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• Public opportunities abound at National Science Olympiad Tournament May 9, 2011 The public will have many opportunities to experience a massive showcase of hands-on science when the National Science Olympiad Tournament rolls into the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday-Saturday, May 18-21.
• UW Sea Grant funding Winnebago system research on VHS fish disease May 3, 2011 Four years after the deadly fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) was first diagnosed in Wisconsin, researchers are returning to the Lake Winnebago system, the site of that discovery, to learn if the virus is still a threat and to develop a faster, cheaper test to detect its presence as a management tool.
• Antarctic neutrino telescope celebrates completion with conferences, public events April 27, 2011 Like the billions of tiny neutrinos that zip through the Earth every second, scientific exchanges will be flying thick and fast in Madison.
• Astronomy technique could help assess deadly melanomas April 26, 2011 As a young graduate student with a passion for surfing, Andy Sheinis soaked up a lot of California sun.
• Symposium to focus on reprogramming, stem cell fate April 21, 2011 The sixth annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium, Reprogramming and Controlling Stem Cell Phenotype, will be held April 27 at Madison’s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute.
• Forum considers human consciousness April 20, 2011 The 10th annual International Bioethics Forum, Manifesting the Mind, will explore perspectives on human consciousness at its two-day symposium April 28-29.
• University biomedical emphasis a big economic winner for Wisconsin April 19, 2011 As Wisconsin struggles with unemployment and anemic growth, a group of health-related university spin-offs continues to benefit from UW-Madison's profound depth in biological sciences, medicine and engineering.
• Curiosities: Is anything harder than diamond? April 17, 2011
• Precipitation, predators may be key in ecological regulation of infectious disease April 14, 2011 A little information can go a surprisingly long way when it comes to understanding rodent-borne infectious disease, as shown by a new study led by John Orrock from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Book series explores chemistry’s panache April 14, 2011 When chemistry’s preeminent impresario Bassam Shakhashiri mounts the dais, you know the show is about to begin.
• IceCube South Pole neutrino detector completion events April 13, 2011 4/13/11
• Curiosities: Is global warming evident in temperature records and warming winters? April 11, 2011
• ABC News global warming reporter to be science writer in residence April 6, 2011 Bill Blakemore, who leads coverage of global warming for ABC News, is the spring science writer in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• New technology could stamp out bacteria in persistent wounds April 4, 2011 Using an advanced form of a rubber stamp, researchers have developed a way to adhere an ultra-thin antibacterial coating to a wound.
• Slide Show: All hands on science April 4, 2011 Touching it with their own hands — and seeing it with their own eyes — made science come alive for those who attended this year’s Science Expeditions, a campuswide open house at UW-Madison, on April 2.
• Two new basic science departments established March 24, 2011
• Science is in your hands at annual Science Expeditions event March 24, 2011 A little hands-on exploration can open a whole new world, and Science Expeditions — set for Saturday, April 2, this year — is a passport to the world of research at UW–Madison.
• UW-Madison lake scientist gets world's top water prize March 22, 2011 Noted University of Wisconsin-Madison limnologist Stephen Carpenter has been awarded the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize, the world's most prestigious award for water-related activities, it was announced in Stockholm, Sweden today (Tuesday, March 22).
• Curiosities: What is the flattest thing in the world? March 21, 2011
• New imaging technique provides rapid, high-definition chemistry March 21, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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