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• Geology student drills into Tohoku quake source May 22, 2012 For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for a single flight of stairs.
• Clinical trial: More evidence that cancer drug treats macular degeneration May 22, 2012 The second year of data from a nationwide, federally funded trial continues to show that the cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) is an effective and economical treatment for age-related macular degeneration.
• Sleep apnea associated with higher mortality from cancer May 21, 2012 Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), commonly known as sleep apnea, is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, according to a new study.
• Educational games to train middle schoolers’ attention, empathy May 21, 2012 Two years ago, at a meeting on science and education, Richard Davidson challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression.
• In chemical reactions, water adds speed without heat May 17, 2012 An international team of researchers has discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions-such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis-in which hydrogen is one of the reactants, or starting materials.
• School of Music graduate student receives Mellon Fellowship May 15, 2012 Frederick "Fritz" Schenker, a doctoral student in ethnomusicology at the School of Music, has received one of 17 Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources.
• Unsafe at any speed: Even for driving pros, distractions increase crash risk May 15, 2012 The ringing cell phone you're reaching to answer. The text message that demands a reply now. The GPS you're trying to program as you're frantically rushing to your destination.
• In metallic glasses, researchers find a few new atomic structures May 11, 2012 Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses.
• UW-Madison researcher wins Klaus Biemann Medal May 10, 2012 Josh Coon's work has weight. It's right there in the name: mass spectrometry.
• Networking pioneer Landweber named to Internet Hall of Fame May 10, 2012 The decision to put Lawrence Landweber in the "Innovators" circle of the newly-created Internet Hall of Fame is not likely one that cost the nominating committee any sleep.
• Graduate School fills two key associate dean posts May 10, 2012 Two veteran UW-Madison faculty have been named to associate dean positions in the UW-Madison Graduate School. Steve Ackerman has been named as the new associate dean for the physical sciences and Daniel Lee Kleinman was appointed Graduate School associate dean for social sciences.
• Sleep apnea associated with higher mortality from cancer May 9, 2012 Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), commonly known as sleep apnea, is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, according to a new study.
• New round of federal funding received for $85 million medical isotope project May 8, 2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of U.S. patients daily.
• Symposium honors legacy of the late biomolecular chemist Paul Bertics May 7, 2012 A May 11 symposium honors the life and legacy of Paul Bertics, a biomolecular chemist who died last December.
• Study finds high rate of victimization among gays, lesbians and bisexuals May 4, 2012 A new analysis of hundreds of existing research studies shows that lesbians, gays and bisexuals experience high rates of victimization.
• At smallest scale, liquid crystal behavior portends new materials May 2, 2012 Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.
• After epic debate, avian flu research sees light of day May 2, 2012 After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally and fully published today (May 3, 2012) in the journal Nature.
• Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds April 25, 2012 Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds.
• Town hall meetings don’t accurately measure community opinion on controversial issues, study finds April 24, 2012 Town-hall-style meetings may provide useful insight about the range of views on a controversial issue, but they're not likely to provide an accurate measure of overall community opinion, says a team of science communication researchers.
• Experts suggest steps to stop spread of resistant corn rootworms April 20, 2012 The discovery that more Western corn rootworms are resistant to the toxin contained in widely planted transgenic corn has sparked a warning that farmers must change tactics or lose a valuable management tool against a traditional corn pest.