Category: Featured Articles
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Posted on January 28, 2011
Stan Temple: A life saving threatened species
It is an icy winter Monday, and Stan Temple, for the sake of a shortened semester, must cram two lectures into one for the 300 […]
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Posted on January 24, 2011
Drumming guides caste system in wasps
Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp’s destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker. While feeding their colony’s larvae, a paper […]
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Posted on January 19, 2011
2011 Status of Wisconsin Agriculture report available
Things couldn’t have gone better for Wisconsin corn and soybean producers in 2010. For milk producers, they went a lot better than they did a […]
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Posted on January 18, 2011
Wisconsin ag the topic of new podCALS series
CALS experts discuss various aspects of Wisconsin agriculture in the five podcasts listed below. They will also share their perspectives at the Wisconsin Agricultural Economic […]
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Posted on January 3, 2011
Gaining on the drain
Attracted by amenities, young professionals are moving back to parts of rural Wisconsin that have seen decades of population decline. Will jobs follow?
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Posted on December 20, 2010
CALS team aims to improve African grain fonio
The goal is to build community, economy in Sub-Sahara region
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Posted on December 7, 2010
The Exterminator
One woman’s battle against malaria.
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Posted on November 29, 2010
Cows, up close and personal
Extra funding allows students more hands-on learning about animals.
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Posted on November 15, 2010
Embryonic stem cell culturing grows from art to science
Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more […]
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Posted on November 8, 2010
Home field advantage
Despite the hurdles, campus dining facilities are incorporating locally grown foods.