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Biologists focus on weed/crop competition
At one time, weeding was a tedious, backbreaking part of farm work. Today it's a tedious, backbreaking part of research. Just ask Jed Colquhoun, Shawn Conley or Mike Moechnig. Read More
Scientists take ecological approach to weeds
UW-Madison researchers have begun a new effort to understand weed-crop competition. When completed, the research will help Wisconsin growers manage weeds more efficiently and reduce their reliance on herbicides. Read More
CCBC picks top children’s books
The professional staff of the Cooperative Children's Book Center has released CCBC Choices 2000, which provides annotated entries on 223 of the best books for children and young adults published in 1999. Read More
Program uses family to help at-risk children
A nationwide program to keep at-risk children out of trouble - Families and Schools Together - has cut a swath of success through the tangled thicket of poverty, drugs and social isolation. Read More
‘Tat’ protein advances AIDS vaccine search
Rhesus monkeys immunized with an inactivated HIV protein called Tat toxoid showed markedly lower viral levels following infection with simian HIV, according to a report in this week's on-line issue of the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read More
Will robots milk Wisconsin dairy cows?
Robotic milkers could someday free Wisconsin dairy farmers from the tyranny of the milking schedule. However, for the short term, the machines will be a risky investment, according to Doug Reinemann, a milking systems researcher at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Read More
History book examines Madison government
The La Follette Institute has published a book titled 'Madison, An Administration History of Wisconsin's Capital City 1929-79.' Read More
More exercise may mean less pain
Kinesiologist Kelli Koltyn studies the intersection between exercise and pain and whether exercise can actually have a pain-relieving effect, not unlike downing a couple aspiri Read More
Microbe may be a key to mine pollution
A newfound microbe that eats iron and lives in acid-drenched conditions has been identified as a chief suspect in the environmental damage caused by metal ore mining. Read More
Employee-friendly practices pay off
The adoption of employee-friendly policies by corporations may or may not improve bottom-line performance, but they at least pay for themselves, contrary to many popular notions. Read More
Rotational grazing triples on state dairy farms
About 23 percent of Wisconsin's dairy farmers used management-intensive rotational grazing last year -- more than triple the seven percent that used rotational grazing in 1993, a UW–Madison survey has shown. Read More
Book: Librarian was an early civil rights activist
The civil rights movement of the '60s was boosted by the bravery of those who had gone before, and Martin Luther King Jr. had a surprising partner from the '40s and '50s: an elderly white librarian in a small Oklahoma town. That librarian is the focus of a new book by Louise Robbins, director of the School of Library and Information Studies. Read More
Study challenges wisdom of holding back students
A new study by a education professor Elizabeth Graue challenges the conventional wisdom about the value of 'redshirting' children by delaying their entry into kindergarten or of asking them to repeat a grade in K-3. Read More
Atmospheric scientists take to the skies again
The Wisconsin Snow and Cloud-Terra 2000 experiment will once again bring to Madison NASA's ER-2, a high-altitude research plane, to validate science scientific instuments on NASA's new earth observing satellite, Terra. Read More
Art professor to curate Smithsonian collection
Truman Lowe, internationally acclaimed sculptor and university faculty member for 24 years, is serving as contemporary arts curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. Read More
Prof reveals truth about cherry tree story: It’s a lie
You may have used the story of George Washington and the cherry tree to teach your children the virtue of honesty. While a sterling example of personal integrity, the incident is a complete fabrication, concocted in 1806 by Parson Weems for a fictional account of Washington's life, according to Stephen Lucas, professor of communication arts and author of 'The Quotable George Washington' (1999: Madison House). Read More
Pigment power: Carrots join fight against cancer
Have you ever seen a purple carrot? How about white, yellow, or red? Recent research suggests that pigments in these colorful carrots, which taste just like regular carrots, may help prevent heart disease and cancer, and reduce cholesterol. Read More