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Plants found to use genes to recruit microbial cavalry
In the battle against the legions of lethal soil pathogens that beset crops, plants, apparently, have the ability to summon the microbial cavalry.
Researchers plot a strategic plan to reduce state highway headaches
As the season of jackhammers and dust descends on state highways, it might be reassuring to know that a statewide research effort could ultimately reduce road-maintenance headaches. That's just one goal of the new Wisconsin Highway Research Program.
Impulse buying still prevails in grocery stores
Two university professors have found that consumers are shopping much as they did 30 years ago: Whether shoppers have lists or not, impulse buying represents the majority of purchases.
Environmental news from UW–Madison
In recognition of Earth Day, here are some examples of UW–Madison research that focuses on environmentally friendly practices.
Fertilizer run-off threatens long-term balance of lakes
Fertilizer run-off threatens long-term balance of lakes" A new university study of what happens to all the agricultural run-off pouring into Lake Mendota suggests it could literally take centuries for the lake to regain its natural chemical balance.
So you’ve lost that loving feeling?
About 300 scientists and students will gather in Madison, April 23-24, for the fifth annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, an international forum on the latest basic and clinical research dealing with emotion.
Microgravity may multiply success of gene transfers
Transferring desirable genes into crops is a high-tech game of chance, with success rates running about one in 1,000. But the odds get a whole lot better, it seems, when you remove gravity from the mix.
Waste wallboard shows promise for the farm
One day those unused scraps of clean wallboard from construction sites and remodeling projects may be crushed and spread on agricultural fields.
Study shows women’s farm role
Until agricultural economist Lydia Zepeda did her research, all the economic models of technology adoption assumed that farms had one decision-maker, typically the male head of the household.
Lights! Camera! Learning!
A new School of Education project called the Kid-to-Kid Video Exchange Project aims to develop a network of K-8 classrooms that create and share videos as an essential element of their social studies curriculum.
Study: Child abuse can alter brain development
A new study by a Seth Pollack suggests that an abused child's ability to recognize anger is strong enough to actually trigger biological changes, altering the way the brain processes anger.
Plant compounds slow the growth of tumor cells
Researchers at UW–Madison report in the current issue of the Journal of Nutrition that small concentrations of two compounds from plants we eat suppress the growth of three kinds of human cancer cells in the laboratory.
Baseball energizes registrar
Buried deep in new registrar Monty Nielsen's vita is a curious reference to baseball. What does being a registrar have to do with baseball? Everything, if you're Nielsen.
Modeling the scientific method
University researchers have helped achieve a startling effect by using models to teach mathematics and science to elementary school students: Fifth graders are performing at 12th grade levels.
Ultrasonic boom
They look more like stray computer parts than precision medical tools, but Amit Lal's research creations could give surgeons an incomparable new edge in medicine.
International symposium on emotion slated for April 23-24
The fifth annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, an international forum on the latest basic and clinical research dealing with emotion, will be held April 23-24 at Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison.
UW guardrail design could improve highway safety for today’s larger vehicles
A UW–Madison engineer has developed a potentially safer higway guradrail made from composite materials.
English professor masters art of interdisciplinary study
An indirect but critical connection exists between Madison's Spaightwood Gallery and the last cigarettes Andrew and Sonja Weiner ever smoked.
Internet2 connection speeds data transfer
The university's connection to Internet2 is up and running.
Study: Pharmacist demand reflects aging population
America's burgeoning elderly population, which is using sophisticated drug therapies in record quantities, has helped make highly educated pharmacists one of the hottest commodities in health care.