Stories indexed under: Science

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• IceCube spies unexplained pattern of cosmic rays July 27, 2010 Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is already delivering scientific results - including an early finding about a phenomenon the telescope was not even designed to study.
• Curiosities: What’s the difference between dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent and dish soap? Why aren’t they interchangeable? July 26, 2010
• Curiosities: Why do people sometimes develop late in life an allergy that never bothered them before? July 26, 2010
• Global grassroots lake science network has roots in Wisconsin July 19, 2010 Inspired and led by freshwater scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researchers eager to understand global ecosystems from end to end are now monitoring a series of buoys in lakes on every continent except Africa. Each buoy carries instruments to measure fundamental data on the weather above the water and the temperature and chemistry below it.
• ‘Condor’ brings genome assembly down to Earth July 19, 2010 Borrowing computing power from idle sources will help geneticists sidestep the multimillion-dollar cost of reconstituting the flood of data produced by next-generation genome-sequencing machines.
• Screen yields drugs that could help treat fatal brain disorder July 19, 2010 Using novel screens to sort through libraries of drugs already approved for use in human patients, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified several compounds that could be used to treat a rare and deadly neurological disorder.
• Monkey generosity: No strings attached July 13, 2010 Among monkeys that split child care responsibilities, sharing extends to dinnertime, but grudges do not, according to research published July 14 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
• Hormone study finds monkeys in long-term relationship look strangely human July 12, 2010 Monkeys in enduring relationships show a surprising correspondence in their levels of oxytocin, a key behavioral hormone, according to research published online June 28 in the journal Hormones and Behavior.
• http://wisconsinidea.wisc.edu/features/professor-shows-the-wonder-full-side-of-physics/ July 12, 2010 The audience laughs and applauds as the performers on stage pull trick after trick from their sleeves: suspending a ball in midair, defying gravity, turning water into ice right before people's eyes.
• Ecological restoration on lakeshore working on historic ground July 7, 2010 The ongoing ecological restoration along the shoreline of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has reached a hillside near Eagle Heights that was once the summer home to hundreds of graduate students. The goal in the Tent Colony Woods, which is cut by gullies and invaded by exotic trees and shrubs, is to create a sustainable and ecologically diverse tract of sloping lakeshore forest.
• Before Rhythm and Booms, learn the science of fireworks July 2, 2010 Before the first rocket lights up the night sky on Saturday (July 3), stake out a seat at the Memorial Union Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and learn about the science behind Rhythm and Booms.
• Stirring the ocean: Calculating the role of the oceans' swimmers June 28, 2010 The world's oceans, we know, are constantly shaken and stirred by the winds and the tides and other physical forces of nature.
• TIP/High school students get hands-on with CSI science June 22, 2010
• Incidence of malaria jumps when Amazon forests are cut June 16, 2010 Establishing a firm link between environmental change and human disease has always been an iffy proposition. Now, however, a team of scientists from UW-Madison, writing in the online issue of the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, presents the most enumerated case to date linking increased incidence of malaria to land-use practices in the Amazon.
• New technology promises to help drug makers go green June 16, 2010 Production of a single kilogram of pharmaceuticals often yields hundreds of kilograms of chemical waste. Now, new chemistry developed by scientists at UW, combined with technology developed by researchers from Eli Lilly and Company, promises to dramatically reduce that waste stream for a key step in the pharmaceutical production process.
• UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee award Intercampus Research Grants June 9, 2010 Eight hybrid teams of faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been awarded the first batch of Intercampus Research Incentive grants, awards designed to foster inter-institutional collaboration.
• Saving the Point of Rocks June 8, 2010 It may be one of the toughest rocks on Earth, but even Baraboo Quartzite is no match for a road crew.
• University administration's statement regarding Circuit Court ruling on submarine rescue studies June 3, 2010 The university is reviewing Dane County Circuit Court Judge Amy Smith's decision to defer animal cruelty charges involving longstanding submarine rescue studies to a special prosecutor.
• Two young UW-Madison faculty win Shaw Scientist Awards June 2, 2010 Two University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professors will receive the 2010 Shaw Scientist Awards, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation announced today.
• Powerful genome barcoding system reveals large-scale variation in human DNA May 31, 2010 Genetic abnormalities are most often discussed in terms of differences so miniscule they are actually called "snips" - changes in a single unit along the 3 billion that make up the entire string of human DNA.