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• Early career award funds study of messenger RNA stability May 8, 2013 In an effort to improve microorganisms that can sustainably produce fuels and chemicals, a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer is using a U.S. Department of Energy award to study what - if anything - gets lost in the translation of genetic information.
• Decline in snow cover spells trouble for many plants, animals May 6, 2013 For plants and animals forced to tough out harsh winter weather, the coverlet of snow that blankets the north country is a refuge, a stable beneath-the-snow habitat that gives essential respite from biting winds and subzero temperatures.
• Shakhashiri receives prestigious award for public education May 3, 2013 Bassam Shakhashiri, a chemistry professor and William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received the 2013 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science.
• Unique engineering shop looks to another challenge of 21st century physics May 3, 2013 Sequestered in the farmland near Stoughton, an unusual University of Wisconsin-Madison facility - part machine shop, part design lab, part physics outpost - continues to make machines, equipment and detectors for the world's most advanced experiments.
• Adult cells transformed into early-stage nerve cells, bypassing the pluripotent stem cell stage May 2, 2013 A University of Wisconsin-Madison research group has converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells - without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced pluripotent stem cell, or iPSC.
• With heart cells, middle schoolers learn the hard lessons of science May 2, 2013 The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating.
• UW flu expert elected to National Academy of Sciences May 1, 2013 Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and leading expert on influenza, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
• UW physicist works with young Rube Goldbergs at Madison elementary school April 25, 2013 The rules are simple, explains Mike Randall, a University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist, who is leading the Rube Goldberg lab tonight at Emerson School in Madison. "Make a contraption that starts by dropping a marble and ends by ringing a bell."
• Filmmaker, glaciologist, artist to receive honorary degrees May 17 April 23, 2013 Honorary degrees will be bestowed on three individuals considered to be pioneers in their fields at UW–Madison commencement in May. One is a groundbreaking documentary filmmaker, another is a trailblazing glaciologist, and the third is a world-renowned glass artist.
• Classes in the park unite middle schoolers with college students, nature April 23, 2013 Trish O'Kane had reached a dead end. It was her first day teaching a capstone course in environmental studies at the Nelson Institute, and she was ready to forge ahead with a two-hour "college-style" lesson plan.
• Stem cell transplant restores memory, learning in mice April 21, 2013 For the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been transformed into nerve cells that helped mice regain the ability to learn and remember.
• Stem cell transplant restores memory, learning in mice April 21, 2013
• Gift of $5 million establishes two faculty chairs at School of Nursing April 16, 2013 The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing has received a gift of $5 million from John and Tashia Morgridge in honor of Mary and Carl Gulbrandsen, establishing two permanently endowed faculty chairs - one in pediatric nursing and one in health systems innovation.
• International astrophysics reaches Milwaukee April 16, 2013 Trips to the South Pole usually require a lot of specialized equipment, but Nils Irland's packing list for his November 2012 visit included some items unusual even by those standards: a specially designed video camera, extra batteries, and lots and lots of data storage.
• Kind honored for research support, advocacy April 16, 2013 Interim Chancellor David Ward and the Science Coalition have presented Congressman Ron Kind (D-Wis.) with its Champion of Science Award in recognition of his strong commitment to funding the basic research that keeps the United States and the state of Wisconsin at the forefront of scientific discovery and technological innovation.
• New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans April 12, 2013 A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic.
• Microbe shown to regulate its host’s biological clock April 12, 2013 At a time when scientists are beginning to recognize the pervasive influence of microbes in a legion of plant and animal functions, new research shows a symbiotic bacterium setting the biological clock of its host animal.
• Material screening method allows more precise control over stem cells April 10, 2013 When it comes to delivering genes to living human tissue, the odds of success come down the molecule. The entire therapy - including the tools used to bring new genetic material into a cell - must have predictable effects.
• WARF’s support for startups expands April 9, 2013 The announcement of a new source of investment capital for campus information technology entrepreneurs, or researchers aspiring to join their ranks, adds to a growing list of initiatives to speed the transfer of technologies from UW–Madison labs for the benefit of the public and advancing the pace of university innovation.
• In autism, age at diagnosis depends on specific symptoms April 9, 2013 The age at which a child with autism is diagnosed is related to the particular suite of behavioral symptoms he or she exhibits, new research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows.