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  • Targeting tumors the natural way March 26, 2007 By mimicking Nature's way of distinguishing one type of cell from another, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists now report they can more effectively seek out and kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones.
  • Global warming forecasts creation, loss of climate zones March 26, 2007 A new global warming study predicts that many current climate zones will vanish entirely by the year 2100, replaced by climates unknown in today's world.
  • UW-Madison approves new research institute March 21, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently approved a new research entity, the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR).
  • Study: Online information may improve cancer patients’ opinions about doctors March 20, 2007 Accessing high-quality health information on the Internet may improve breast cancer patients' opinions about their doctors, according to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research, funded by the National Cancer Institute.
  • Microbial safari, physics wonders on tap March 24 March 20, 2007 Families and learners of all ages are invited to discover the unknown and explore the wonder of science at Science Expeditions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Saturday, March 24.
  • Study: Prions likely more mobile in alkaline soils March 19, 2007 Prions, the rogue proteins that cause chronic wasting disease and similar maladies, may be more mobile in soil that is more alkaline, suggests a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
  • UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair March 12, 2007 The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is among the first medical centers in the country taking part in a novel clinical trial investigating if a subject's own stem cells can treat a form of severe coronary artery disease.
  • UW-Madison stellerator a step forward in plasma research March 9, 2007 A project by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has come one step closer to making fusion energy possible.
  • Media effects on public attitudes toward nanotechnology March 7, 2007 As the emerging field of nanotechnology enters the public consciousness, mass media play an important role in shaping public attitudes about the new science. But newspapers, the Internet and television do so in significantly different ways, says Dietram Scheufele, a professor of life sciences communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Nelson Institute director announces resignation March 6, 2007 The director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has announced her resignation, effective June 30.
  • UW-Madison engineer to head DOE fusion energy office March 1, 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor to lead its Office of Fusion Energy Science, located within the DOE Office of Science.
  • Jay Martin: Harnessing technology to help the disabled March 1, 2007 Like most people, mechanical engineering professor Jay Martin never really understood the challenges of living with a severe physical disability until his teenaged son, Liam, was paralyzed in a diving accident.
  • Symposium to link stem cell research, public policy Feb. 22, 2007 Public policy issues related to human embryonic stem cell research will be the topic of a half-day symposium co-sponsored by the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the WiCell Research Institute on Friday, March 2.
  • Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery seed grant winners named Feb. 21, 2007 The research program of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison gets underway today (Feb. 21), as officials announce the results of a campus-wide competition for the institutes' Discovery Seed Grants.
  • National Entrepreneurship Week recognized on campus Feb. 21, 2007 The Office of Corporate Relations (OCR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting a number of programs for Entrepreneurship Week USA, a national effort to inspire and encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice and to celebrate America's unique culture of inventiveness.
  • Geography professor honored with lifetime achievement award Feb. 20, 2007 Longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison geographer Waltraud Brinkmann has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
  • Nanoscale packaging could aid delivery of cancer-fighting drugs Feb. 15, 2007 A University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy professor aims to improve the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs by targeting them more selectively to tumors and boosting their solubility in water.
  • Hidden gems: New composites are stiffer than diamond Feb. 14, 2007 Using a unique combination of barium titanate and tin, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have made the first known material that's stiffer than diamond.
  • Researcher seeks ‘missing piece’ in climate change models Feb. 13, 2007 To most people, soil is just dirt. But to microbiologists, it is a veritable zoo of bacteria, fungi and nematodes. It's also a vast carbon dioxide factory. As these microorganisms consume carbon-based materials found in soil, they release carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere as a normal part of their metabolism.
  • IceCube telescope construction exceeds season goals Feb. 12, 2007 As the austral summer wanes, so does the highly successful 2006-07 work season at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, which draws to a close Thursday, Feb. 15.