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  • 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.
  • CALS Dean Molly Jahn: Biosciences can transform state economy Feb. 6, 2007 Few people have a better firsthand take on the value of university-industry collaboration than Molly Jahn, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's new dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
  • Satellite leftovers to fuel weather, climate research Feb. 6, 2007 A spool of 1,600 gold threads, each thinner than one uncooked spaghetti noodle, formed the insides of the beer can-sized component in a space-bound refrigerator. The University of Wisconsin-Madison center responsible for this unit recently sold the leftover gold to fund remote-sensing research.
  • Physicists find way to ‘see’ extra dimensions Feb. 2, 2007 Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe.
  • Undergraduate invention competitions slated for Feb 8-9 Feb. 1, 2007 Ski bindings, a reclining wheelchair, digital window-front advertising, a page-turning machine and an online community are rarely found in the same context. But they and 15 other inventions, all conceived and built by University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students, will be the center of attention at the annual UW-Madison Innovation Days competitions, to be held Feb. 8-9 in the Mechanical Engineering Building on the College of Engineering campus.
  • Finding may unshackle the potential of composite materials Jan. 31, 2007 In an advance that could lead to composite materials with virtually limitless performance capabilities, a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has dispelled a 50-year-old theoretical notion that composite materials must be made only of "stable" individual materials to be stable overall.
  • Nutrition researchers provide the skinny on trans fats Jan. 30, 2007 This past holiday season, University of Wisconsin-Madison nutritionist Sherry Tanumihardjo made brownies with butter, not margarine. Like a lot of us, she wanted to avoid artificial trans fats.
  • Silicon medicines may be effective in humans Jan. 24, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have shown that silicon — the stuff of computer chips, glass and pottery — may have extraordinary therapeutic value for treating human disease.
  • Campus plan aims to remove ash trees, head off emerald ash borer Jan. 24, 2007 Staying one step ahead of an aggressive, wood-boring beetle that is threatening ash trees in several states is the aim of a plan that will gradually remove many ash trees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Toxin-binding protein linked to cardiovascular health Jan. 23, 2007 New research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has revealed an unexpected role for a toxin-binding protein in regulating the carrier of so-called "bad cholesterol."
  • UW-Madison college targets federal bioenergy initiative Jan. 23, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is leading efforts to bring a new federal bioenergy research and development center to Wisconsin, the college's dean told a group of bioscience industry leaders today.
  • Study uncovers a lethal secret of 1918 influenza virus Jan. 17, 2007 In a study of nonhuman primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently.
  • Supercomputer to power climate change study Jan. 10, 2007 Climate researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been given unprecedented access to one of the world's most powerful supercomputers to better understand the causes and consequences of abrupt climate change.
  • UW-Madison acquires rare plant from dinosaur age Jan. 10, 2007 A relic plant that once co-existed with dinosaurs has taken up residence in the University of Wisconsin-Madison botany greenhouses.
  • Bringing together Earth and sky imagery Jan. 9, 2007 Integrating studies of the Earth with those of the atmosphere and beyond, the Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC) recently joined the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School.
  • A hot idea for insulating tiny batteries Jan. 9, 2007 Engineering physics researchers are devising a unique "blanket" that will enable them to squeeze as much electricity as possible from nuclear-powered batteries the size of a grain of coarse salt.