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.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found an increasing female mortality rate at a national level in a study one researcher called the first of its kind.
MEYRIN, Switzerland ? Vivek Sharma missed his daughter. A professor at the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Sharma had to spend months at a time away from home, coordinating a team of physicists at the Large Hadron Collider, here just outside Geneva. But on April 15, 2011, Meera Sharma?s 7th birthday, he flew to California for some much-needed family time. ?We had a fine birthday, a beautiful day,? he recalled.
Embedded in the national debate over automatic cuts in the federal budget ? the sequester ? is a question that could hit Wisconsin harder than many states: What is Washington?s role in fostering innovation?
It can take a lot of effort to eat well, exercise regularly and try to stay healthy, especially this time of year.For individuals, addressing public health problems ? such as obesity, health illiteracy and cancer ? can seem even more daunting.
IN the beginning, the technology gods created the Internet and saw that it was good. Here, at last, was a public sphere with unlimited potential for reasoned debate and the thoughtful exchange of ideas, an enlightening conversational bridge across the many geographic, social, cultural, ideological and economic boundaries that ordinarily separate us in life, a way to pay bills without a stamp.
The human tongue is an extraordinary bit of flesh. It?s alternately squishy and tense, at times delicate and others powerful. It helps us taste, talk, and tie cherry stems, all the while avoiding two interlocking rows of sharpened enamel that know only how to gnash. Now, it seems the tongue may even serve as a gateway to the human brain, providing us with the opportunity to treat serious afflictions from multiple sclerosis to combat-induced brain injuries.
Research on the bird flu may start up again on the University of Wisconsin campus after scientists voluntarily put the project on hold more than a year ago.
University of Wisconsin researchers have discovered a new way to detect and quantify proteins, which could potentially lead to more efficient cancer research and diagnosis.
Government-funded scientists here in the U.S. are a step closer to being able to resume some controversial experiments with lab-altered bird flu viruses.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a device known as a PoNS, that shows promise for the treatment of traumatic brain injuries, strokes, or the effects of diseases such as Parkinson?s and multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command are now conducting a study on the device, which works by stimulating the patient?s tongue.
Madison has begun testing trees for emerald ash borers, an invasive Chinese insect that has been devastating much of North America?s ash trees.
MADISON, Wis. — Actor James Cromwell has been charged with a civil ordinance violation for allegedly disrupting a university meeting in Madison to protest animal testing.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? A bird flu virus at the center of an international debate sits in a padlocked freezer, deep inside a University of Wisconsin-Madison lab, waiting for new government guidelines that will allow researchers to continue unlocking its secrets.
I, too, am opposed to cruelty to animals during medical research. But I take issue with Thursday?s letter by a PETA member stating cats at UW “had their heads cut open and had steel rods screwed to their skulls.” Due to a recurrent brain tumor, I?ve had two craniotomies. So I, too, have had my head cut open and had steel rods screwed to my skull to hold it steady during surgery. That?s how brain surgery is done.
Government-funded scientists here in the U.S. are a step closer to being able to resume some controversial experiments with lab-altered bird flu viruses. That includes Yoshihiro Kawaoka’s UW-Madison lab, visited by NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce earlier this month.
Government-funded scientists here in the U.S. are a step closer to being able to resume some controversial experiments with lab-altered bird flu viruses.
While there?s no end of robust and heated conversation about genetically modified foods, there are strikingly few comprehensive studies that put a numeric value on the costs and benefits.
MILWAUKEE — Major medical breakthroughs happen everyday, and not just for us but for our pets too. Some of these advancements are right here in Southeast Wisconsin?s own backyard. We recently traveled to Madison to see how new modern technology is saving our furry friends.We came across one dog named Rosie. Her owner has come from Chicago to get specialized treatment at UW Veterinary Care on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Her 8 ½ year old daschund is suffering from thyroid cancer and is undergoing extensive radiation through TomoTherapy. The university is one of two across the nation providing this advanced type of modern medicine. The prognosis appears promising for Rosie.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry department will debut a new art exhibit to educate the public on the university?s current and past cancer research.The exhibit, ?Healing through Art and Science: Cancer,? is part of an ongoing initiative by the biochemistry department to showcase the university?s research through art, according to a statement released by the university.
Regarding Saturday?s guest column, “Cat research, after all the drama,” by UW-Madison research director Eric Sandgren:UW?s response to criticism about its barbaric taxpayer-funded experiments on cats has been to distort, deny and dismiss the well-documented cruelty and to silence dissent.
