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• UW-Madison receives grant for superconducting electron gun Sept. 24, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $4.5 million grant from the United States Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences office. The award will fund a research and development project focusing on the fabrication and testing of what is called an electron gun for a free electron laser (FEL) - a several-football-fields-long light source, an immense instrument whose light would be used by researchers across a range of disciplines for their experiments.
• Researchers discover less-expensive low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen purification Sept. 23, 2010 Engineering researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University have demonstrated the low-temperature efficacy of an atomically dispersed platinum catalyst, which could be suitable for on-board hydrogen production in fuel-cell-powered vehicles of the future.
• Curiosities: Are “baby” carrots really … baby carrots? Sept. 20, 2010
• UW-Madison undergrads to design a room that’s literally out of this world Sept. 15, 2010 Think of it as a high-tech screened porch for astronauts.
• Go Big Read kicks off another year with events Sept. 13, 2010 The campus community has many opportunities to participate in the second year of the Go Big Read common-reading program, which this year will feature “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.
• Court puts stem cell researchers back to work, for now Sept. 9, 2010 A panel of appellate judges removed barriers to embryonic stem cell research funded by federal grants in a decision Thursday, Sept. 9 reversing a suspension of funding ordered in August by another federal judge.
• New director takes over at Primate Center Sept. 8, 2010 It is not likely, by a long shot, to be his biggest challenge, but reorienting his collegiate athletic allegiances and keeping peace in the family will be one pressing priority for neurophysiologist Jon Levine, the Northwestern University researcher who takes the reins of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) this month.
• Curiosities: Why are yellow jackets most noticeable in late summer? Sept. 7, 2010
• Fellowship a boost for budding energy researchers Sept. 2, 2010 A pair of young fusion researchers will be working with the support of the Department of Energy as they work on graduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Curiosities: Why do sharks have to swim constantly? Aug. 30, 2010 For two reasons, says James Kitchell, professor of zoology at UW-Madison. First, sharks lack the swim bladder that most fish use to adjust their buoyancy.
• Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance Aug. 23, 2010 In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.
• Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance Aug. 23, 2010 In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.
• Renewed partnership keeps $60 million satellite center in Madison Aug. 20, 2010 It was a deep history in satellite meteorology that first got the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration interested in Madison in the 1970s.
• Long collaboration with sewer district helps city, university Aug. 19, 2010 The passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 ushered in a revolution in sewage treatment. Faced with tightening restrictions on the water and solids it must release after treatment, the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) turned to experts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for advice.
• By design, camps for students with disabilities take anxiety out of step to college Aug. 11, 2010 "I know what you're all thinking, 'What the heck?'" says 16-year-old Adam Proue, waving his hands and holding up his own presentation. "But this is going to make sense eventually."
• Curiosities: Is it safe to reuse plastic knives and forks? Aug. 9, 2010
• Native pollinators: Key to sustainable fruit production? Aug. 5, 2010 As a group of students ogles wild flowers on a sunny day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, the blooming dotted mint, iron weed and black-eyed susans are certainly glorious. But these adult students are not concentrating on the flowers. Instead, they are focusing on the insects busily pollinating those blooms.
• Study details autism’s heavy toll beyond childhood on marriages Aug. 3, 2010 The parents of grown children with autism are more likely to divorce than couples with typically developing children, according to new data from a large longitudinal study of families of adolescents and adults with autism.
• Curiosities: Is it true that cell phone use can cause health problems? Aug. 3, 2010
• Students size up seismic sensor sites July 29, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison students Matthew Kogle and Kelly Hoehn logged thousands of miles this summer driving rural Wisconsin roads, scanning the landscape. When they found a promising spot, they knocked on the door of the nearest farmhouse and tried to interest the owners in their cause.