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• Curiosities: How high can bugs fly? Feb. 15, 2011
• Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico Feb. 14, 2011 With one arm raised and a determined scowl, the figure looks ready to march right off his carved tablet and into the history books. If only we knew who he was - corn god? Tribal chief? Sacred priest?
• World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold Feb. 14, 2011 Recalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the industrialized world has become a leading cause of the pollution of lakes, rivers and streams.
• Darwin celebration expands to three days Feb. 9, 2011 Forget the finches and orchids. UW-Madison’s 2011 Darwin Day celebration is all about you, Homo sapiens.
• Report assesses climate change impacts, adaptation strategies Feb. 7, 2011 A statewide collaborative of scientists and diverse stakeholders is proposing a multitude of measures to help protect and enhance Wisconsin's natural resources, economic vitality, and public well-being as the state's climate becomes warmer and wetter.
• Art from above: Satellites see Wisconsin Feb. 7, 2011 Few know that the genesis of observing the Earth's weather from space is a Wisconsin idea.
• New induced stem cells may unmask cancer at earliest stage Feb. 4, 2011 By coaxing healthy and diseased human bone marrow to become embryonic-like stem cells, a team of Wisconsin scientists has laid the groundwork for observing the onset of the blood cancer leukemia in the laboratory dish.
• Rhythmic vibrations guide caste development in social wasps Jan. 24, 2011 Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp's destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker.
• Designer aims to improve student-centered learning in engineering Jan. 19, 2011 When an exam comes back with an “A’” grade, most students are thrilled, and rightfully so. Yet all too often, it doesn’t take long for the information students diligently crammed to fade as they prepare for another exam, creating a cycle, for some, of studying for tests rather than actually learning.
• UW-Madison provost joins nuclear safety study Jan. 19, 2011
• Stress, anxiety both boon and bane to brain Jan. 18, 2011 A cold dose of fear lends an edge to the here-and-now - say, when things go bump in the night.
• Curiosities: Why do I get a streak of images from LED taillights when I scan the road at night? Is this dangerous? Jan. 18, 2011
• Technology going back to the dogs at UW School of Veterinary Medicine Jan. 6, 2011 Marty Croak was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in May 2009. A lump near his ear prompted him to see a physician.
• Global Health Initiative seeks campuswide involvement in incubator series Jan. 6, 2011 Global health problems extend beyond clinics, vaccine laboratories, and hospitals. Some of the most pressing problems stem from societal, economic and environmental factors as well.
• Ever-sharp urchin teeth may yield tools that never need honing Dec. 22, 2010 To survive in a tumultuous environment, sea urchins literally eat through stone, using their teeth to carve out nooks where the spiny creatures hide from predators and protect themselves from the crashing surf on the rocky shores and tide pools where they live.
• 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.