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• Computer scientists set on winning the computer virus ‘cold war’ May 24, 2007 First came the virus. Then came the antivirus software. Ever since, virus programmers have been escalating their technology, trying to stay one step ahead of the computer security engineers and vice versa.
• Student race car design team takes first place May 23, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Formula SAE Racing student vehicle team took first place at the international competition in Detroit.
• UW study to clarify safety, effectiveness of hormone therapy during menopause May 22, 2007 When is the best time in a woman's reproductive history to start hormone therapy? How does estrogen therapy affect a woman's cognition and mood? What is the most beneficial form of estrogen? These are just a few important questions that researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health hope to answer in a federally funded nationwide study, the first of its kind, on the effects of estrogen therapy with perimenopausal women.
• Study explores effectiveness of rain gardens May 22, 2007 Although many rain gardeners swear by prairie plants and other native species, vegetation plays a lesser role than other factors in how well rain gardens trap storm water runoff and coax it into the ground, according to a recent UW-Madison study.
• Curiosities: Why do we have fingernails? May 21, 2007
• Research aims to make it easier to serve local produce as classroom snacks May 21, 2007 Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch, a partnership between a UW-Madison center and a local nonprofit organization, is working to introduce locally grown products into elementary schools around the area.
• UW establishes stem cell and regenerative medicine center May 17, 2007 In an effort to strengthen and sustain its leadership in the companion fields of stem cell research and regenerative medicine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will establish a new Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.
• Students create new environmental strategy for Lake Ripley May 17, 2007 With the help of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, communities around Lake Ripley in southeastern Wisconsin are among the first in the state to use an innovative social strategy known as community-based social marketing, or CBSM, to deal with an environmental problem.
• Decoding protein structures helps illuminate cause of diabetes May 15, 2007 Any photographer can vouch for the difficulty of capturing a clear picture of a moving target. When it comes to molecules, however, sometimes the motion is exactly what scientists want to see.
• State seeds stem-cell company based on UW-Madison research May 14, 2007 Governor Jim Doyle today (May 14) gave a $1 million boost to a University of Wisconsin-Madison spin-off company during a visit to the campus lab that gave birth to its technology.
• GE Healthcare, UW partnership sharpens medical imaging advances May 11, 2007 When one of the nation's top medical imaging research programs sits less than 80 miles from one of the world's largest medical technology manufacturers, it's no surprise the two institutions would frequently join forces.
• Curiosities: If we think the continents were at some point all connected, how did they separate? May 11, 2007 Question submitted by Abbie Stroup, seventh grader at Sennett Middle School.
• Statement of Chancellor John D. Wiley on climate pledge May 11, 2007
• Creator of Dolly the sheep to give public lecture in Madison May 9, 2007 Ian Wilmut, the famed Scottish biologist who created Dolly the cloned sheep, is coming to Madison and will give a public lecture on Thursday, May 17, at the Overture Center.
• Meditation may fine-tune control over attention May 8, 2007 Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else.
• Changing the face of science education May 7, 2007 Through the UW-Madison Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning, new faculty and graduate students can find instructional resources and support that help them transition from full-time graduate researcher to faculty member.
• Curiosities: What are teeth made of? May 7, 2007
• New technique dissects stem cells’ picky likes, dislikes May 4, 2007 Whether their goal is to create therapies or simply investigate how organisms develop, stem cell researchers face what is perhaps one of biological science's toughest assignments: keeping their tiny research subjects under control.
• Survey examines Americans’ trust in science May 1, 2007 When it comes to forming opinions on controversial scientific issues, Americans show a strong deference to the views of the scientific community, according to a study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.
• Climate change exhibit opens May 5 in Ashland May 1, 2007 A traveling art and science exhibition focusing on climate change in the Lake Superior region will open Saturday, May 5, at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland. An opening reception will be held at the center at 4 p.m. that day.