Author: caschneider3
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Posted on October 7, 2021
Students take on dairy dilemmas
Cold milk has long been offered alongside lunches and snacks in elementary schools, traditionally served in paper cartons. But those cartons require refrigeration, and they’re […]
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The race to the animal vault: CALS researchers look to store genetic samples and revitalize endangered — and possibly extinct — species
The last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before she […]
- Posted on October 5, 2021
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Posted on September 20, 2021
Nearby forest loss predicts future deforestation on protected lands
Protected forests are unlikely to be cut down when they are surrounded by intact forests. Conversely, the more degraded the boundaries of a protected area […]
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Posted on September 8, 2021
Listen to the forest – and learn
In the forest, life is often heard before it’s seen. Hikers and hunters are familiar with the creature chorus: cicada trills and tree frog chirps, […]
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The future holds no limits for meat science at CALS
Jordan Nehls BS’17 cooks up a lot of hamburgers and chicken breasts — but it’s not the sort of fare she can serve to her family […]
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Study shows how aspen forests maintain the diversity needed to adapt to changing environments
Watching paint dry has nothing on watching a forest grow. That achingly long wait has always made it challenging to study how forests adapt to […]
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Posted on August 5, 2021
The tree of life is rooted in math
Claudia Solís-Lemus has always loved numbers. Throughout her schooling in Mexico City, she found mathematics classes to be the easiest and most interesting — perhaps because […]
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Posted on August 2, 2021
The new frontiers of potato tech
It’s the number one vegetable crop in the United States. Wisconsin happens to be its third largest producer (after Idaho and Washington), with 3.1 billion […]
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Posted on July 8, 2021
Counties with state prisons had 11% more first-wave COVID-19 cases
The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases through July 1, 2020, according to a new study […]