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• Learn about science in Spanish at Explorando las Ciencias June 13, 2012 Explorando las Ciencias, a popular Spanish-language science outreach event, will take place from 2 to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 22, at Warner Park in the Community Recreation Center and shelter at Warner Park, 1625 Northport Drive, and with the help of “Amigos en Azul,” a Madison police organization aimed at building partnerships in the city’s Hispanic community.
• Probe seeking life on Saturn’s moon earns student team a spot at international space conference June 13, 2012 Somewhere beneath as much as 30 miles of ice on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, extraterrestrial life could be waiting to be discovered under a subglacial ocean. And a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering mechanics and astronautics students want to be the people who find it. For their senior design course, Alex Gonring, Capri Pearson, Samantha Robinson, Jake Rohrig and Tyler Van Fossen designed a mission that would take a probe from Earth to deep below Enceladus’ icy surface, where an array of science instruments would look for carbon-based life.
• “Science is Fun Summer Extravaganza” scheduled with noted science educator June 12, 2012 Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri, whose “Science is Fun” demonstrations have been a tradition in Madison for 42 years, will present a “Summer Extravaganza” on campus June 25.
• Red-tailed hawks go from egg to flight June 12, 2012 On the afternoon of June 7 — about seven weeks and more than a million prying eyes after it hatched — the last red-tailed hawk chick raised on a Weeks Hall window ledge threw caution to the wind and flapped away from home.
• Wisconsin team reveals way to treat drug-resistant brain tumor cells June 4, 2012 New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison explains why the incurable brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is highly resistant to current chemotherapies.
• High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts May 25, 2012 Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.
• High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts May 25, 2012 Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.
• 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.
• Science communication under the microscope May 21, 2012 The process of science is not complete until the results of research are communicated. For a long time and for many researchers, the act of communicating research was geared primarily to other scientists.
• 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.
• 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.
• Washburn telescope optics get 130-year checkup, cleaning May 10, 2012 Bit by bit over the last two decades, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's iconic Washburn Observatory has been restored to its original sheen.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.