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  • 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.
  • Single-handed fishing kit reels in first place in invention competition Feb. 9, 2007 The Adaptive Fishing Kit, a kit that converts a standard fishing rod and reel so people can use it with only one arm, took the top prize and $10,000 in the 2007 Schoofs Prize for Creativity during the Innovation Days idea and invention competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Nanotechnology meets biology and DNA finds its groove Feb. 8, 2007 UW-Madison scientists have developed a quick, inexpensive and efficient method to extract single DNA molecules and position them in nanoscale troughs or "slits," where they can be easily analyzed and sequenced. The technique, which according to its developers is simple and scalable, could lead to faster and vastly more efficient sequencing technology in the lab, and may one day help underpin the ability of clinicians to obtain customized DNA profiles of patients.
  • Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin Feb. 8, 2007 A Wisconsin autism surveillance project reported today (Feb. 8) that approximately five out of every 1,000 Wisconsin children born in 1994 display symptoms indicative of autism.
  • Nobelist MacDiarmid was UW-Madison graduate Feb. 8, 2007 Nobel laureate chemist Alan G. MacDiarmid, who died Wednesday at the age of 79, was a two-degree graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was slated to receive an honorary degree from UW-Madison at the spring 2007 commencement.
  • Second annual Darwin Day coming Saturday Feb. 7, 2007 The 198th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.