Congressman Mark Pocan met with constituents Wednesday in Madison to talk about the federal sequester budget cuts. He spoke with researchers and faculty at U.W. Madison which will lose $35 million in the current year, with cuts to follow for the next nine years, and thus will result in a loss of scientific research grants.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Sangtae Kim received a prestigious South Korean award Wednesday for his research work in the fields of science, engineering and math.
University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members expressed concern Wednesday to U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., that the sequester, a series of automatic federal spending cuts that recently took effect, could have a devastating impact on research programs.
UW-Madison engineering professor Sangtae Kim has been honored by his native South Korea for his accomplishments in engineering research.
?Politics can be a brutal business with beautiful outcomes,? says Dave Cieslewicz.That?s one of the lessons the former Madison mayor hopes to get across in the political science course he is currently teaching as an adjunct professor at UW-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison, one of the nation?s top public research institutions, is opening normally closed doors: Its 11th annual science expeditions open house will be held April 5-7.
Ever place your keys in your pocket, only to start looking for them a half-second later? According to a study performed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it?s not because you?re going crazy?it?s because you?re stressed.
The first weather satellite to successfully report global weather data from space was launched 53 years ago this week. An institute within the University of Wisconsin?s has surfaced two of the first images sent back, though there?s some debate as to which of the two came first. The pictures show the earth in grainy black-and-white, but it?s easy to make out the cloud covering that NASA and NOAA used as proof that such satellites could be useful in making meteorological predictions.
The arms of spiral galaxies in our universe are caused and sustained by giant molecular clouds, according to astrophysics research.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – A Purdue professor has been awarded the 2013 Ho-Am Engineering Prize from Korea, which is the highest engineering research award issued by that nation.
Spiral galaxies have long been the subject of astronomers? research as no definitive conclusion has been made over what actually causes them. Now, however, researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have helped solve this mystery, stating that they?ve proven that the spiral arms are persistent, long-lived, and self-perpetuating.
There has been a lot of talk about spiral arms in disk galaxies and this is what perhaps has intrigued researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. They have revealed in The Astrophysical Journal that the stellar spiral arms are not transient features as hitherto believed.
Spiral galaxies are beautiful astronomical realities that have long been the cause of speculation, with no definitive conclusion having been made over what causes them. Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have helped solve this conundrum, stating that they?ve proved the spiral arms are persistent, long-lived, and self-perpetuating.
Potential federal budget cuts in research funding has been a hot-button issue for public institutions across the nation and although a recent report said cuts will have a limited impact on universities, campus officials are not yet certain how the cut will affect research at the University of Wisconsin.
It?s wrong to profit from wrecking the planet.? So says Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org. Climate change has become, front and center, a moral issue: Will human society turn away from burning fossil fuels in time to prevent catastrophic changes to the Earth?s climate, human society and the ecosystem? What kind of world will we leave for future generations?
An atmospheric river is a term used to describe a relatively narrow region in the atmosphere that transports water vapor outside of the tropics northward. They are typically a few thousand miles long and 100 miles wide. There can be three to five of these ?rivers? at any time covering the hemisphere.
Noted: Although hutches pose challenges when the weather is wet ? particularly for the people taking care of calves ? it is not recommended to add an additional roof over the hutches as this will limit ventilation, says Becky Brotzman, veterinarian and associate outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Before 2005, Sandra Adell had never set foot in a casino. But when a friend of the then 59-year-old professor at the University of Wisconsin?Madison asked Adell to accompany her to the Ho-Chunk casino about 45 minutes away from her home, she obliged. As Adell walked through the casino floor, she thought to herself, “Why in the world are all these people here?” She sat down at a machine, and by the time she got up, she was hooked.
A team of five students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School won first place for strategies they proposed to combat childhood obesity in a national public affairs competition in Washington, D.C., last weekend.
New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other specialized circuits, accounts for the variability in symptoms shown by patients with severe anxiety. In a brain-imaging study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health describe work that for the first time provides an understanding of the root causes of clinical variability in anxiety disorders.
Ever wonder how pet microchipping works, or whether you have what it takes to become a veterinarian?The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine and UW Veterinary Care, the school?s veterinary medical teaching hospital, will open their doors to the public April 7 in Madison.
Actor James Cromwell, who broke in on a UW Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 7 to protest cruelty to cats used in university research, settled his case Monday by paying a fine for a civil offense.
As the buzz grows louder over the science of bringing extinct species back to life, a conservation biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sounding a note of caution.
MILWAUKEE — While interest in mindfulness meditation as a stress reliever has grown through the years, there?s been little evidence to support that it helps those suffering from chronic inflammation conditions in which psychological stress plays a major role.Until now.
The elimination of a key milk production report that lost its federal funding could lead to uncertainty in the dairy industry and price hikes for some dairy products.
The State Building Commission has approved a $75 million science center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
The State Building Commission has approved a $75 million science center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Cellular Dynamics International is getting a $16 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop several thousand stem cell lines that will become the basis of a stem cell biobank for use by researchers worldwide.
A Madison company said Thursday it has been awarded $16 million to manufacture stem cell lines for research.C
MADISON ? The State of Wisconsin Investment Board?s announcement this week that it would help capitalize an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology had a bit of a ?Bachelor? feel to it.
We?re unearthing a piece from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the archives of Aldo Leopold to try to inject a little spring in cold, mid-March.
Federal inspectors have cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab after a cat was burned.
The Association of Women in Agriculture is asking its alumni and other supporters to mark their calendars for AWA Day, being held April 6 at the Lowell Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Federal inspectors have cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab after a cat was burned.It was an incident that occurred last spring in a UW Madison lab ? a cat was burned on its leg. The kitty had a hand warmer to keep it warm, when it slipped onto its leg and burned it. The lab has been cited, but no penalties were issued.
