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“Your Inner Fish,” with strong UW connections, premieres on PBS

April 8, 2014

A University of Wisconsin–Madison professor wants to help more people get to know their ancestors. Read More

Study helps unravel the tangled origin of ALS

April 3, 2014

By studying nerve cells that originated in patients with a severe neurological disease, a University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher has pinpointed an error in protein formation that could be the root of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Read More

How plants adapt: Calcium waves help the roots tell the shoots

April 3, 2014

For Simon Gilroy, sometimes seeing is believing. In this case, it was seeing the wave of calcium sweep root-to-shoot in the plants the University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of botany is studying that made him a believer. Read More

Monkey caloric restriction study shows big benefit; contradicts earlier study

April 1, 2014

The latest results from a 25-year study of diet and aging in monkeys shows a significant reduction in mortality and in age-associated diseases among those with calorie-restricted diets. The study, begun at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1989, is one of two ongoing, long-term U.S. efforts to examine the effects of a reduced-calorie diet on nonhuman primates. Read More

Winning images reveal the aesthetic side of UW science

March 25, 2014

From the frumpish mug of an oyster toadfish to delicate crystalline “flowers” of cobalt pyrite, 12 winners of the 2014 University of Wisconsin–Madison Cool Science Image contest were announced today, Tuesday, March 24. Read More

‘Stem cell tourism’ takes advantage of patients, says law professor

March 24, 2014

Desperate patients are easy prey for unscrupulous clinics offering untested and risky stem cell treatments, says law and bioethics Professor Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who is studying "stem cell tourism." Read More

Research finds soda tax does little to decrease obesity

March 24, 2014

Extra sales taxes on soda may not do anything to improve people's health, according to new research from health economist Jason Fletcher of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Researchers discover new way to make muscle cells from human stem cells

March 21, 2014

As stem cells continue their gradual transition from the lab to the clinic, a research group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has discovered a new way to make large concentrations of skeletal muscle cells and muscle progenitors from human stem cells. Read More

New Milky Way portrait to be on Town Center media wall

March 20, 2014

The dramatic new infrared picture of the plane of our galaxy will be viewable for the next week on the large media wall in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the UW–Madison campus. Read More

Startup focuses on reliable, efficient cooling for computer servers

March 20, 2014

In a dark, windy room on the top floor of Engineering Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, racks of computers are processing information for a college that relies, like all technical fields, on massive computing power. The noise comes from multiple fans located inside each computer case and from the large air conditioner that drives currents through the room to remove waste heat from the processors. Read More

In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage

March 17, 2014

Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli to dramatically resist ionizing radiation and, in the process, reveal the genetic mechanisms that make the feat possible. Read More

Halting immune response could save brain cells after stroke

March 13, 2014

A new study in animals shows that using a compound to block the body’s immune response greatly reduces disability after a stroke. Read More

Study suggests potential association between soy formula and seizures in children with autism

March 13, 2014

A University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher has detected a higher rate of seizures among children with autism who were fed infant formula containing soy protein rather than milk protein. Read More

Small scale, large potential: An expert weighs in on the future of microfluidics

March 13, 2014

More than a decade ago, David Beebe wrote that the field of microfluidics had the potential to significantly change modern biology. Now Beebe, an expert in the field, has written a high-level perspective on the state of microfluidics for the journal Nature. Read More

Baby sea turtles spend ‘lost years’ in warm blankets of seaweed

March 4, 2014

Nosing their way out of eggs buried in sandy beaches from Florida’s east coast north into the Carolinas, baby loggerhead sea turtles race to the water as fast as their flippers will carry them and begin a swim frenzy to clear the predator-rich shore. Read More