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• UW-Madison fusion experiments earn nearly $11 million in grants Dec. 21, 2010 Researchers with two University of Wisconsin-Madison plasma fusion experiments have received $10.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) drew $5.1 million, plus an additional $900,000, while two grants to the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment total $4.7 million.
• World's largest neutrino observatory completed at South Pole Dec. 17, 2010 Culminating a decade of planning, innovation and testing, construction of the world's largest neutrino observatory was successfully completed today.
• 100-year study mirrors U.S. history of concrete Dec. 16, 2010 Almost since the beginning of recorded history, people have used concrete substances in everything from infrastructure to artwork.
• Satellites give an eagle eye on thunderstorms Dec. 15, 2010 It's one of the more frustrating parts of summer. You check the weather forecast, see nothing dramatic, and go hiking or biking. Then, four hours later, a thunderstorm appears out of nowhere and ruins your afternoon.
• Learning the language of bacteria Dec. 6, 2010 Bacteria are among the simplest organisms in nature, but many of them can still talk to each other, using a chemical "language" that is critical to the process of infection. Sending and receiving chemical signals allows bacteria to mind their own business when they are scarce and vulnerable, and then mount an attack after they become numerous enough to overwhelm the host's immune system.
• Slide show: Entering a state of discovery Dec. 2, 2010
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery facility opens on UW-Madison campus Dec. 2, 2010 Twin research institutes and a space designed for all to engage in science opened Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• New treatments protect Christmas from ‘Grinch’ grub Dec. 1, 2010 Across northern Wisconsin, many of the state's Christmas tree growers struggle to protect their trees from an insect pest known as the white grub, which lurks in the soil, feeds on tree roots and destroys the crop.
• UW-Madison chemistry professor elected to lead American Chemical Society Nov. 29, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri has been voted president-elect of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
• Mifflin Meteorite finds permanent home in Geology Museum Nov. 23, 2010 The meteorite that lit up the skies over southwest Wisconsin this spring has been officially dubbed the "Mifflin Meteorite," and several of its pieces are now part of the permanent collection of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.
• Banking on predictability, the mind increases efficiency Nov. 22, 2010 Like musical compression saves space on your mp3 player, the human brain has ways of recoding sounds to save precious processing power.
• NSF signs operating pact with UW-Madison as IceCube nears completion Nov. 22, 2010 It is the start of the final Antarctic drilling season for IceCube, and as researchers descend on the South Pole, there is additional reason for celebration. The National Science Foundation has signed a five-year, $34.5-million agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to operate the unique IceCube telescope - a cubic kilometer in volume - buried in the Antarctic ice sheet between 1,400 meters and 2,400 meters deep.
• Scientists ferret out a key pathway for aging Nov. 18, 2010 A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues describe a molecular pathway that is a key determinant of the aging process.
• UW-Madison soil scientist named U.S. professor of the year Nov. 18, 2010 A University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of soil science has just been named U.S. Professor of the Year
• Curiosities: Why is Pluto not considered a planet? Nov. 15, 2010
• Embryonic stem cell culturing grows from art to science Nov. 14, 2010 Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science.
• Curiosities: How do frogs, toads and other amphibians survive the Wisconsin winter? Nov. 10, 2010
• On anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, wave research may prevent future tragedies Nov. 10, 2010
• Long-term lake study suggests ecological mechanism may control destructive crayfish Nov. 4, 2010 Just a few years ago, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's research station in Boulder Junction, Wis., were growing sick of a crustacean delicacy - the rusty crayfish. Roughly 90,000 of the animals had been caught during an intensive trapping program at the nearby Sparkling Lake.
• Online map allows visitors, naturalists to share Arboretum experience Nov. 1, 2010 If the UW Arboretum were just a pretty place to take a walk, its new Interactive Map wouldn't need much more than crisscrossing trails, grey blobs for parking lots and symbols marking the restrooms.