That itâ??s windier during the cold season is not surprising as that time of year is characterized by the highest frequency of mid-latitude cyclone activity. It is interesting that the windiest month (April) occurs when plants are most in need of assistance in spreading pollen and reproducing. The power of evolution!
Political theater is not unusual for the first night of a convention, said UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin. “I would imagine we will see a shift in tomorrowâ??s speeches, with the state candidates bringing it home to Wisconsin,” Franklin said.
Many birds, including the robin, return to same general nest site year after year, but not necessarily to the same nest, says Scott Craven, professor of wildlife ecology at UW-Madison. If the nest was built in a location thatâ??s been altered, the bird may be compelled to find a new location.
Wildlife officials says bear sightings are way up in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are studying why the bear population continues to grow farther south each year.
Quoted: Although executive incentives are nothing new, the concept of basing them on company performance has become increasingly common, said Barry Gerhart, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “If Lost has been so successful, in large part itâ??s because it broke a lot of televisionâ??s rules,” says Jonathan Gray, associate professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, via e-mail.
Noted: People of the same ethnicity are more likely to have matching blood types, so fewer donors make it harder for minorities to find a match, said Jill Ellefson of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization.
Quoted: “Thereâ??s no one problem you canâ??t just say itâ??s on any one individualâ??s or one groupâ??s back,” said Julie Underwood, Dean of Education at UW-Madison. She is part of the School Finance Network , a group which is advocating for changes in school funding. “We need to put everything on the table,” Underwood said. “We need to think about whatâ??s our public commitment to K-12 education. What do we really want for our children in the state of Wisconsin? And then figure out how weâ??re going to fund that in a sustainable way.”
Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor Charles Franklin agrees Republicans have momentum, including a slight lead over Democrats in the governorâ??s race.
Quoted: “The mosquitoes are coming but I havenâ??t seen anything to indicate that tears are going to come to our eyes,” UW-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri told Newsradio 620 WTMJ. “We havenâ??t had a lot of flooding, thatâ??s usually what gets us into the biggest trouble.”
Quoted: Katy Culver is a social media expert at the U.W. Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She says getting sucked in is not at all unusual. “A lot of people, the minute they get on, experience this new level of connectivity. This social engagement that they had been craving. So they dig in and theyâ??re joining groups, games, theyâ??re writing on everyoneâ??s walls. Theyâ??re tilling crops in Farmville, and they canâ??t be without it,” says Culver.
This shouldnâ??t come as a surprise to anyone who knows how Googleâ??s search system works, but itâ??s still interesting. What follows is a press release on a UW-Madison study on how popularity impacts Google searches.
Quoted: Dr. K. Craig Kent, chair of the department of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health and author of an accompanying journal editorial, said that “in this country about 60 percent of aneurysms are repaired with the minimally invasive approach whereas about 40 percent are repaired with the traditional open surgery.”
Google search suggestions have shifted public perceptions about nanotechnology away from science to health worries, finds a science communications study. Search engine reliance on popularity rather than accuracy to steer people to information likely distorts societyâ??s view of science, politics and elsewhere, suggest the study authors. “The first thing a lot of people turn to for information is Google, and thatâ??s great because there is more information out there than ever,” says communications expert Dietram Scheufele of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a co-author of the new Materials Today journal study. “But Google is shaping the reality we experience in the suggestions it makes, pointing us away from the most accurate information and towards the most popular.”
After hearing about his cutting-edge research on the brain and emotions through mutual friends, the Dalai Lama invited Richard Davidson to his home in India in 1992 to pose a question.Scientists often study depression, anxiety and fear, but why not devote your work to the causes of positive human qualities like happiness and compassion, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader asked. “I couldnâ??t give him a good answer,” recalled Davidson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientist.
