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• Treasured campus murals conserved for future generations Oct. 25, 2011 Art conservators are painstakingly preserving a set of historic, wall-size John Steuart Curry works surrounded by the gutted and rebuilt Biochemistry Building on Henry Mall.
• Deaf children: Study shows significant language progress after two cochlear implants Oct. 24, 2011 An ongoing study of 45 deaf children who had two cochlear implants finds that their language skills are within the normal range. Cochlear implants replace the eardrum by delivering an electric signal from a microphone to the auditory nerves located in the cochlea in the inner ear.
• Rennie to be science writer in residence Oct. 20, 2011 John Rennie, a veteran science journalist, blogger and editor, has been named the Fall 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Writer in Residence.
• Science writer in residence assesses science publishing Oct. 20, 2011 John Rennie is the fall, 2011 UW-Madison science writer in residence. He will be on campus the week of Oct. 23 and will give a public lecture on the "tumultuous state of science publishing" at 4 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Memorial Union.
• Astronomers discover how mysterious blue straggler stars stay young Oct. 19, 2011 Mysterious "blue stragglers" are old stars that appear younger than they should be: they burn hot and blue. Several theories have attempted to explain why they don't show their age, but, until now, scientists have lacked the crucial observations with which to test each hypothesis.
• Patience paying off for long-term diabetes project Oct. 18, 2011 A decade of research in any field presents challenges, but for Alan Attie's lab group, years of persistence have opened up a new avenue to understanding diabetes.
• Slide show: Northwoods partners Oct. 17, 2011 The complex interplay between the earth's climate on global and local levels drives UW-Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Ankur Desai's research. In September, students from the soils and waters course at the College of the Menominee Nation in Keshena, Wis., joined Desai's team to get a look at the high-tech methods researchers use to monitor carbon flux — the movement of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in and out of plants, water and soil.
• Medical foods for PKU diet enter phase II clinical trials Oct. 11, 2011 Mealtimes aren't quite as enjoyable for people with phenylketonuria (PKU) as they are for the rest of us. Those with this genetic disorder have to get their protein by drinking a foul-tasting amino acid "formula." At the same time, they must avoid natural proteins - eschewing burgers, ice cream and even regular bread - because they lack the enzyme needed to process phenylalanine, one of the 19 amino acids that comprise protein.
• Bird song app identifies feathered friends by tweets Oct. 11, 2011 Squinting into wind-blown trees and bushes is for the birds, especially if it’s the birds you're looking for.
• Building a new cadre of science faculty, center makes next big leap Oct. 10, 2011 The national experiment to develop a new generation of college science and engineering faculty, one equipped to excel in the classroom as well as the lab, is about to shift into high gear.
• Psychologist to explain 3-D perception to National Geographic audience Oct. 7, 2011 Bas Rokers, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will illustrate how our brains process visual motion and depth during the three-part National Geographic television series "Brain Games."
• Decade of effort yields diabetes susceptibility gene Oct. 6, 2011 Ten years of meticulous mouse breeding, screening and record-keeping have finally paid off for Alan Attie and his lab members.
• Electricity from the nose: Engineers make power from human respiration Oct. 6, 2011 The same effect that ignites your gas grill with the push of a button could one day power sensors in your body via the respiration in your nose.
• Clocking the mosh pit of interstellar space Oct. 5, 2011 The space between the stars in the Milky Way and all other galaxies is full of dust and gas, the raw materials from which stars and planets are made.
• Stuff ‘n’ food: Can collectible toys overcome fascination with fast food? Sept. 28, 2011 Every parent seems to know what McDonald's knows: Food and toys outsell food alone. But could toys be used to promote the sale of healthy food as well as calorie-rich fast food?
• Jumping gene enabled key step in corn domestication Sept. 25, 2011 In seeking to better understand how teosinte gave rise to corn, a scientific team has pinpointed one of the key genetic changes that paved the way for corn's domestication.
• Study: Advantages of single-sex schooling a myth Sept. 22, 2011 As Madison deals with a proposal to establish a single-sex charter school, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of psychology is one author of an article that calls the scientific case for single-sex schools "pseudoscience."
• UW–Madison botanist plucks new flower from Isle Royale Sept. 22, 2011 One of the world's newest sunflower species, discovered by a University of Wisconsin-Madison botanist, has carved out a very small but safe niche on an island in Lake Superior.
• Wisconsin engineer, entrepreneur move ‘green’ diesel engine closer to market Sept. 19, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer is collaborating with a Wisconsin entrepreneur to produce a diesel engine that could be a quieter, more efficient power source for a variety of household and industrial applications, including lawn equipment and electric generators.
• Mouse genome sequences reveal variability, complex evolutionary history Sept. 15, 2011 The genome of even a single organism is packed with information. A new paper, building on recent advances in sequencing capability, now reports the complete genomes of 17 different strains of mice, creating an unparalleled genetic resource that will aid studies ranging from human disease to evolution.