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• 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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• UW-Madison to host Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-21 March 8, 2011 More than 6,000 students, educators and parents from around the country will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday-Saturday, May 18-21, for the 27th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament.
• Discovery Town Center debuts Saturday Science Series for families March 3, 2011 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center will debut a new monthly series of free science exploration and education programs aimed at kids and families this Saturday March 5. Its first program, Leopold Discovery Day, invites learner of all ages to celebrate the life and discoveries of legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison environmentalist Aldo Leopold, known as the "father of wildlife management."
• Ecological adaptation likely to influence impacts of climate change March 1, 2011 Animals' capacity to adapt is a factor in how they are likely to respond to changing climate conditions.
• Curiosities: Why, when I see wind generators on a windy day, are some rotating and others not? Feb. 28, 2011
• Insect hearing inspires new approach to small antennas Feb. 25, 2011 Ormia ochracea is a small parasitic fly best known for its strong sense of directional hearing. A female fly tracks a male cricket by its chirps and then deposits her eggs on the unfortunate host. The larvae subsequently eat the cricket.