Dan Schaefer, interim associate dean of instruction for UW-Madisonâ??s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, said his graduates are always in high demand for agribusiness careers. “There are many excellent opportunities for employment in agricultural crop management, meat and poultry industries and horticulture,” Schaefer said. “For our graduates who do not go on to advanced studies, we see 100 percent placement in food science/biological systems engineering, plant science and agricultural business/marketing,” added Maria McGinnis, employer relations director for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Noted: Now a new review of Posnerâ??s work shows much more. A 48-year-old Wisconsin doctoral student named Greg Gelembiuk has discovered Posner lifted 35 passages in two books: his 2003 take on the 9-11 attacks, Why America Slept, and Secrets of the Kingdom, a 2005 tome about Saudi Arabia.
Quoted: According to University of Wisconsin School of Medicine audiologist Ted Tweed, sounds louder than 80 decibels can cause hearing loss by damaging the hair cells in the inner ear. Lawnmowers and shop tools create noise in the 90-decibel range. Chainsaws create about 100 decibels, and the loudest jet skis have been measured at 115 decibels.
Quoted: Angel doesnâ??t exactly have four kidneys, she has a “duplication of the collecting system,” according to Dr. Bryan Becker, president of the National Kidney Foundation and professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Interviewed: Patrick Winn, Global Postâ??s correspondent in Thailand, is in the thick of the violence in Bangkok and speaks to us from there. Thongchai Winichakul, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin and an expert on Thailand, lets us know why what unfolds in Bangkok matters here in the United States.
Quoted: “The bad news is we have nothing thatâ??s been proven to prevent Alzheimerâ??s disease,” said Cynthia Carlsson, a professor and Alzheimerâ??s researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, who was not on the panel that reviewed the research. “But the good news is weâ??re really at a tremendous point in understanding more about the disease causes.”
Quoted: Walkerâ??s position may speak to a larger divide on the issue within Wisconsin Republicans, said Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor. He said Walkerâ??s critical comments of the law were a surprise.
Quoted: Still, the retirements likely wonâ??t have much impact on the balance of power next session, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Quoted: So far, 20 state lawmakers have announced they wonâ??t seek another term in the Legislature. UW-Madison Political Scientist Dennis Dresang says thatâ??s actually a little below average, when compared to other states. He says itâ??s not all that unusual to see 30-percent turnover in state Legislatures during an election cycle.
Madisonian Melissa Cooke will exhibit two of her large-scale powdered graphite works, self-portraits that are “halfway between drawing and painting.” Cooke is fascinated by characters and personas – the way she “performs” being an artist versus how she acts at her day job. She works with graduate students in the art department at the UW-Madison, where she earned a master of arts degree.
Warm temperatures in late winter and early spring and well-timed rains have made for a record-early planting season. “Itâ??s been nearly ideal,” said Gene Schriefer, interim UW-Extension agricultural agent for Iowa County. “Some guys are done with corn and theyâ??re switching to beans. Depending on the weather, weâ??ve got a few fellows that are getting ready think about first cutting of hay already.”
Sundayâ??s visit by the Dalai Lama will be his eighth to Madison, yet organizers promise something very different this time.In the past, the Tibetan political and spiritual leader has given public talks before huge crowds â?? more than 5,000 people at the Dane County Coliseum in 2008, 12,000 people at the Kohl Center in 2007. Sundayâ??s appearance at the much-smaller Capitol Theater is billed as a dialogue, not a public talk. The Dalai Lama is scheduled to discuss the intersection of science, meditation and health with UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
Mallards and other waterfowl may stay around, but only if they can find open water where they can forage for food, says Anna Pidgeon, an assistant professor of forest and wildlife ecology at UW-Madison.
Itâ??s â??very commonâ? for a new facility like Overture to â??take years to settle into balance on its operations and expenses,â? said Andrew Taylor, director of UW-Madisonâ??s Bolz Center for Arts Administration.
The Dalai Lama brought his message of compassion, empathy and oneness to Madison on Sunday afternoon, mixing it with levity and tales of sibling rivalry with his brother, all while sitting crosslegged in his chair and wearing a red Wisconsin baseball cap. Nobel Peace Prize winner Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, was in town to participate in an hourlong â??dialogueâ? with UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, which is set to open in the fall in the Waisman Center on campus.
