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UW Doctors Take STD Prevention to Prisons
A team of Wisconsin researchers is one of only four in the nation selected to work on a major national initiative on prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in young male inmates being released back into the community.
Turf Management Takes Professor Around the World of Sports
The phone rang shortly after John Stier arrived at his campus office at 8 a.m. The Green Bay Packers were calling. They needed his help.
Spuds Redux
The folks who brought us spuds in space have a new crop to tend this January, when they attempt to grow an amber wave of weightless grain.
Hubble finds one more oddity on an already strange moon
Jupiter's moon Io, whose strange surface is defined by active volcanoes, lakes of molten sulfur and vast fields of sulfur dioxide snow, has revealed another oddity to scientists: caps of glowing hydrogen gas at the moon's poles.
Smoked Meats Are Safe, Task Force Concludes
An interdisciplinary task force of scientists concluded in a recently issued report that there is virtually no scientific rationale for this conclusion.
With space telescope and model, star’s birth pains revealed
With Space Telescope and Model, Star's Birth Pains Revealed" #description "Using a potent combination of observation and theory, astronomers are peeling away layers of cosmic dust to see the birth pains of sun-like stars.
Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle
Colon cancer and many other geriatric diseases in primates appear to be natural outcomes of aging, rather than being caused by outside factors, a scientist at UW–Madison has found.
Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle
Colon cancer and many other geriatric diseases in primates appear to be natural outcomes of aging, rather than being caused by outside factors, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found.
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…
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…
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.
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.