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Babies could eat more red meat, says IFT19 speaker

Food Business News

Quoted: Frank R. Greer, M.D., emeritus professor of pediatrics and nutritional science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Medicine, made the case for consumption of heme iron found in red meat and dark poultry in a June 3 presentation in New Orleans at IFT19, the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting and exposition.

Encountering backyard bloodsuckers? The Tick App tracks that

Capital Times

The app is part of a behavioral study being carried out by researchers at UW-Madison and Columbia University in New York who are seeking to better understand where and how people encounter ticks. They’re particularly interested in finding out what activities people are doing (and where they’re doing them) when they encounter black-legged (or deer) ticks (Ixodes scapularis), which often carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

Schymanski, Susan Jean “Sue”

She retired in 2012 as Vice Chancellor Administration and Financial Services, UW Extension. Susan took great pride in her lifetime career and accomplishments for the UW System and UW Extension.

People With Depression May Face A Higher Risk Of Chronic Illnesses, A New Study Suggests

Bustle

Stress reduction techniques, such as meditation and deep breathing, getting some exercise into your routine, and optimizing your sleep at night can help, the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says. Turmeric, fresh produce, and probiotics are also considered anti-inflammatory foods, as Annakeara Stinson previously wrote for Bustle.

How Korea was divided and why the aftershocks still haunt us today

Washington Post

New missile tests in North Korea have put the region back in the spotlight. The tests portend trouble ahead for President Trump’s extremely ambitious Korean agenda no matter how much confidence he has in Kim Jung Un.

–David P. Fields is the associate director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin and the author of “Foreign Friends: Syngman Rhee, American Exceptionalism, and the Division of Korea.”

Debate rages over 5G impact on US weather forecasting

Physics World

Quoted: Jordan Gerth, a meteorologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says that the water-vapour signal lies in the spectrum band between 23.6 and 24 GHz and that 5G transmissions could easily leak into that range.  “It would be like noisy neighbours moving in next door with a very loud transmitter,” he told Physics World.

Breaking: robot makes breakfast

Cosmos

The research team led by Daniel Rakita from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, US, set out to find a way to replicate the so-called “gestalt” effect of human two-handed movement, in which arms and hands move together to achieve what each individual limb cannot do alone.

FREEDOM behind BARS

The Nation

Meanwhile her book will soon be translated and published in English. Tyrell Haberkorn, an associate professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law, and Violence in Northern Thailand”, will take on the translating work.

Chronic ozone exposure overlaps with injured arteries

Futurity

Wang’s study—which includes researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin-Madison—has policy implications for the US, where the Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 lowered the federal health standards for ozone.

UW System’s Cross: ‘I feel like I’ve been kicked in the shins’ on budget committee vote

Capital Times

Cross said he had been told up until last week Thursday that the system’s budget ask was reasonable, adding he was shocked by the committee’s action. “The Legislature missed an opportunity to meet the future needs of this state,” he said. “I just can’t get over that. This was a great opportunity for them. We are the solution for a lot of the problems the state has.”