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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.

Leading scientists to highlight annual stem cell research symposium

April 11, 2008

A cadre of North America's leading stem cell scientists will land in Madison April 16 for the third annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.

Bioethics forum to be an evolutionary affair

April 11, 2008

The 2008 International Bioethics Forum, to be held April 17-18 at Promega Corporation's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (BTC) in Fitchburg, will delve into the science and controversies of evolution in the 21st Century.

WAGE awards three research collaborative grants related to globalization

April 10, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces the three winners of its research collaborative competition, each receiving $100,000 during a three-year period.

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.

MSNBC science editor is visiting writer

April 9, 2008

Alan MSNBC science editor is visiting writer, science editor for msnbc.com, has been named the Science Writer in Residence for this spring.

Recent sightings: Science Expeditions 2008

April 8, 2008

A UW–Madison student demonstrates to Natalie Rodenkirch how DNA is isolated in the lab at an activity booth during the “Science is…

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.