Mitochondria are the engines that drive cellular life, but these complex machines are vulnerable to a wide range of breakdowns, and hundreds of their component […]

Although most of the terrestrial world is covered in trees, there are precious few vertebrates that make the canopy their home and subsist solely on […]

Slipping into a patch of woods in western Dane County, Jim Berkelman ignores the swarming mosquitoes and strains to sort through the early- morning chatter […]

If you’re made of carbon, precious few things are as important to life as death. A dead tree may represent a literal windfall of the […]

Although so tiny they are invisible, it’s easy to see that nanomaterials are becoming a big thing. There are odor-fighting socks and antibacterial dishrags impregnated […]

There is no better place to begin this story than on an August morning in the remote reaches of the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation, afloat […]

As a linebacker for the UW–Madison Badgers, Chris Borland made a name for himself as a hard-hitting tackler. His senior year, he was selected as […]

Jodi Forrester got the call while she was in the forest. The loggers were ready to go. So on a cold winter day in northern […]

John Ralph PhD’82 talks with the easy, garrulous rhythms of his native New Zealand, and often seems amiably close to the edge of laughter. So […]

The end of the year is a great time to look back and reflect on the accomplishments of the CALS community. Here are some of […]