Stories indexed under: Biosciences

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• Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth Dec. 4, 2009 The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.
• Sweet corn story begins in UW-Madison lab Nov. 19, 2009 This week, scientists are revealing the genetic instructions inside corn, one of the big three cereal crops. Corn, or maize, has one of the most complex sequences of DNA ever analyzed, says University of Wisconsin-Madison genomicist David Schwartz, who was one of more than 100 authors in the article in the journal Science.
• Bringing 'bioneers' to Wisconsin Nov. 6, 2009 Bioneers, a leading-edge environmental movement that uses solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity to support sustainable lifestyles and communities, will be introduced to Wisconsin at a Nov. 13-14 conference in Fitchburg.
• MathBio looks at ‘best picture’ Oct. 21, 2009 If 2008’s inaugural MathBio Symposium was a big-picture look at collaboration, the focus of this year’s symposium is on the best picture.
• War of the viruses: Could ancient virus genes help fight modern AIDS? Oct. 20, 2009 Almost 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, scientists have yet to find an effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that destroys the immune system and causes AIDS. HIV is perhaps the most adaptive virus ever seen, not only evading the immune system, but also antiviral medicines.
• UW-Madison researcher finds there could be up to 200 cold viruses Oct. 19, 2009
• Virent Energy Systems CEO to speak at Bioenergy Summit Oct. 15, 2009 Lee Edwards, president and chief executive officer of Madison's Virent Energy Systems, will deliver the keynote address at the second annual Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
• Youth science day makes millions of young scientists Oct. 6, 2009 On Wednesday, Oct. 7, millions of young people across the United States will become scientists for the day as they explore the world of biofuels.
• Snaring bigger bugs gave flytraps evolutionary edge Aug. 25, 2009 Carnivorous plants defy our expectations of how plants should behave, with Venus flytraps employing nerve-like reflexes and powerful digestive enzymes to capture and consume fresh meat. The evolutionary history of these botanical oddities is now a bit clearer, thanks to new work.
• Scientists make multiple types of white blood cells directly from embryonic and adult stem cells Aug. 11, 2009 In an advance that could help transform embryonic stem cells into a multipurpose medical tool, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have transformed these versatile cells into progenitors of white blood cells and into six types of mature white blood and immune cells.
• Curiosities: How long can bacteria live outside humans? Aug. 10, 2009
• GLBRC receives $8 million in Recovery Act funding Aug. 6, 2009 The Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has received $8.099 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide crucial support for plant cell wall imaging and sustainability research.
• Curiosities: Why do onions make us cry when we cut them? July 27, 2009
• Curiosities: Are there more geese in Wisconsin than there used to be? July 27, 2009
• UW-Madison symposium addresses science's holiest grail: building life from scratch July 23, 2009 While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968.
• Do Chicago’s suburbs hold the key to understanding West Nile virus? July 22, 2009 For a group of UW-Madison epidemiologists, the Chicago suburbs near Oak Lawn are proving to be the perfect laboratory for prying loose the secrets of West Nile virus, a pathogen carried by mosquitoes and birds that infects and sickens thousands of people each summer.
• Slide show: Blooming limnologists July 20, 2009 The limnology “major”, one of 18 offered at this year’s Grandparents University, takes grandparents and their grandchildren on to Lake Mendota to collect samples and test the water for oxygen and temperature while aboard Limnos, a 28-foot research boat.
• Study suggests H1N1 virus more dangerous than suspected July 13, 2009 A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
• UW-Madison researcher wins White House science award July 9, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist and evolutionary biologist is one of the country's brightest young scientific minds, according to the White House.
• Five big ideas to fill out Wisconsin Institute for Discovery portfolio June 30, 2009 Capping an intensely competitive process, five proposals from University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been selected to form the intellectual heart of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID).