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• Donohue elected president of American Society for Microbiology Feb. 15, 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriology professor Timothy J. Donohue has been elected president of the American Society for Microbiology.
• Trolls win: Rude comments dim the allure of science online Feb. 14, 2013 The trolls are winning. Pick a story about some aspect of science, any story, scroll down to the blog comments and let the bashing begin:
• Physics Fair at UW-Madison this Saturday Feb. 14, 2013 The sixth annual UW-Madison Physics Fair will offer physical delights and pain-free education free to all comers on Saturday, Feb. 16 on the UW-Madison campus.
• UW Hospital hits major milestone with 2,000th liver transplant Feb. 13, 2013 Scott A. Vanderloop of Appleton, Wis. received a second chance at life recently after becoming the 2,000th patient to receive a liver transplant at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison.
• UW-Madison engineer named to National Academy of Engineering Feb. 12, 2013 David Gustafson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison industrial and systems engineer, was named Feb. 7 to the 2013 class of new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
• Video tool could help active workers avoid injury Feb. 11, 2013 Using just video of workers performing tasks such as assembling a manufactured part or packing boxes, a system developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers might soon be able to automatically assess the likelihood that workers will develop common repetitive-motion injuries.
• Technique moves practical Alzheimer diagnosis one step closer to reality Feb. 11, 2013 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health are moving closer to a significant milepost in the battle against Alzheimer's disease: identifying the first signs of decline in the brain.
• Fishing rod holder for boat, land or ice is champion of 2013 innovation competition Feb. 8, 2013 A self-adjusting, boat-mounted holder for fishing rods has won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison innovation competitions. Held Feb. 7 and 8, the Innovation Days competitions reward UW-Madison undergraduates for creative and marketable ideas.
• UW-Madison response to Board of Regents PETA protest Feb. 7, 2013 Following today's protest by actor James Cromwell at the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Eric Sandgren, director of the UW–Madison Research Animal Resource Center released the following statement.
• Darwin Day celebrates evolutionary diversity of sex and reproduction Feb. 7, 2013 The annual celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will showcase the evolutionary expressions of sex and reproduction in the natural world.
• Warming ‘seesaw’ turns extra sunlight into global greenhouse Feb. 6, 2013 Earth's most recent shift to a warm climate began with intense summer sun in the Northern Hemisphere, the first pressure on a seesaw that tossed powerful forces between the planet's poles until greenhouse gases accelerated temperature change on a global scale.
• Finding challenges accepted view of MS: Unexpectedly, damaged nerve fibers survive Feb. 5, 2013 Multiple sclerosis, a brain disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, causes movement difficulties and many neurologic symptoms. MS has two key elements: The nerves that direct muscular movement lose their electrical insulation (the myelin sheath) and cannot transmit signals as effectively. And many of the long nerve fibers, called axons, degenerate.
• Weston Roundtable adds distinguished speakers on sustainable water, energy Feb. 5, 2013 A pair of leading figures in the field of sustainability - Jerry Schnoor of the University of Iowa and Dave Allen of the University of Texas at Austin - will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this semester in two Weston Distinguished Lectures.
• High-level commission discusses future of graduate education in the chemical sciences Feb. 5, 2013 Members of an American Chemical Society commission will discuss the need for radical changes to graduate education in the chemical sciences at a colloquium in Madison Feb. 7.
• Response and recovery in the brain may predict well-being Feb. 4, 2013 It has long been known that the part of the brain called the amygdala is responsible for recognition of a threat and knowing whether to fight or flee from the danger.
• Innovation Days showcases undergrad entrepreneurship Feb. 4, 2013 Displaying more than a dozen inventions that could prove useful for individuals, workplaces or even entire manufacturing processes, University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students will square off in a matchup of creativity, resourcefulness and craftsmanship during the annual UW-Madison Innovation Days competitions, held Feb. 7 and 8 on the UW-Madison engineering campus.
• UW–Madison physicist wins science image challenge Jan. 31, 2013 Close your eyes and picture an ocean reef: vivid violet, cool blue and tropical green intertwining in gentle curves and delicate edges. And that's just the urchin teeth.
• Contest seeks amazing science images Jan. 29, 2013 Doing science can be cool, but seeing science in new ways and using new tools can be transformative.
• Second Science Café focuses on future fuels Jan. 28, 2013 The new Science Café series being held in the Town Center at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building devotes its second installment to the future of fuels.
• Book discussion and exhibit highlight Go Big Read selection Jan. 28, 2013 Even if you don't recall fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills from the 1950s, a book discussion and exhibit will provide a window into that era and this year's Go Big Read selection.