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  • Local events mark National Chemistry Week on Oct. 22-28 Oct. 18, 2006 The Wisconsin local section of the American Chemical Society, together with the chemistry department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Institute for Chemical Education, will celebrate National Chemistry Week, Oct. 22-28, with several interactive events highlighting the theme "Your Home: It's All Built on Chemistry."
  • Commonplace sugar compound silences seizures Oct. 16, 2006 Though in clinical use for decades, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy.
  • Nova producer to delve into the art of science television Oct. 11, 2006 Paula S. Apsell, the executive producer for public television's science series Nova, has been named University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Writer in Residence for the fall of 2006.
  • Microbial ‘blueprint’ may unlock mysteries of wastewater treatment Oct. 11, 2006 A University of Wisconsin-Madison environmental engineer and her graduate student are among researchers on a multi-institutional team who have mapped the metagenome of elusive phosphorous-eating organisms key to thousands of wastewater treatment processes in the developed world.
  • Study: Dust may dampen hurricane fury Oct. 10, 2006 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have put forward an intriguing theory that introduces a whole new dimension to the debate on what might be causing stronger and more frequent storms.
  • Zinn to receive Havens Center award Oct. 4, 2006 Acclaimed historian, playwright and social activist Howard Zinn will receive the A.E. Havens Center's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on Thursday, Oct. 5.
  • Study: Earlier crop plantings may curb future yields Oct. 4, 2006 In an ongoing bid to grow more corn, farmers in the U.S. Corn Belt are planting seeds much earlier today than they did 30 years ago, a new study has found. Poring over three decades of agricultural records, Christopher Kucharik, an associate scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discovered that farmers in 12 U.S. states now put corn in the ground around two weeks earlier than they did during the late 1970s.
  • Intersection of business and research explored at CEO Summit Oct. 3, 2006 Three distinguished University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists will meet with corporate chief executives who graduated from the university to brief them on the business applications and marketability of their research on Saturday, Oct. 7.
  • Stem Cells 101: Meet Wisconsin’s research leaders Oct. 3, 2006 Southeastern Wisconsin residents will have a unique opportunity on Oct. 10 to hear about the promises and limitations of stem cell research directly from the Wisconsin professors and researchers working in the field.
  • Open house to showcase Science Hall’s past and present Oct. 2, 2006 An open house from noon-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, will highlight the history of Science Hall and the work of its current occupants.
  • New angiogenesis finding may help fight cancer growth Sept. 28, 2006 A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has discovered a new part of the complicated mechanism that governs the formation of blood vessels, or angiogenesis.
  • Computer scientist spearheads $30 million ‘Open Science Grid’ Sept. 25, 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientists will play a central role in the expansion of a national "Open Science Grid" (OSG), an interconnected computing infrastructure that provides scientists with a massive infusion of computing power and storage capacity to solve large, data-intensive challenges in science.
  • EcoHealth One conference to explore global health, environment Sept. 25, 2006 Nearly 300 people from around the world will gather October 6-10 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the program "EcoHealth One," the first international conference of a newly expanded consortium of human and wildlife health experts, ecologists, conservation biologists, and social scientists exploring the links between ecology and our health.
  • Technology helps foster ‘democratization of cartography’ Sept. 20, 2006 Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography. But rather than sully the field, Harrower says the new technology — combined with the explosion of availability of geospatial information — is fueling one of the most exciting eras in his profession.
  • Architects chosen to design Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Sept. 20, 2006 Uihlein Wilson Architects of Milwaukee, together with Ballinger of Philadelphia, will design the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Research on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, officials announced today.
  • National stem cell bank announces addition of new cell lines Sept. 19, 2006 The National Stem Cell Bank has expanded its offering of human embryonic stem cell lines to include cells from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), it announced today (Sept. 19). With the addition of the UCSF lines, the National Stem Cell Bank will soon have on deposit 13 of the 21 cell lines on the federal registry.
  • Conference to advise businesses on pandemic preparation Sept. 14, 2006 A University of Wisconsin-Madison conference on Thursday, Oct. 12, "Surviving the Pandemic," is designed to help representatives from small- and medium-sized companies and nonprofit organizations assess their levels of preparedness and begin to develop their own company-specific plans.
  • Chinese scholars meet to examine environmental health issues Sept. 8, 2006 More than 25 Chinese scholars studying in the United States will convene in Madison next week to study ways to attack global environmental problems.
  • Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory Sept. 5, 2006 Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events — such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one — are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters. Probing deeper into how such memories form, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that the mere anticipation of a fearful situation can fire up two memory-forming regions of the brain — even before the event has occurred.
  • New book examines science of the paranormal Aug. 24, 2006 Stories about paranormal experiences don't surprise Deborah Blum, a professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Blum recently published the book "Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death.