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Conference to advise businesses on pandemic preparation

September 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

September 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.

New book examines science of the paranormal

August 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.

Genetic snooze button governs timing of spring flowers

August 9, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher Richard Amasino has revealed studies that have begun to peel back some of the mystery of how plants pace the seasons to bloom at the optimal time of year.

ResearchChannel programs available to Charter Digital Cable subscribers

August 2, 2006

Subscribers to Charter Digital Cable now have access to University of Wisconsin–Madison programming on ResearchChannel as video on demand.

Undergraduates delve into big science across campus

August 1, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has become a summertime magnet for undergraduate students looking to gain hands-on research experience.

National roster of science illustrators to meet at UW–Madison

July 25, 2006

The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference, hosted in 2006 by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will be held Sunday, July 30-Saturday, Aug. 5.

Soil scientists in the spotlight at World Congress of Soil Science

July 10, 2006

Soil scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will have international attention this week at the 18th World Congress of Soil Science on July 9-15 in Philadelphia.

Study of urban roadside dirt reveals potentially toxic mix of metals

June 29, 2006

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison learned that there's more to that cloud of roadway dirt than meets the eye: What looks like ordinary dirt actually is a potentially toxic mixture of non-tailpipe vehicle emissions, including microscopic metal particles from brake and tire wear.

New process makes diesel fuel, industrial chemicals from simple sugar

June 29, 2006

A University of Wisconsin–Madison chemical and biological engineering professor reports in the June 30 issue of the journal Science on a better way to make a chemical intermediate called HMF from fructose: fruit sugar. Chemical intermediates are compounds that are the raw material for many modern plastics, drugs and fuels.