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  • New supercomputer will advance engine research May 14, 1999 A unique partnership helped the university's Engine Research Center buy a new supercomputer that will invigorate its engine simulation work.
  • Hubble Space Telescope image has Wisconsin flavor May 6, 1999 Four scientists with Wisconsin ties are part of a team who played a key role in the selection of the latest object to be observed by the Hubble Heritage Project - a public outreach program of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
  • A brush with the saola May 5, 1999 If there's a common wisdom to field biology, it is to expect the unexpected. And the last thing primatologist Nancy Ruggeri expected to encounter was the saola - a spindle-horned animal that is possibly the last of the world's large mammals to be discovered.
  • Plants found to use genes to recruit microbial cavalry May 4, 1999 In the battle against the legions of lethal soil pathogens that beset crops, plants, apparently, have the ability to summon the microbial cavalry.
  • Researchers plot a strategic plan to reduce state highway headaches May 4, 1999 As the season of jackhammers and dust descends on state highways, it might be reassuring to know that a statewide research effort could ultimately reduce road-maintenance headaches. That's just one goal of the new Wisconsin Highway Research Program.
  • Impulse buying still prevails in grocery stores April 23, 1999 Two university professors have found that consumers are shopping much as they did 30 years ago: Whether shoppers have lists or not, impulse buying represents the majority of purchases.
  • Environmental news from UW-Madison April 22, 1999 In recognition of Earth Day, here are some examples of UW-Madison research that focuses on environmentally friendly practices.
  • Fertilizer run-off threatens long-term balance of lakes April 22, 1999 Fertilizer run-off threatens long-term balance of lakes" A new university study of what happens to all the agricultural run-off pouring into Lake Mendota suggests it could literally take centuries for the lake to regain its natural chemical balance.
  • So you've lost that loving feeling? April 19, 1999 About 300 scientists and students will gather in Madison, April 23-24, for the fifth annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, an international forum on the latest basic and clinical research dealing with emotion.
  • Microgravity may multiply success of gene transfers April 14, 1999 Transferring desirable genes into crops is a high-tech game of chance, with success rates running about one in 1,000. But the odds get a whole lot better, it seems, when you remove gravity from the mix.
  • Waste wallboard shows promise for the farm April 13, 1999 One day those unused scraps of clean wallboard from construction sites and remodeling projects may be crushed and spread on agricultural fields.
  • Study shows women's farm role April 12, 1999 Until agricultural economist Lydia Zepeda did her research, all the economic models of technology adoption assumed that farms had one decision-maker, typically the male head of the household.
  • Lights! Camera! Learning! April 12, 1999 A new School of Education project called the Kid-to-Kid Video Exchange Project aims to develop a network of K-8 classrooms that create and share videos as an essential element of their social studies curriculum.
  • Study: Child abuse can alter brain development April 6, 1999 A new study by a Seth Pollack suggests that an abused child's ability to recognize anger is strong enough to actually trigger biological changes, altering the way the brain processes anger.
  • Plant compounds slow the growth of tumor cells April 5, 1999 Researchers at UW-Madison report in the current issue of the Journal of Nutrition that small concentrations of two compounds from plants we eat suppress the growth of three kinds of human cancer cells in the laboratory.
  • Baseball energizes registrar April 5, 1999 Buried deep in new registrar Monty Nielsen's vita is a curious reference to baseball. What does being a registrar have to do with baseball? Everything, if you're Nielsen.
  • Modeling the scientific method April 2, 1999 University researchers have helped achieve a startling effect by using models to teach mathematics and science to elementary school students: Fifth graders are performing at 12th grade levels.
  • Ultrasonic boom March 31, 1999 They look more like stray computer parts than precision medical tools, but Amit Lal's research creations could give surgeons an incomparable new edge in medicine.
  • International symposium on emotion slated for April 23-24 March 30, 1999 The fifth annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, an international forum on the latest basic and clinical research dealing with emotion, will be held April 23-24 at Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison.
  • UW guardrail design could improve highway safety for today's larger vehicles March 29, 1999 A UW-Madison engineer has developed a potentially safer higway guradrail made from composite materials.