. And the last thing primatologist Nancy Ruggeri expected to encounter was the saola - a spindle-horned animal that is possibly the last of the world's large mammals to be discovered.