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How a crop nutrition problem becomes an insect problem

May 11, 2006

Potassium-stressed soybean plants - with their telltale yellowed leaf edges - can harbor large numbers of soybean aphids, insidious pests that can cause millions of dollars in damage to Wisconsin crops.

Free program offers scientific exploration to everyone

May 9, 2006

Steve Preston, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will talk about how his personal journey with cancer has shaped not only his master's thesis research on sustainable engineering, but his approach to life, at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10. His project on engineering mall, an elaborate, interconnected structure of paper tube arches that bridge art, engineering and industry, portrays life as a series of portals.

Dedication ceremony honors revered freshwater biologist

May 8, 2006

A dedication ceremony at the Center for Limnology (CFL) today (May 8) is honoring the vision and achievements of a late UW–Madison scientist by naming a laboratory after him. The newly named facility - the Arthur Davis Hasler Laboratory for Limnology - has been at the core of education and UW–Madison research in the aquatic sciences for more than four decades.

Metal-embedding method helps tiny sensors function in extreme environments

May 4, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineers have developed a method for fabricating "packages" of tiny sensors that measure temperature more accurately than bulk thermocouples.

Scientists share common interests at human biology symposium

May 4, 2006

More than 600 registrants are expected to attend the fourth Wisconsin Symposium on Human Biology Monday-Thursday, May 22-25, at UW–Madison.

Scaled-down genome may power up E. coli’s ability in lab, industry

April 27, 2006

By stripping the E. coli genome of vast tracts of its genetic material — hundreds of apparently inconsequential genes — a team of Wisconsin researchers has created a leaner and meaner version of the bacterium that is a workhorse of modern biology and industry.

Scientists discover a master key to microbes’ pathogenic lifestyles

April 27, 2006

A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health reports the discovery of a master molecular sensor embedded in the spores of the fungi that triggers a transformation from that of a benign lifestyle in the soil to a deadly pathogen.

Three faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

April 26, 2006

Three members of the UW–Madison faculty were among 72 individuals elected this week to the National Academies of Science.

‘Virtual’ symposium brings nanotech, biotech topics to K-12 science teachers

March 28, 2006

On Monday, May 1, educators from around Wisconsin will join with educators in Indiana and Minnesota to explore the convergence of nanotechnology and biotechnology with a panel of experts drawn from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the National Science Foundation and Wisconsin's biotechnology community. The New Technologies symposium will originate from the Pyle Center at UW–Madison and will be broadcast live via Internet2 beginning at 8 a.m.

Engineers squeeze secrets from proteins

March 21, 2006

Proteins, one of the basic components of living things, are among the most studied molecules in biochemistry. Understanding how proteins form or "fold" from sequenced strings of amino acids has long been one of the grand challenges of biology.