Scott Walkerâ??s position on the Arizona immigration may speak to a larger divide on the issue within Wisconsin Republicans, said Barry Burden, University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor. He said Walkerâ??s critical comments of the law were a surprise.
After hearing about his cutting-edge research on the brain and emotions through mutual friends, the Dalai Lama invited Richard Davidson to his home in India in 1992 to pose a question. Scientists often study depression, anxiety and fear, but why not devote your work to the causes of positive human qualities like happiness and compassion? the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader asked.”I couldnâ??t give him a good answer,” recalled Davidson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientist. Since then, Davidson has become a partner in the Dalai Lamaâ??s attempts to build a connection between Buddhism and western science. This weekend, the Dalai Lama will mark the opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the universityâ??s Waisman Center, where more than a dozen researchers will study the science behind positive qualities of mind.
This year’s retirements create 17 open seats in the Assembly, where Democrats hold a 52-46 majority, and three open seats in the Senate, which Democrats hold a majority as well, 18-15. Still, the retirements likely wonâ??t have much impact on the balance of power next session, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
The Dalai Lama said Sunday heâ??s hopeful that science can make the world more peaceful by encouraging positive mental qualities like empathy and compassion. The Tibetan spiritual leader said that unlike religion in which differing beliefs have caused sharp divisions across the globe, “science is universal” and can be used to bring people together. The Dalai Lamaâ??s appearance Sunday afternoon at the Overture Center in Madison helped mark the opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which will be dedicated to researching healthy qualities of mind like kindness and compassion.
The $1 million raised is a textbook example of current consumer spending, said Deborah Mitchell, a senior lecturer in marketing at UW-Madison and a consumer behavior expert.
Madison will launch a test project next month to see whether boom-like structures can cut down on the sometimes toxic algae that covers parts of lakes Monona and Mendota during the summer, causing beach closures and endangering swimmers. BB Clarke beach on the Near East Side and Bernies beach on the south shore of Monona Bay will have geotextile fabric barriers placed near or around their swimming areas in an attempt to keep algae out.The two beaches were closed for a combined 63 days from 2005 to 2009 due to growth of blue-green algae, according to Public Health Madison and Dane County. The project, in conjunction with the Parks Division and the UW-Madison Center for Limnology, also includes placing a similar barrier about 100 feet into Lake Mendota near the Center for Limnology in attempt to catch algae before it travels down system and into Lake Monona.
Once a thunderstorm begins to form, rivers and lakes do not influence the direction the storm moves, say Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Itâ??s smarter for Neumann to not seek the endorsement than to try and lose, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Quoted: Itâ??s smarter for Neumann to not seek the endorsement than to try and lose, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Quoted: Kathy Cramer-Walsh, a UW-Madison associate professor of political science, thinks Feingold is “safe” but expects him to face a competitive opponent in the general election.
Quoted: When I queried UW-Madison music professor Richard Davis on this topic, he succinctly responded, “A simple answer is that many white people do not venture to the south side out of fear and stereotypes.”
Quoted: Dr. Jeffrey Kanne, UW Associate Professor on Radiology, and UW Vice Chair on Quality and Safety, says, “The number of CT scans we do has grown exponentially. However, the number of application that CT is used for has also grown. We can do a lot more with a CT now than we could 10 years ago.”
Karl Malcolm, 28, is a lifelong hunter whoâ??s also a Ph.D. candidate in wildlife management at the University of Wisconsin. Many bear hunters have helped with his study on the growing bear population in farmlands between Highway 10 and the stateâ??s northern forests. As part of the new Huntersâ?? Network of Wisconsin, Malcolm ditched his usual lunch-hour plans May 5 to discuss how hunting helps people connect with the land.
Plane tickets, check. Passport, check. Medical evacuation insurance? Itâ??s probably not something most people think about when packing for a vacation. But Louise Robbins says sheâ??d probably be bankrupt without it. The University of Wisconsin library educator and her husband, Robby, were in southwest China last summer when Robby slipped and fell backward on a hotel walkway made of the regionâ??s famed red marble.
