Author: caschneider3
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Posted on September 8, 2021
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 […]
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Posted on June 24, 2021
Six-legged livestock could solve food shortages — sustainably
In the Midwest, we’re used to seeing big fields dotted with cattle and steel barns bustling with broiler chickens. Beef, poultry, and pork are common […]
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Posted on June 17, 2021
NSF award to establish network for advanced NMR across three institutions
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will join a first-of-its-kind collaborative network for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which researchers use to probe large biological molecules like proteins […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company and UW–Madison launch Diversity in Brewing Award
The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company announced today the launch of the Jake Leinenkugel Diversity in Brewing Award. The award will support students from underrepresented groups […]
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Posted on June 15, 2021
CALS 2021 Summer Term
Registration for UW 2021 Summer Term is now open. For more information about Summer Term and a full list of available courses, visit https://summer.wisc.edu/. CALS […]
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Posted on June 6, 2021
How a renaissance molecule is made: Furan fatty acids have many talents, and now scientists know the details of their production
Fatty acids, the compounds that provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits through diets rich in leafy greens and fish, are now also heralded for their versatility […]