http://www.news.wisc.edu News stories from the University of Wisconsin-Madison en-us Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago. Terry Devitt trdevitt@wisc.edu 2012-01-30T18:16:00-00:00 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:16:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20268 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20268 NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have renamed their newest Earth-observing satellite after Verner Suomi, a longtime UW-Madison professor who often is called the father of satellite meteorology. Chris Barncard barncard@wisc.edu 2012-01-25T16:00:00-00:00 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20240 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20240 University Communications’ photographers have culled through hundreds of options for favorite images from 2011 that capture the campus through four seasons, major building projects and initiatives, transitions in leadership, learning inside and outside the classroom, research in progress, the Wisconsin Idea in practice, and Badger spirit in its many forms. 2011-12-15T13:26:00-00:00 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:26:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/photos2011/ http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/photos2011/ The first innocence case Tricia Bushnell, a staff attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, ever worked on involved an inmate who had been convicted of murder after being found driving the victim’s car with her blood on his socks. Gillian Losh losh@wisc.edu 2011-12-13T12:02:00-00:00 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:02:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20126 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20126 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery offers proof positive that promises can be kept. Since opening in December 2010, the 300,000-square-foot building is delivering on original plans for an innovative, sustainable space, and is providing an environment that fosters collaborative science and hosts public outreach activities. 2011-11-30T22:55:00-00:00 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:55:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/64/slides/492 http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/64/slides/492 Tilting the scales in an ongoing debate, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found new evidence that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is associated with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy. Dian Land dj.land@hosp.wisc.edu 2011-11-22T21:13:00-00:00 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:13:00 GMT http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/new-evidence-links-virus-to-brain-cancer/32922 http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/new-evidence-links-virus-to-brain-cancer/32922 Hydrogen peroxide isn't just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that's used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers. It's also a natural chemical in the body that rallies at wound sites, jump-starting immune cells into a series of events. 2011-11-22T16:50:00-00:00 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:50:00 GMT http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/hydrogen-peroxide-provides-clues-to-immunity-wound-healing-tumor-biology/32917 http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/hydrogen-peroxide-provides-clues-to-immunity-wound-healing-tumor-biology/32917 Among the many hurdles to be cleared before human embryonic stem cells can achieve their therapeutic potential is determining whether or not transplanted cells can functionally integrate into target organs or tissues. Terry Devitt trdevitt@wisc.edu 2011-11-21T20:53:00-00:00 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:53:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20060 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20060 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and collaborators have discovered a powerful new protein in the eye of the fruit fly that may shed light on blinding diseases and other sensory problems in humans. Dian Land dj.land@hosp.wisc.edu 2011-11-16T23:59:00-00:00 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:59:00 GMT http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/researchers-discover-possible-key-to-degenerative-nerve-diseases/32904 http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/researchers-discover-possible-key-to-degenerative-nerve-diseases/32904 Wisconsin farmers have been growing biomass for generations, says Kevin Shinners. They just have a different name for it. Bob Mitchell rdmitche@wisc.edu 2011-11-16T17:41:00-00:00 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:41:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20043 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20043