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  • Invitrogen, WARF sign license agreement for human embryonic stem cells May 8, 2008 Invitrogen Corp. and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced today (May 8) that they have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) patents for the development of research tools.
  • WARF licenses influenza vaccine technology to FluGen May 8, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and FluGen have signed license agreements for a technology that has the potential to significantly improve the way influenza vaccines are manufactured.
  • Photo of a microscope Virus mimics human protein to hijack cell division machinery May 8, 2008 Viruses are masters of deception, duping their host's cells into helping them grow and spread. A new study has found that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can mimic a common regulatory protein to hijack normal cell growth machinery, disrupting a cell's primary anti-cancer mechanism.
  • Sweeping analysis of research reinforces media influence on women’s body image May 8, 2008 As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women.
  • Screen captue of wildlife disease map Web tool puts wildlife diseases on the map May 7, 2008 A new online map makes it possible, for the first time, to track news of disease outbreaks around the world that threaten the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and people.
  • Image of nanowires Spiraling nanotrees offer new twist on growth of nanowires May 1, 2008 Since scientists first learned to make nanowires, the tiny wires just a few millionths of a centimeter thick have taken many forms, including nanobelts, nanocoils and nanoflowers.
  • Photo from announcement of Life During Wartime project ‘Life During Wartime’ will build innovative curriculum around American war history April 30, 2008 A new Wisconsin project funded by the U.S. Department of Education will feature an unprecedented partnership among public school teachers, university and technical college faculty, and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to invigorate the teaching of American history.
  • Portion of Tong biomedical prize logo Wisconsin biomedical engineering students design meaningful medical solutions April 30, 2008 When University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Claire Flanagan graduates in May 2009 with bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering (BME) and biochemistry, she might display her diploma next to an equally prestigious document: a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Facility gives geology department new dimension April 28, 2008 A geoscience visualization lab that opened last week in Weeks Hall will add a new dimension to geology research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • UW-Madison nano research mixes with art, coffee April 28, 2008 In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that's rarely seen outside the laboratory.
  • Photo of DeWitt UW’s computing research prowess brings Microsoft to Madison April 23, 2008 Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company, will open an advanced development laboratory in Madison later this spring, helping expand on a highly productive 20-year research and alumni relationship between the company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences department.
  • UW-Madison part of DOE-funded ‘microgrid’ collaboration April 23, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers will collaborate with industrial and government partners on a $14 million project to implement a microgrid power backup system at the nation's fifth-largest incarceration facility-the Santa Rita Jail.
  • Photo of Mary Langston Professor blends ecology, history April 21, 2008 As a University of Washington graduate student in the late 1980s, Nancy Langston traveled to a national park in Zimbabwe to study an endangered bird. She came back with a resolve to know more about people.
  • Image of Wisconsin Director cultivates a mile-high appreciation of Wisconsin April 10, 2008 From his 12th-floor office, Sam Batzli has a view of nearby Lake Mendota and Madison's downtown punctuated by the state Capitol. But instead of looking out the window, Batzli looks at Madison and the rest of Wisconsin from much higher altitudes.
  • Negligent, attentive mouse mothers show biological differences April 9, 2008 In mice, child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a strain of mice that exhibit unusually high rates of maternal neglect, with approximately one out of every five females failing to care for her offspring.
  • Annual symposium celebrates undergraduate achievement April 9, 2008 While much of the diligent work of students takes place behind the scenes, the tenth annual Undergraduate Symposium will be an opportunity for achievement to publicly shine for more than 300 students.
  • Erik Forsberg appointed executive director of WiCell Research Institute April 9, 2008 Erik Forsberg has been named to the newly created position of executive director of the WiCell Research Institute. In this position, Forsberg will direct all operations of the private, non-profit institute, a supporting organization of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that provides core services to UW-Madison stem cell researchers and operates the National Stem Cell Bank.
  • Photo of Aldo Leopold Digital project puts Aldo Leopold papers online April 8, 2008 The project to digitize the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives' complete collection of materials from conservationist Aldo Leopold has made its first installment of online materials available to the public.
  • Photo of greater prairie chicken Watching the birds: Agri-tourism could help save colorful prairie chicken April 7, 2008 In terms of entertaining courtship rituals, few animals can hold a candle to Tympanuchus cupido -- the drummer of love, commonly known as the greater prairie chicken.
  • Photo of George Huber Money doesn’t grow on trees, but gasoline might April 7, 2008 In 2003, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student George Huber and colleagues made hydrogen from plant sugars using nickel-tin alloy catalysts in the lab of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor James Dumesic.