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  • Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain Jan. 24, 2013 Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse.
  • Waisman Center: Celebrating 40 years of advancing knowledge about developmental disabilities Jan. 24, 2013 From her perch as director of the Waisman Center, and with an insider’s knowledge of its work to advance our understanding of developmental disability and the people it affects, Marsha Mailick sees a hopeful microcosm of the best attributes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Photo: Cow Despite drought, heat and higher costs, state farm income was second highest ever Jan. 23, 2013 Despite the challenges brought on by prolonged drought and record-breaking heat, Wisconsin farmers earned $3 billion in net farm income in 2012, the second highest amount on record.
  • Wisconsin scientists honored for records of invention Jan. 18, 2013 Four University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members - Hector DeLuca, James Dahlberg, Thomas Lipo and Max Lagally - are among 101 innovators elected to the charter class of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
  • Invasive fish enters streams feeding Lake Michigan, but so far, so good Jan. 18, 2013 Invasive species are known for disturbing their new homes. Whether it's the zebra mussels in the Great Lakes or garlic mustard in native woodlands, their rampant multiplication crowds out native species.
  • In the eastern U.S., spring flowers keep pace with warming climate Jan. 16, 2013 Using the meticulous phenological records of two iconic American naturalists, Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, scientists have demonstrated that native plants in the eastern United States are flowering as much as a month earlier in response to a warming climate.
  • Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation Jan. 16, 2013 People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientists with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center.
  • Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation Jan. 16, 2013 People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma - in which psychological stress plays a major role - may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientists with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center.
  • Zerhouni, former NIH director, to speak at Jan. 22 event Jan. 15, 2013 Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health from 2002 to 2008, will be in Madison Jan. 22 at the invitation of BioForward, the association that represents Wisconsin’s bioscience industry.
  • Morgridge Institute for Research welcomes new CEO Jan. 14, 2013 The Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced today the appointment of Dr. Brad Schwartz as chief executive officer.
  • In evolution, fossils reveal, ‘Court Jester’ gets last laugh Jan. 9, 2013 The dominant factors in the rise and fall of the diversity of life on Earth has been a point of debate for scientists nearly as long as they have studied the processes of evolution.
  • Study advances treatment of respiratory failure in ALS patients Jan. 8, 2013 A new study, published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and conducted largely at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows the potential for two complimentary treatments - stem cell therapy and intermittent exposure to low oxygen - to preserve and even restore breathing capacity in rats with a condition similar to ALS in humans.
  • Lead exposure lowers fourth graders’ test scores Jan. 8, 2013 Lead exposure is related to lower test scores among Wisconsin fourth graders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • UW–Madison anthropologist, students featured in NOVA Neandertal documentary Jan. 8, 2013 Perched on a corner of a table in his biological anthropology lab, John Hawks is surrounded by an array of human skulls, jaws and skeletons – and a film crew complete with lights, camera and a microphone dangling over his head.
  • Study reveals extraordinary glass properties Jan. 6, 2013 Technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours with properties corresponding to those that have been aged for thousands of years, computational and laboratory studies have confirmed.
  • Researchers: Online science news needs careful study Jan. 3, 2013 A science-inclined audience and wide array of communications tools make the Internet an excellent opportunity for scientists hoping to share their research with the world. But that opportunity is fraught with unintended consequences, according to a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison life sciences communication professors.
  • As climate warms, bark beetles march on high-elevation forests Dec. 31, 2012 Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals.
  • One step closer: UW-Madison scientists help explain scarcity of anti-matter Dec. 26, 2012 A collaboration with major participation by physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has made a precise measurement of elusive, nearly massless particles, and obtained a crucial hint as to why the universe is dominated by matter, not by its close relative, anti-matter.
  • UW-Madison’s Trisha Andrew honored for energy research Dec. 19, 2012 Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in Energy. The list recognizes talented young innovators whose work holds potential for the energy landscape of the future.
  • From penguins to hyenas, vet students care for the wildest patients Dec. 18, 2012 A UW-Madison initiative is one of only 22 accredited zoological medicine residency programs in the world, and its mission is to prepare veterinarians to effectively treat the increasing number of exotic pets, animals at zoos and aquaria, and injured and sick wildlife — and free-ranging wildlife as well.