Category: Research

Compounds with double and triple bonds between carbon atoms abound. In contrast, silicon only reluctantly forms double bonds and, until this week, no compound with a triple bond involving silicon had been synthesized.

Author: Robert West, UW-Madison Department of Chemistry.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have shed light on an innovative way to treat patients with Alzheimer�s disease.

President Bush on Wednesday nominated Arden L. Bement Jr. to lead the National Science Foundation, three days before his term as acting director was set to expire. (Login required.)

Madison’s week in the political spotlight began Monday when First Lady Laura Bush and Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, campaigned in the area on behalf of their spouses.

Bush’s speech focused on how political issues affect women, while Edwards’ address dealt specifically with stem cell research.

With a big, gold “Kerry 2004” pin clipped prominently to her purple blazer, Elizabeth Edwards on Monday said her guided tour of UW-Madison’s Waisman Center was educational, not political.

One of the major goals of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Integrated Dairy Facilities Program has been completed. Known as Phase I, the college’s Marshfield Agriculture Research Station has now completed the construction of a new laboratory and administrative facility for heifer research–which includes barns, a milking parlor, feeding and animal health care facilities, and supporting infrastructure elements.

A group of leading medical journals yesterday released a plan to stop publishing the results of clinical trials unless a test is registered at its outset in a public database.

MADISON, Wis. – Major advancements in computing performance were developed at the computer science and electrical engineering departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Adjusted for inflation, wages for black men in the state declined from $15 per hour in the early 1980s to just over $11 in 2003, according to a new report by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a UW-Madison research center for progressive state and local policy.

Honored: Tamir Moustafa of the University of Wisconsin at Madison (public law). (Subscription required.)

UW-Madison researchers think they’ve found a protein that could stop Alzheimer’s disease in its tracks.

MADISON ââ?¬â? The U.S. Department of Defense has chosen a University of Wisconsin lab to create the electronic training programs that will underpin the federal government’s attempts to curb modern slavery worldwide.

MADISON – Carbon monoxide, or CO, has long been a major technical barrier to the efficient operation of fuel cells. But now, chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have not only cleared that barrier – they also have discovered a method to capture carbon monoxide’s energy.

A measure on the Nov. 2 ballot in California asks voters to fund stem-cell research in that state. WARF calls it a wake-up call for Wisconsin, which could take a back seat to states that invest in the research.

Madison – An animal rights group has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the deaths of three monkeys this summer at a University of Wisconsin-Madison research center.

Given the number of human pharmaceuticals and hormones that make their way into wastewater, some people are concerned about how well treatment plants that turn sewage into reusable water remove these chemicals.

Joel Pedersen, a University of Wisconsin-Madison environmental chemist co-authored a paper detailing this research.

A new method to probe the forces that control higher order structure in proteins under native conditions�that is, structure-promoting conditions for the protein�has been developed by chemists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Many research teams are working to make portable sensors that are capable of detecting biological substances like toxins, bacteria and viruses outside the laboratory.

One challenge in making such devices is finding a way for sensing molecules to indicate the presence of target molecules in a way that can be conveyed to the larger world.

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison have made a portable sensor that conveys results visually.

The latest rash of extreme makeover shows like “The Swan,” complete with ruthless plastic surgery, has probably reinforced the belief that you need to look a certain way to succeed in life. But a recent study by Kevin Kniffin, an honorary fellow in the anthropology department at UW-Madison, says otherwise.

There�s nothing quite like going into the deep freeze to learn more about planet Earth.

That�s where Jihong Cole-Dai, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at South Dakota State University, and graduate students Drew Budner and Dave Ferris will find themselves when they head to Antarctica in December.

The South Pole field team, will consist of the three SDSU researchers and two drilling engineers from the University of Wisconsin

Electrical conditions similar to those found on some Wisconsin farms may affect the immune systems of cows, but it’s still unclear if it hampers their ability to fight disease, a UW-Madison researcher found.

MADISON, Wis. — What’s more important to a manufacturing company: time or money?

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, ruthlessly cutting down the time it takes to get products developed and produced is seen as the best way to reduce costs and end up with more � you guessed it � money.

UW-Madison researchers try to piece together data to determine they could have predicted that the storm would gain strength before landfall.

While pleasurable experiences may lift your spirits, the ones that leave you with a sense of purpose and meaningful relationships may do even more: protect the body against ill health.

When researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Princeton University interviewed a group of older women and assessed their emotional and physical well-being, or levels of optimal health, they found that the people who were purposefully engaged in life tended to have better levels of physical functioning.

Honored: Myra Marx Ferree, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison: the Jessie Bernard Award, which recognizes contributions to the sociology of women and gender. (Subscription required.)

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An infrared satellite image taken at 1015 BST on Friday shows Hurricane Charley between Cuba and Florida (Image: NOAA)

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Hurricane Charley has passed Cuba, where it brought coastal flooding, torrential rain and tornadoes. It remains on track for the US state of Florida, where tropical storm Bonnie dumped more than 15 centimetres of rain in parts of the state on Thursday. Bonnie was later downgraded to a tropical depression.

UW-Madison hurricane expert Derrick Herndon is quoted.

LONDON, Aug. 11 – British regulators on Wednesday issued the country’s first license to use cloning techniques to generate a human embryo to produce stem cells that might be used for the treatment of disease.

Jesse Alswager could barely reach the microphones because he’s only 7.

He seems much too young to be involved in politics, let alone presidential politics.