The Wisconsin Energy Institute, which represents the sustainable and collaborative research it houses to find new ways to reduce and conserve energy, will open to the public in early April.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab has been cited by federal inspectors after a cat was burned.
There is a room in the Biochemistry building overflowing with scientific gadgets and gizmos. The dull glint of old microscopes and beakers sitting on every available flat surface is conspicuous against the piles of papers and boxes. Hidden behind this hodgepodge sits the desk of Professor Emeritus of biochemistry David Nelson: His necessary ?I?m back here? is a beacon of sound guiding me through his office.
Federal inspectors have cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab after a cat was burned.The U.S. Department of Agriculture noted in the lab?s records that a hand warmer keeping the cat warm slipped onto its leg and burned it last April.
Crossing county lines in your state can mean a world of difference for your health, a new report reveals. The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Program, a study and website created by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found major differences between state counties close to one another and even some that share borders.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison lab was cited by the United States Department of Agriculture after inspectors noted in the lab?s records that a handwarmer keeping a cat warm slipped onto its leg and burned it last April.
In a powerful demonstration of reprogrammings potential to treat human disease and injury, scientists at University of Wisconsin-Madison turned a rhesus monkeys skin cells into early brain cells, then implanted them successfully in the monkeys brain.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – UW Madison scientists say a recent stem-cell experiment could lead to a future cure for Parkinson?s disease.Neuro-scientist Su-Chun Zhang said his team converted skin cells from a rhesus monkey into early brain cells ? and they then implanted them in the same monkey?s brain.
UW-Madison scientists transplanted brain cells derived from monkeys? skin into the monkeys? brains and watched the cells develop into mature brain cells, according to a new study.The findings, published in the journal Cell Reports, illustrate the potential for personalized medicine, where treatments are designed for each individual patient.
For the first time, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers successfully implanted stem cells generated from skin cells into the region of a monkey?s brain that was affected by Parkinson?s disease, according to a study released Thursday.
Scientists have taken cells from rhesus monkeys? skin, turned them into neural cells, then implanted them successfully into the monkeys? brains. After six months, the transplanted cells showed no scarring and looked healthy and normal?except that they glowed green, a characteristic the scientists added to the cells so they could find the cells later.
“This is the biggest crowd ever,” was the common greeting among attendees at the 16th Bi-annual Badger Invitational Dairy Sale held at the historic Stock Pavilion on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ag campus last Saturday, March 9.
For University of Wisconsin-Madison student Chloe Brown, taking the stage at the Morgridge Engaged Scholarship Summit isn?t just an opportunity to present the results of her research on mentorship.
The Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics is proud to announce that one of their recent editorial board appointees has been recognized with the 2013 Dillon Medal. Mahesh Mahanthappa, professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin?Madison, will be awarded the distinction at the upcoming American Physical Society (APS) March meeting in Baltimore, with a symposium held in his honor.
The University of Wisconsin will welcome the Dalai Lama to campus in May to participate in a panel moderated by nationally-acclaimed journalists Arianna Huffington and Daniel Goleman.
The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Madison along with other international thought leaders to take part in a series of panel discussions in May as part of the ?Change your Mind Change the World? event at the Overture Center.
At its best, the Web is a place for unlimited exchange of ideas. But Web-savvy news junkies have known for a long time that reader feedback can often turn nasty. Now a study in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication suggests that rude comments on articles can even change the way we interpret the news.
We wouldn?t be surprised if the now-ubiquitous advice, ?Don?t read the comments,? was likely first uttered soon after online readers were given the ability to leave notes at the end of blog posts, news stories, or whatever online content that they were watching or reading on the Internet (those four words of conventional wisdom even has its own dedicated Twitter feed.) Now, however, there is empirical evidence suggesting that reading the comments can actually affect the way that you understand the original story.
Participants in the University of Wisconsin-Madison study were given one of three definitions, each of which framed nanotechnology differently. One definition highlighted nanotechnology?s novel applications, another focused on its risks and benefits, and a third touched on both applications and risks and benefits. The researchers then assessed the participants? level of support for nanotechnology and their level of engagement?their interest in learning more.
March 9 (Reuters) – Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Carol Greider used to have eight to 10 young researchers working in her university laboratory, but with U.S. government funds for scientific research shrinking in recent years, she?s gone down to four.
The University of Wisconsin could lose about $35 million dollars in research funding over the next year, the UW System?s president said Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison stands to lose about $35 million in research funding in the next year, or 3.5% of its roughly $1 billion research base, through automatic cuts to the federal budget, UW System President Kevin Reilly said Thursday.
Ron Kalil, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin?Madison, didn?t expect to see his son among the 28,500 attendees at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans last October. And he wondered why Tom Kalil, deputy director for policy at the White House?s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), was accompanied by Miyoung Chun, vice-president of science programmes at the Kavli Foundation in Oxnard, California.
Researchers from George Mason University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison set up a fake blog with a news item on a new (and also fake) technological product called nanosilver that had several benefits and several risks. They then created two versions of the news post, one with comments that ran the gamut from supportive to skeptical but were civil, and one where the comments ran the same gamut but contained rude outbursts, obscenities and attacks on other commenters.
A study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs suggests life span for women in some parts of the country is actually falling, a finding that generated a lively discussion among Wall Street Journal readers. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal spoke with the authors of the study?David Kindig, a health-sciences professor at the University of Wisconsin?s Population Health Institute, and Erika Cheng, a Ph.D candidate at the university?about what factors may be behind the result. Here is an edited excerpt:
Estimates say the federal sequester cuts will cost Wisconsin hospitals one billion dollars over the next 10 years, or $2 million each week, according to a Wisconsin Hospital Association statement.
