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Anthropologist, ‘underground astronaut’ strike fossil gold in South Africa dig

December 6, 2013

Squeezing through a gap called the International Postbox and climbing the jagged Dragon's Back were not in Alia Gurtov's plans for the fall semester, but she made an exception in order to participate in a wildly successful archaeological expedition into a South African cave.

Fledgling supernova remnant reveals neutron star’s secrets

December 4, 2013

With the help of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Australia Telescope Compact Array, an international team of astronomers has identified the glowing wreck of a star that exploded a mere 2,500 years ago — the blink of an eye in astronomical terms.

Dairy science in spotlight as field advances

November 20, 2013

Dairy science is no longer the field of straw hats and bib overalls. The UW’s future is as thoroughly milk-soaked as its past.

Engineers explore ways to understand, outwit blood-brain barrier

November 13, 2013

MADISON — With support from the New Frontier Science group of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers are conducting innovative research that could open…