Category: Highlights
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Posted on June 1, 2020
New digital maps show potential for lead and zinc contamination in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area
Long ago, lead and zinc mining were a way of life for the people of Southwest Wisconsin. But the industries left their imprint in the […]
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Posted on May 22, 2020
UW project supports Native American stewards of culturally significant seeds
Anna Williams is an avid gardener, but when she was gifted corn and bean seeds connected to her Odawa heritage, she felt she needed more knowledge […]
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Posted on May 14, 2020
Five things everyone should know about ‘plant blindness’ (and how we can cure it)
“Plant blindness” is the inability to recognize or notice the plants in one’s environment. For many people, it’s far easier to discern or recall an image […]
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Posted on May 7, 2020
Combining mouse and human data uncovers new gene regulating cholesterol
Precision medicine has the potential to tailor treatments to a patient’s unique genetic sequence. But achieving this precision — or developing new drugs — requires […]
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Posted on May 1, 2020
CALS messages and information for 2020 Spring Commencement
On May 9, a new group of UW–Madison students will officially graduate and join the Badger alumni community. Following the state’s Safer At Home guidelines, […]
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Posted on April 24, 2020
Groundbreaking women scholars of CALS
Marguerite Davis, Elizabeth McCoy, and Esther Lederberg were all remarkable researchers and women in their own right, but CALS has seen the likes of many exceptional women scholars […]
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Posted on April 21, 2020
Researchers at UW–Madison lead data science coalition to aid with COVID-19
A major collaborative data science effort now underway at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to aid understanding and response to COVID-19 began with an email from […]
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Posted on April 15, 2020
UW–Madison researchers tracking travel, social media to help contain virus
Forced to choose between staying away from others to prevent the spread of a pandemic and casting a ballot in Wisconsin’s April 7 election, crowds […]
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Posted on March 10, 2020
How new data can make ecological forecasts as good as weather forecasts
When El Nino approaches, driven by warm Pacific Ocean waters, we’ve come to expect both drenching seasonal rains in the southern U.S. and drought in […]
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Posted on February 27, 2020
UW–Madison scientists part of $12.8 million effort to improve cranberries and blueberries
Two scientists in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW–Madison are part of a team that recently received $12.8 million to improve the […]