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• Annual Christmas lab show canceled Dec. 7, 2011 The 2011 “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri” shows, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11, have been canceled.
• Snow in the Rockies, dry summers in the Southwest? Dec. 6, 2011 New simulations of summer rains in the arid American Southwest show that they are influenced by the previous winter's snowpack in the Rocky Mountains.
• Pioneering molecular biologist, formerly at UW–Madison, passes away Dec. 5, 2011 Masayasu Nomura, a molecular biologist who studied the structure that forms proteins inside cells at University of Wisconsin–Madison between 1963 and 1984, passed away on Nov. 19 at age 84 in California.
• Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes Dec. 5, 2011 Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2011.
• David Krakauer nurtures scientific collaboration Dec. 1, 2011 Education and research are splintering into new specialties at an unsustainable rate, according to David Krakauer.
• Discovery building marks first anniversary with Gold LEED Nov. 30, 2011 When the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrates its first birthday this Friday, Dec. 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visitors can learn a new "first" about the building while taking a behind-the-scenes "green" tour or sharing locally sourced cake with Bucky.
• Ancient environment found to drive marine biodiversity Nov. 25, 2011 Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record — but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth?
• Psychopaths' brains show difference in structure, function Nov. 22, 2011 Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
• Implanted neurons, grown in the lab, take charge of brain circuitry Nov. 21, 2011 Among the many hurdles to be cleared before human embryonic stem cells can achieve their therapeutic potential is determining whether or not transplanted cells can functionally integrate into target organs or tissues.
• Christmas Lecture, a Madison holiday tradition, returns Nov. 17, 2011 Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will celebrate a 42-year tradition with his holiday demonstration, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.”
• Researchers discover possible key to degenerative nerve diseases Nov. 16, 2011 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and collaborators have discovered a powerful new protein in the eye of the fruit fly that may shed light on blinding diseases and other sensory problems in humans.
• Satellite technology enables rapid, accurate mapping of forest harvest in upper Midwest Nov. 9, 2011 Using satellite images, Mutlu Ozdogan, an assistant professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is automatically generating maps showing where trees have been harvested in the form of clear-cut areas over five-year intervals.
• Forum focuses on storing spent nuclear fuel Nov. 9, 2011 Not all of the fallout from last March's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was radioactive. There was also considerable policy fallout, as the crisis caused many to rethink the safety of nuclear power.
• UW professors honored by American Chemical Society Nov. 8, 2011 Four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors have won awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of research excellence. They will be honored at a ceremony next March at the society’s 243rd national meeting in San Diego.
• UW study will explore anemia Nov. 7, 2011 To say a pregnant woman is eating for two leaves out a few guests at the table - trillions of them, according to Christopher Coe, a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor who will soon begin studying anemia with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• UW–Madison home to weather-predicting supercomputer Nov. 2, 2011 A new supercomputer designed to run weather prediction models is now the most powerful computer of its kind on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, where researchers will help make those models more accurate.
• Climate change and the oxymoron of sustainable growth Nov. 2, 2011 Climate change, often viewed as a burden for future generations, is, in fact, a problem at hand, and a significant one, contends Rudy M. Baum, editor-in-chief of Chemical & Engineering News.
• Launch of new satellite will sharpen weather observations Oct. 28, 2011 From a launching pad at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base our newest weather satellite rose into orbit this morning, buoyed by know-how from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's atmospheric and space science community.
• Microscope will give UW researchers powerful view of molecular structures Oct. 27, 2011 A successful campus-wide partnership will bring to the University of Wisconsin–Madison a powerful new electron microscope equipped to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional images of a wide range of biological samples.
• Fungus causes deadly bat disease: last doubts removed Oct. 26, 2011 Scientists have proven that the fungus Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome, a fast-spreading and highly lethal disease of bats.