Quoted: The finding fuels the debate about how mimicry ? which helps to deter would-be predators ? works. ?This is a long-standing mystery in biology,? says Sean Carroll, an evolutionary developmental biologist at the University of Wisconsin?Madison, who was not involved in the study. ?One of the most spectacular phenomena in nature is for two unrelated species to resemble each other.?
Noted: ?We wanted to create a situation where people could choose to lie or not lie, and it would happen naturally,? says the study?s lead author, Lyn M. Van Swol, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Watching how the players interacted, Van Swol and her colleagues at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard concluded that players exhibited three easy ?tells? when they were lying.
Noted: Liu?s experiment is an intriguing one, say China watchers. Though citizen journalism is booming in China, and opinions are increasingly easy to find online, Liu is one of the few ?producing serious and factual content,? said Fang Kecheng, a former reporter with the outspoken newspaper Southern Weekly, who is pursuing a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?Besides him, there?s barely anyone doing it.?
Quoted: ?The growth of the middle class in developing countries probably has more to do with the increase in demand and related prices than anything else,? said Jeff Sindelar, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies the meat industry.
Quoted: ?Nicotine is an addicting product and I worry about the effect on children,? says Dipesh Navsaria is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. He?s alarmed by how some of the new nicotine-delivery products are being marketed.
Quoted: ?The casino decision has the potential to be controversial,? said UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden. ?It is difficult to believe that the governor will have much more information in February than he has today. Moving it back simply avoids contaminating his (November) re-election bid. The casino decision is unlikely to be as consequential in a potential presidential campaign in 2016.?
Quoted: “From a marketing standpoint it?s a really interesting way for Oscar Mayer to get themselves to the forefront (of the market) in particular with younger people,” said Don Stanley, faculty associate in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: “From a marketing standpoint it?s a really interesting way for Oscar Mayer to get themselves to the forefront (of the market) in particular with younger people,” Don Stanley, faculty associate in the college of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also is chief executive and founder of digital marketing firm 3Rhino Media.
Researchers cited in U.S. House budget chairman Paul Ryan?s scholarly preface to the Republican budget say the report selectively uses data to discredit the 50-year-old War on Poverty.
As the threat of war looms over Ukraine and the international community scrambles to respond, the United States and its allies are weighing their limited options for mediation, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Andrew Kydd.
Jonathan Martin ? a professor in the UW-Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences department and one-half of the ?Weather Guys? who pen a Monday column in this newspaper ? said this most recent December through February period is likely to be the 11th coldest on record.
Quoted: Jonathan Martin and Steve Ackerman, professors of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
The newly formed Digital Lab for Manufacturing will develop a variety of digital tools to enhance efficiency and lower the cost of manufactured products. The Defense Department kicked in $70 million to the effort, with companies and research universities throughout the country joining as partners.
Even though the creature crawling on Phil Pellitteris telephone cord in his cluttered office on the University of Wisconsin campus was as tiny as an ant, it didnt escape the entomologists notice.
A University of Wisconsin professor has received a research grant to study preventative measures for individuals at high risk for Alzheimer?s disease.
Quoted: Rama Maganti, director of UW Health’s epilepsy program.
Most Wisconsin farmers remain skeptical about climate change, although data show they have already begun adapting to shifts in weather patterns. Quoted: Paul Mitchell, associate professor of agricultural and applied economics; and Chris Kucharik, assistant professor of agronomy and Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
Quoted: Judith Claire Mitchell, professor of English and director of the Creative Writing MFA program.
A recent study, co-authored by one of our colleagues at UW-Madison, has suggested that reductions in Arctic sea ice, which have made the Arctic warmer, have effectively reduced the pole-to-equator temperature difference. This theory ? though plausible ? has not gained wide acceptance and is being challenged from a number of different perspectives.
Human behavior in environmental policy was a key topic at Thursday?s Sustainability Forum held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Julie Allen, a UW-Madison professor of Scandinavian Studies, noted that standards of ?cultural familiarity? are already low for U.S. ambassadors, but that the case of George Tsunis demonstrates the opportunity that presidents squander by not appointing more knowledgeable diplomats.
Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will begin a two-year project to study the effects of aerobic exercise on the prevention of Alzheimer?s disease after receiving a research grant from the Alzheimer?s Association.
The University of Wisconsin is part of a new effort to make the United States more competitive in manufacturing.
UW-Madison is a research partner with the new “Digital Lab”, based in Chicago.
From a sheep ranch in Western Australia comes the oldest slice of Earth we know.
Noted: According to a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist who consulted with the French investigators, the mitochondrial profile from this tooth is present in less than one-half percent of the population. In other words, it?s not definitive evidence, but researchers argue that ? coupled with all the other evidence ? it?s enough.
Quoted:Â In general, “you can’t buy now and expect a big gain,” says Morris Davis, an associate professor in the real-estate department at the University of Wisconsin’s business school in Madison. “There’s more risk than there was.”
Robert Drechsel, the director of the UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics, said it?s not as if Novak is covering high school sports.?It just seems to me the kind of conflict that really isn?t the appropriate thing for journalists,? he said of Novak?s second job at city hall.