Quoted: “This is the first time that systems of nano-machines, rather than individual devices have been used to perform operations, constituting a crucial advance in the evolution of DNA technology,” says Lloyd Smith, a chemist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in a commentary also published by Nature.
Quoted: â??Itâ??s an exciting new technology,â? said Dr. Richard Page, chairof medicine at the University of Wisconsin and president of the Heart Rhythm Society. â??What we see is a truly innovative approach to the problem of sudden cardiac arrestand the problems associated with current technology.â?
Youâ??ve got to understand what it was like here at home during the Vietnam War. How rapidly society was changing. How deep and broad opposition to the war grew and how sharp the backlash was. Soldiers returning from their time â??in countryâ? entered an altered landscape.
Quoted: UW-Madison professor of educational psychology Robert Enright, a pioneer in the study of forgiveness.
A phone call from Mom could be chicken soup for the psyche, according to a study done on stressed kids and the effect a call or a hug can have.
Researchers at UW-Madison conducted the study, with the results published on Wednesday, the university news service said. A simple phone call or hug can release a stress-reducing hormone, with the effect lasting well beyond the immediate comfort right after the stressful event, the study showed.
Quoted: UW-Madison biological anthropologist Leslie Seltzer and psychology professor Seth Pollak
Quoted: “This kind of insurgency is much more unusual than, say, [the Reagan revolution or the Gingrich revolution],” says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison. “You have a sort of classic establishment view that youâ??re about getting the seats [in Congress] and thatâ??s what grown-up leaders in Washington worry about [versus] this very intense amateur movement, but one that believes in something.”
Quoted: Dennis Dresang, a UW-Madison Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Affairs, says, “Turnover so far, and we might have more announce they wont run again, is on the high side.”
The stateâ??s effort to collect thousands of missing DNA profiles has paid off for a Milwaukee man who had been released â?? but not officially cleared â?? in a 1984 rape and murder. Another suspect was recently identified through DNA testing and has confessed to the crime for which Robert Lee Stinson spent 23 years in prison, Byron Lichstein, an attorney with the Wisconsin Innocence Project who represents Stinson, said Monday.
An annual housing-market conference at UW-Madison on June 4 will explore the current state of credit availability for development and building, one of the toughest remaining challenges during a slow and uncertain national economic recovery.
The wind is simply air in motion, flowing from high atmospheric pressures to low pressures. Moving anything requires a force. The recent strong winds weâ??ve been having are due to a strong pressure gradient force. A pressure gradient is a measure of how much pressure changes over distance. So, when large pressure changes exist over a small distance, the pressure gradient force is large. Strong winds almost always result from large pressure gradients.
In rechargeable lithium-ion batteries – the most common type, used in things like laptop computers and cell phones – one of the two electrodes is graphite, a form of pure carbon consisting of sheets of carbon atoms. Lithium ions are forced between the carbon sheets when the battery is charged and come back out again when the battery is discharged, explains Robert Hamers, a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and chair of the UW-Madison chemistry department.
The Pine Bluff Observatory was built in 1958 as a research facility for the UW-Madison astronomy department to replace the Washburn Observatory, said Terry Devitt, head of science communications for the university.
Molly Jahn will return as dean of the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences on June 1 after a seven month stint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., according to university officials.
The stateâ??s effort to collect thousands of missing DNA profiles has paid off for a Milwaukee man who had been released â?? but not officially cleared â?? in a 1984 rape and murder. The perpetrator was recently identified and has confessed to the crime for which Robert Lee Stinson spent 23 years in prison, said Byron Lichstein, an attorney with the Wisconsin Innocence Project who represents Stinson.
Qouted: Political scientist Charles Franklin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin.
Quoted: Dr. John Preston Parry, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, added: â??No medication has come close to the birth control pill in terms of social, political and medical impact. In terms of career opportunities [for women], itâ??s had more of an impact than anything else. The proportion of women pursuing medical careers has gone from about 10 percent to close to 50 percent.â?
