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UW Virologists Track New Influenza Threat
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New Bacterium May Aid War on Insect Pests
Scientists have discovered a bacterium with the same insect-thwarting properties as the widely-used Bacillus thurengensis.
The Whys of the Why Files
A new multi-method study of The Why Files, a popular science Web site produced on campus, is helping to put flesh on the bones of Web demographics and use.
Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest
Nutritional experts are urging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables. Some of us actually are following the advice. So wouldn’t it be great…
Scientists Get the Facts on Folic Acid in Red Beets
Scientists at UW–Madison have found that the amount of folic acid in beets can be increased through breeding, and that beets harvested later in the growing season contain the highest amount of the nutrient.
Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest
CONTACT: Jiwan Palta, (608) 262-5782, Nutritional experts are urging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables. Some of us actually…
Library Bridges Atlantic With Joint Web Project
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A Lost World Found
In the dusty disorder of the preparation room at UW–Madison's Geology Museum, formless chunks of plaster and sediment are slowly giving way to the sleek, black bones of a Triceratops.
Moderate Social Drinking During Pregnancy Risks Infant Health
A study conducted at the Harlow Primate Laboratory demonstrates for the first time in a laboratory setting that even moderate drinking can harm infant development.
Study: Social Drinking During Pregnancy Risks Infant Health
A study conducted at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Harlow Primate Laboratory demonstrates for the first time in a laboratory setting that even moderate drinking can harm infant development.
Sun Microsystems Donation Aids UW Computing Research
A donation of high-performance computing equipment from Sun Microsystems to UW–Madison will aid projects to make parallel computing a more powerful research tool.
Think You Know Lawyers? Think Again
The common image of come-one, come-all contingency-fee lawyers (who charge no fee unless they get you some money) is flat-out wrong, says Herbert Kritzer, professor of political science and law.
Finding the Best Way To Produce Microchips
Through powerful computer models that actually simulate the making of computer chips, UW–Madison engineers are helping lead manufacturers to a new generation of smaller, faster and better electronics.
Arboreal Self-Defense
Deploying high concentrations of an aspirin-like compound as a chemical defense, some aspen trees are capable of spoiling the voracious appetites of gypsy moth caterpillars, one of the world's most feared forest insect pests.
Plants in Space: Wisconsin Seeds First To Sprout From Stock Grown on Mir
The seeds of a tiny, rapidly growing mustard plant, born in space aboard the troubled space station Mir, have sprouted in space, completing a critical first step toward the goal of raising multiple generations of plants in space.
Wisconsin’s Economy Outshines Nation’s, Study Finds
Real personal income growth in Wisconsin in the 1990s surpassed the rate of growth in the nation by 24 percent, according to a study by Jon Udell, the Irwin Maier Professor of Business at the UW–Madison School of Business.
E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone of Modern Biology Emerges From Laboratory of Genetics
A team of scientists headed by Frederick Blattner of the E. coli Genome Project in the Laboratory of Genetics at UW–Madison has determined the complete genome sequence of the E. coli bacterium, it was reported in the Sept. 5 issue of the journal Science.
Where Fossils Fear To Tread
Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor
Some 600 or 700 million years ago, before animal life made a sudden evolutionary shift and diverged into nearly all the major animal divisions we know from fossils, primitive animals were inventing the genes that would make it all possible.
Sleep Apnea Is a Risk Factor for Hypertension
Chronic high blood pressure can be linked to sleep apnea, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School have found.
UW Computing Network Takes Flight With Intel Grant
A $4.8 million equipment grant from Intel Corp. to the University of Wisconsin–Madison will help expand the arc of 'Condor,' a UW-inspired program that turns idle desktop computers into powerful research tools.