UW?Madison experts Downs, Drechsel, Mayer comment.
An international team of researchers led by scientists at UW-Madison have revealed new details on how Earth became habitable.
Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery have developed a spongelike material called an aerogel that could become a sustainable way to clean up oil spills. Quoted: Shaoqin “Sarah” Gong, associate professor of biomedical engineering.
Geology professor John Valley and his graduate student have found the oldest piece of Earth’s crust yet discovered.
UW?Madison Poli Sci Prof. Ken Mayer comments.
Reporters and political operatives are pouring over about 27,000 pages of emails from the case against one of Governor Walker?s former aides. UW-Madison political science professor David Canon says the reaction will probably differ, along party lines.
Quoted: Lauren Papp, Ph.D., a University of Wisconsin human development and family studies professor who has extensively researched intimate relationships, agrees. “[Chronic jealousy] is not a positive sign for the relationship. It might be tempting to think that someone is more interested in you, or cares for you more, because they express more jealousy or possessive behavior. But jealousy really is a negative sign of insecurity in the relationship.”
There are legal grounds for placing a hold on offenders if they cannot meet conditions of their release, such as finding housing in compliance with city laws, said Cecelia Klingele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor, who has researched the collateral consequences of sex offenders? sentences.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold Design Summit 3 Thursday, a forum focusing on ?human-centered design? and innovation, with the intent of fostering conversation between researchers at UW-Madison and associates in the industry, according to a university press release.
Quoted: Robert Drechsel, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison, is quoted as saying: “I havent encountered anything quite like this before, and it does make me queasy.”
A community college education ought to be free, University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Sara Goldrick-Rab tells NPR for a report on the funding challenges confronting the schools nationwide.
Comments from UW?Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton.
Richard Monette, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor of law, is one of the top experts on tribal law and the legal relationship between Native American tribes and government.
?I haven?t encountered anything quite like this before, and it does make me queasy,? said Robert Drechsel, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison. The arrangement triggers a host of questions, he said.
?This is the dairy farmers? year to enjoy,? said Mark Stephenson, the director of the UW-Madison?s Center for Dairy Profitability.
Quoted: “This is the dairy farmers? year to enjoy,” said Mark Stephenson, the director of the Center for Dairy Profitability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Bob Prezybelski, a doctor with UW Health, says solving simple puzzles can stimulate areas of the brain that are at rest. It can helping to prevent, or delay, the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Roads often get bumpy in winter because moisture in the gravel and other materials below the surface freeze and swell, said Michael Oliva, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison. ?If that moisture keeps getting in there and keeps swelling up, you build up this ice lens, and the ice lenses lift the pavement up,? he said.
Richard Brown, a UW-Madison medical professor who specializes in substance abuse, does not believe that pot-smoking is more dangerous than drinking and says the theory that weed is a ?gateway? to more perilous poison has been discredited.
Newly released research from a UW-Madison professor finds income inequality will continue to go up in the years to come.
Newly released research from a UW-Madison professor finds income inequality will continue to go up in the years to come.
Susan Siman and Mark Koehn talks with Susan Cook, a professor of musicology at UW School of Music, about the 50th anniversary of the Beatles arriving in the U.S.
Iowa?s system avoids gerrymandering and fat legal fees while encouraging more competition for seats and cooperation from leaders, said UW-Madison political science professors Ken Mayer and David Canon. The two redistricting experts insisted Iowa?s process would not undermine the Wisconsin Legislature?s constitutional authority, as GOP leaders here have suggested. Wisconsin?s current way is ?divisive, polarizing, expensive, litigious and undermines basic notions of representation,? Mayer said.
The main trigger for the rapid expansion of gay marriage was a June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that raised questions about all same-sex marriage bans, said Andrew Coan, a UW-Madison associate law professor.
Other speakers include UW-Madison professors Ken Mayer and Barry Burden
Skloot is professor emeritus of theater and drama and Jewish studies.
Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, professor of political science.
Quoted: Dr. Sam Lubner, an assistant professor of medicine at the UW-Madison?s Carbone Cancer Center, said there are several reasons for the projected spike.
Parabens are old-time chemical preservatives ? they were first introduced in the 1950s after bacteria-contaminated facial lotions caused a small outbreak of blindness. Today, they are used in a wide range of personal care items ? from cosmetics to toothpaste, as well as some foods and drugs.
Two University of Wisconsin, Madison scientists have put forward a new hypothesis on why we sleep. During sleep, they say, the brain weakens — not strengthens — the connections among brain cells to allow the brain to reset, and strangely enough, the result is better memory.
Despite this harsh winter, researchers at UW-Madison are predicting changes for the future.
Do less snow, warmer temperatures and more rain in winter sound pretty good right now?That?s the possible weather scenario Wisconsin and the Great Lakes states could see in the latter part of the 21st century, according to researcher Michael Notaro at UW-Madison.
Several days ago, University of Wisconsin Law School professor and frequent blogger Ann Althouse noted President Obama?s use of the expression “hair on X,” to mean that X is complicated,” from David Remnick?s recent New Yorker profile. Here are the two Obama quotes that she cites:
