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Reduced diet thwarts aging, disease in monkeys
The bottom-line message from a decades-long study of monkeys on a restricted diet is simple: Consuming fewer calories leads to a longer, healthier life.
UW-Madison expands agreement with Google
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has expanded its agreement with Google to digitize books from UW–Madison's collection and make them available online.
Doctor’s compassion may help cure colds faster
Some cold medicines will shave a day off your suffering from the common cold, but they often produce unpleasant side effects. A new study shows, for the first time, that the doctor's empathy may be an even better way to speed recovery.
Latest Badger Poll results released
The latest results of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Badger Poll have been released.
Message from Chancellor Martin to Graduate Students and the University Community Regarding Collective Bargaining
I am writing to inform you of a provision in the 2009–11 state budget that affects University of Wisconsin–Madison research assistants and is a matter of importance for the campus.
Message from Chancellor Martin to Faculty Regarding Collective Bargaining for Research Assistants
As you know, the governor has now signed the state budget. I encourage you to visit the budget site, linked from our home page, for highlights and analysis. In this message, I wish to call a particular measure to your attention, one that became part of the process relatively recently. The state budget bill signed by the governor gives University of Wisconsin–Madison research assistants the right to unionize through a card-authorization process.
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery research themes
Polymer Bio-Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Stem cells have enormous promise for regenerating or replacing tissues, but these restorative applications must satisfy the need to…