Category: Featured Articles
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Posted on June 26, 2014
Scientists find the shocking truth about electric fish
Scientists have found how the electric fish evolved its jolt. Writing June 27, 2014 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Michael […]
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Posted on June 6, 2014
UW team will design coursework at new dairy training center in China
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been selected to develop the curriculum for a new $400 million dairy training center being established by the Nestle corporation […]
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Posted on May 28, 2014
Hoops and Holsteins: UW sophomore savors big wins in big venues
Like many University of Wisconsin students, Jordan Ebert found himself in Dallas this March, cheering on the Wisconsin Badgers for their Final Four matchup with the Kentucky Wildcats, […]
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Posted on May 5, 2014
Creating a healthier world: CALS-based global health certificate program proves popular among students
You can’t spot them right away—they’re hidden in plain sight, often disguised as majors in the life sciences—but there are thousands of undergraduates on the […]
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Posted on April 15, 2014
Novel Open Source Seed Pledge aims to keep new vegetable and grain varieties free for all
This week, scientists, farmers and sustainable food systems advocates will gather on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to celebrate an unusual group of honored guests: […]
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Posted on March 24, 2014
Goodbye, bug guy
For 35 years Phil Pellitteri, an entomologist with CALS and UW-Extension, has provided patient counsel to a bug-plagued populace on everything from bedbugs to lice […]
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Posted on March 11, 2014
Paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining moments
In honor of the CALS Quasquicentennial, the cover story in the new issue of Grow magazine includes accounts of a dozen paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining […]
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Posted on February 28, 2014
A rundown of UW organic agriculture research
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are engaged in a wide range of research related to organic agricultural production practices, according to a new report released on […]
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Posted on February 17, 2014
Modified poplars convert to ethanol more efficiently
For decades, John Ralph’s group has been focusing its expertise in biology, chemistry and engineering on one of the most persistent hurdles to a bio-based […]
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Posted on February 10, 2014
Communicating science in the digital age
Two months after retiring from the Madison-based Wisconsin State Journal, where for 34 years he’d reported primarily on science and the environment, Ron Seely splays […]