http://www.news.wisc.edu News stories from the University of Wisconsin-Madison en-us A massive telescope in the Antarctic ice reports the detection of 28 extremely high-energy neutrinos that might have their origin in cosmic sources. Two of these reached energies greater than 1 petaelectronvolt (PeV), an energy level thousands of times higher than the highest energy neutrino yet produced in a manmade accelerator. Jill Sakai jasakai@wisc.edu 2013-05-15T14:30:00-00:00 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21790 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21790 Agricultural scientists from across the nation are embarking on a new five-year, $10 million, USDA-funded effort to identify dairy production practices that minimize the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) and will be more resilient to the effects of a changing climate. Bob Mitchell rdmitche@wisc.edu 2013-05-07T18:01:00-00:00 Tue, 07 May 2013 18:01:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21760 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21760 The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating. Terry Devitt trdevitt@wisc.edu 2013-05-02T15:27:00-00:00 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:27:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21745 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21745 At a time when scientists are beginning to recognize the pervasive influence of microbes in a legion of plant and animal functions, new research shows a symbiotic bacterium setting the biological clock of its host animal. Terry Devitt trdevitt@wisc.edu 2013-04-12T13:42:00-00:00 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:42:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21671 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21671 J. Mark Kenoyer stands on a windswept peak in Logar Province in eastern Afghanistan, his head wrapped in a traditional scarf against the harsh sun. As he chats in a mixture of Urdu and Pashto with an Afghan archaeologist, it’s easy to see why documentarian Brent Huffman wanted the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of anthropology to appear in his upcoming film about Mes Aynak, a 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. 2013-04-11T11:00:00-00:00 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21664 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21664 For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to the authors of a new study in Cell Reports. After six months, the cells looked entirely normal, and were only detectable because they initially were tagged with a fluorescent protein. David Tenenbaum djtenenb@wisc.edu 2013-03-14T16:00:00-00:00 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21595 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21595 Compared to President Barack Obama, George Washington had it rough. No executive staff, no modern dental care, and the preferred method of treatment for a throat infection (which killed the nation’s first president) was removing pints of ‘tainted’ blood from the patient. 2013-02-19T14:03:00-00:00 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:03:00 GMT http://news.ls.wisc.edu/?p=11291 http://news.ls.wisc.edu/?p=11291 Earth's most recent shift to a warm climate began with intense summer sun in the Northern Hemisphere, the first pressure on a seesaw that tossed powerful forces between the planet's poles until greenhouse gases accelerated temperature change on a global scale. Chris Barncard barncard@wisc.edu 2013-02-06T19:13:00-00:00 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:13:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21471 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21471 Where do life-saving blood products come from when an animal is in dire need? Terry Devitt trdevitt@wisc.edu 2013-01-29T12:04:00-00:00 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:04:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21446 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21446 Despite the challenges brought on by prolonged drought and record-breaking heat, Wisconsin farmers earned $3 billion in net farm income in 2012, the second highest amount on record. Bob Mitchell rdmitche@wisc.edu 2013-01-23T18:12:00-00:00 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:12:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/21437 http://www.news.wisc.edu/21437