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  • 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.
  • Record speed for thin-film transistors could open door for flexible electronics Jan. 4, 2007 A pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a method of making flexible, thin-film transistors that are not only inexpensive to produce, but also capable of high speeds — even microwave frequency, impossible before now.
  • UW contributes to international fusion program Dec. 27, 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison Fusion Technology Institute (FTI) researchers are playing a key role in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a multinational project designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power.
  • 40 years ago, UW researcher changed our view of the world Dec. 26, 2006 Forty years ago this month, thanks to an inventive University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist, our view of the world was changed forever.
  • Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab Dec. 20, 2006 Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab.
  • Royal Society of Chemistry cites UW-Madison professor Dec. 20, 2006 Through Lab on a Chip journal, the European-based Royal Society of Chemistry and Corning Inc. have awarded the first-ever Pioneers of Miniaturization prize to David J. Beebe, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of biomedical engineering.