Days after a meteorite struck Russia and left more than 1,000 injured, University of Wisconsin scientists concluded a study of a meteorite that hit Wisconsin with findings of its complex geological history after three years of investigation.
Madison – A bird flu virus at the center of an international debate sits in a padlocked freezer, deep inside a University of Wisconsin-Madison lab, waiting for new government guidelines that will allow researchers to continue unlocking its secrets.
It?s a familiar story. You buy a scoop of ice cream, only to find it dripping down to a puddle after just a few licks. Few consider the science behind this phenomenon, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are getting beyond the cone to study how ice cream melts.
Anyone who?s spent any time on the internet is familiar with trolls. From politics to sports to science, trolls take pleasure in bashing a story from every possible angle. Science is no exception, and recent research shows that when it comes to science news, the trolls are winning.
Hollywood star James Cromwell, from the Academy Award winning film “Babe” joins Jane Velez-Mitchell to discuss his latest role: Loud protester at a university board hearing.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – A student from Mahtomedi is trying to get his chance to fly into space, and you can help.Jake Rohrig went to the University of Wisconsin, Madison to pursue a degree in its Astronautical Engineering program.
A new process being pioneered in the US could lead to greater integration of strained silicon in flexible electronics.
Eric Sandgren, director of the Research Animal Resource Center, writes about allegations by PETA in a guest column in the Wisconsin State Journal.
Now that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has had its moment of theatrics in front of the UW Board of Regents, let?s look at some pertinent facts about their campaign against UW-Madison research on sound localization.
To understand whether life exists on Mars and other planets, University of Wisconsin scientists are contextualizing these planets by first researching the origins and evolution of life on Earth.
From UFO sightings to reports of alien activity, scientists have searched for answers to questions about extra-terrestrial life for decades.
A University of Wisconsin engineer who creates innovative health promotion technologies was named to the National Academy of Engineering Tuesday.
Ian Duncan was interviewed on NBC15.
Alzheimer?s disease researchers at the University of Wisconsin identified the first signs of brain function decline, bringing them closer to winning the battle against the disease.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin are one step closer to finding a cure for carpal tunnel syndrome through the use of video technology to record and analyze workers? upper body movements.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus David Gustafson was elected into the National Academy of Engineering Thursday along with 68 other new members and 11 foreign associates.Gustafson was inducted into the NAE for his industrial and systems engineering methods to improve care for older patients and people who suffer from lung cancer, severe asthma or drug addiction.
A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology has some eye-opening findings for tired parents: We?re not actually as sleep deprived as we think. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, looked at parents of kids ages 0 to 18 and evaluated how much sleep they were losing at different stages. It?s no big shock that the younger the kids were, the more sleep deprivation parents experienced.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are helping search for evidence of alien life not by looking into outer space, but by studying some rocks right here on Earth.
In a new paper, University of Wisconsin-Madison archaeologist T. Douglas Price and a Welsh researcher report that studies of prehistoric teeth found in modern Romania and Serbia indicate farming was introduced to Central Europe by colonizers from the Near East.
Lately our fair city has been the recipient of continuous dustings of light snow evoking images of a Brueghel painting. In fact, Thursday was the ninth consecutive day with measurable snow, tying a record set only one other time (Feb. 23-March 3, 2007) in Madison?s history.
The telegram from President John F. Kennedy to University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington was both eerie and visionary. Eerie because it was delivered Nov. 20, 1963 ? just two days before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas ? and visionary because it seemed to anticipate the challenges confronting science in its quest to explore the human brain.
The telegram from President John F. Kennedy to University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington was both eerie and visionary. Eerie because it was delivered Nov. 20, 1963 ? just two days before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas ? and visionary because it seemed to anticipate the challenges confronting science in its quest to explore the human brain.
Noted: We know that anonymity makes a huge difference in how we interact with each other, says University of Wisconsin-Madison communications professor Dietram Scheufele. People say different things when they are wearing a mask, or at least say it in a different way.
73-year-old Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell was arrested this morning at the University of Wisconsin — after bursting into a board meeting … claiming the school tortures cats in the name of science.
Hollywood actor James Cromwell was arrested Thursday morning after interrupting a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting to demand an end to experiments on cats at UW-Madison.
As the evil Dr. Arden on the recently wrapped “American Horror Story: Asylum,” James Cromwell committed any number of atrocities, including the double amputation of the asylum?s resident nymphomaniac, Shelley.
Who hasn?t, perhaps on the cusp of a late-night dream, come up with the perfect idea for something new, an invention that would, if not change the world, certainly make you a fortune?
