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  • Nobel Prize winner to deliver 2012 Rennebohm Lectures Oct. 16, 2012 Mario Capecchi, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, will deliver the 2012 Rennebohm Lectures at UW-Madison on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 22 and 23.
  • Center gets small to study nanoparticles in environment Oct. 15, 2012 Our understanding of the creation and use of nanomaterials is growing, but so much about our long-term relationship with their tiny component particles remains little understood.
  • UW-led project will help growers and processors show sustainable production Oct. 12, 2012 UW-Madison researchers are leading a new $2.1 million, USDA-funded project designed to help vegetable producers and processors get rewarded in the marketplace for producing their products in a sustainable manner.
  • Tailored breast cancer screening model developed Oct. 11, 2012 How early and how often should women have mammograms? In theory, it's, "Annually, beginning at age 40." As of late, however, that answer has been up for debate - in part because of the risk of false positives, unnecessary biopsies, and the fear and anxiety that go along with such a diagnosis - and the answer has shifted to a more ambiguous, "It depends."
  • Unusual genetic structure confers major disease resistance trait in soybean Oct. 11, 2012 Scientists have identified three neighboring genes that make soybeans resistant to the most damaging disease of soybean. The genes exist side-by-side on a stretch of chromosome, but only give resistance when that stretch is duplicated several times in the plant.
  • NSF deputy director receives WAA's Distinguished Alumni Award Oct. 10, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomed Cora Marrett, deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), back to campus Oct. 5-6 as the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) presented her with the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.
  • Knox, research pioneer in streams and soils, dies Oct. 9, 2012 Jim Knox, Evjue-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died at his home in Madison on Saturday, Oct. 6.
  • Engineering dean finalists announced Oct. 5, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison today named four finalists for the deanship of the College of Engineering.
  • Five Questions with Kevin Niemi Oct. 4, 2012 Inside UW recently asked Kevin Niemi about the current status of K-12 science education.
  • Hydrogeologist appointed to federal nuclear waste board Sept. 27, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison hydrogeologist Jean Bahr has been appointed by President Obama to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
  • NSF funds UW sustainability project studying the human component of green buildings Sept. 27, 2012 Designing a "green" building involves considering a multitude of variables - everything from electrical efficiency to airflow controls to natural sources of light, heat and energy. But engineering more efficient building control systems is only part of the picture; for a building to be truly green, the occupants living and working within it need to know how to behave in a sustainable way as well.
  • Vet med students ensure safe, speedy biosecurity check-in for dairy expo cattle Sept. 27, 2012 Scores of trailers will begin rolling into Madison on Friday, Sept. 28, delivering 2,500 show cows to the Alliant Energy Center for the upcoming World Dairy Expo. But to prevent the spread of disease among the cattle, the health status of each animal must be verified before they are unloaded. Fortunately, volunteer students from the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine keep this process running as smoothly as possible.
  • Hydrogen beam injector guides plasma physics research Sept. 26, 2012 The Madison Symmetric Torus, a leading piece of equipment in plasma physics research for more than 20 years, recently gained a new capability with the installation of a neutral beam injector.
  • Seeing sound from all angles at Wisconsin Science Fest Sept. 26, 2012 Sound can be an incredibly powerful experience, able to dominate our attention, convey information, transport us from the here and now or add or relieve tension and emotion.
  • NSF tabs UW chemist to lead Math and Physical Sciences Directorate Sept. 25, 2012 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected F. Fleming Crim, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry, to serve as assistant director for the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).
  • TED creativity guru headlines science fest, Year of Innovation Sept. 25, 2012 If Sir Ken Robinson has said it once, he's said it millions of times: "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."
  • Photo: Woman in research lab Studies point to rising role for women scientists at UW-Madison Sept. 25, 2012 As the University of Wisconsin-Madison competes with the world's top universities for talent and expertise, it is getting more help from women, who in 2011 comprised 31 percent of the faculty — up from 18 percent in 1990.
  • Science in film: The 'evil institute' takes center stage Sept. 24, 2012 For filmmakers, science has always set a sumptuous table for story telling. Characters, plots and settings drawn from science are all reliable grist for the celluloid mill.
  • UW Center for Dairy Research wins federal innovation grant Sept. 21, 2012 The Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research (CDR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded one of seven $1 million i6 Challenge grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support an effort to commercialize research ideas that will positively impact economic development.
  • UW team to test mobile apps to prevent substance abuse relapses Sept. 21, 2012 Can giving smartphones to people with substance use disorders improve the quality of care at the same time as it reduces health care costs? A team of scholars centered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dartmouth College thinks so, and has won a federal grant to create and test mobile apps to deliver tested treatment and relapse prevention tools through these devices.