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• Spuds Redux Jan. 12, 1998 The folks who brought us spuds in space have a new crop to tend this January, when they attempt to grow an amber wave of weightless grain.
• Hubble finds one more oddity on an already strange moon Jan. 9, 1998 Jupiter's moon Io, whose strange surface is defined by active volcanoes, lakes of molten sulfur and vast fields of sulfur dioxide snow, has revealed another oddity to scientists: caps of glowing hydrogen gas at the moon's poles.
• Smoked Meats Are Safe, Task Force Concludes Jan. 8, 1998 An interdisciplinary task force of scientists concluded in a recently issued report that there is virtually no scientific rationale for this conclusion.
• With space telescope and model, star's birth pains revealed Jan. 7, 1998 With Space Telescope and Model, Star's Birth Pains Revealed" #description "Using a potent combination of observation and theory, astronomers are peeling away layers of cosmic dust to see the birth pains of sun-like stars.
• Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle Jan. 6, 1998 Colon cancer and many other geriatric diseases in primates appear to be natural outcomes of aging, rather than being caused by outside factors, a scientist at UW-Madison has found.
• Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle Dec. 22, 1997 Colon cancer and many other geriatric diseases in primates appear to be natural outcomes of aging, rather than being caused by outside factors, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found.
• UW Virologists Track New Influenza Threat Dec. 22, 1997 DESCRIPTION
• UW Virologists Track New Influenza Threat Dec. 22, 1997 UW-Madison influenza experts will conduct a detailed surveillance next month of the dangerous strain of influenza that has infected eight people and killed three in Hong Kong.
• NCR Purchases UW Computer Sciences Technology Dec. 19, 1997 A major computer firm plans to sink roots in Madison and forge stronger ties with UW-Madison's computer science department, thanks to a new technology the department developed.
• New Bacterium May Aid War on Insect Pests Dec. 18, 1997 Scientists have discovered a bacterium with the same insect-thwarting properties as the widely-used Bacillus thurengensis.
• The Whys of the Why Files Dec. 17, 1997 A new multi-method study of The Why Files, a popular science Web site produced on campus, is helping to put flesh on the bones of Web demographics and use.
• Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest Nov. 26, 1997
• Scientists Get the Facts on Folic Acid in Red Beets Nov. 21, 1997 Scientists at UW-Madison have found that the amount of folic acid in beets can be increased through breeding, and that beets harvested later in the growing season contain the highest amount of the nutrient.
• Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest Nov. 21, 1997
• Library Bridges Atlantic With Joint Web Project Nov. 14, 1997 DESCRIPTION
• A Lost World Found Nov. 7, 1997 In the dusty disorder of the preparation room at UW-Madison's Geology Museum, formless chunks of plaster and sediment are slowly giving way to the sleek, black bones of a Triceratops.
• Moderate Social Drinking During Pregnancy Risks Infant Health Nov. 7, 1997 A study conducted at the Harlow Primate Laboratory demonstrates for the first time in a laboratory setting that even moderate drinking can harm infant development.
• Study: Social Drinking During Pregnancy Risks Infant Health Oct. 28, 1997 A study conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Harlow Primate Laboratory demonstrates for the first time in a laboratory setting that even moderate drinking can harm infant development.
• Study: Social Drinking During Pregnancy Risks Infant Health Oct. 28, 1997 A study conducted at UW-Madison's Harlow Primate Laboratory demonstrates for the first time in a laboratory setting that even moderate drinking can harm infant development.
• Sun Microsystems Donation Aids UW Computing Research Oct. 22, 1997 A donation of high-performance computing equipment from Sun Microsystems to UW-Madison will aid projects to make parallel computing a more powerful research tool.