Category: Highlights
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Posted on February 13, 2018
Catching a ‘silent’ cow killer: A simpler detection system to help dairy farmers stay ahead of a costly disease
Mitch Breunig BS’92 has been around dairy cows long enough — all his life, to be exact — to suspect something was amiss with two […]
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Posted on January 30, 2018
Back to farming basics in Guatemala
When Claudia Calderón touched down in the fertile highlands of western Guatemala, she was stepping into a sociological experiment already afoot. What brought her to the verdant […]
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Posted on January 16, 2018
New Clues to Healthy Bones for People with PKU
Individuals with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria, or PKU, cannot metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine. Without careful dietary management, it can accumulate at high levels in their […]
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Posted on January 2, 2018
Saving an American icon in England
On a mild spring day in 1980, a handful of men gathered on the sprawling lawn of England’s Windsor Castle, there to do a little […]
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Posted on December 28, 2017
2017: CALS Year in Review
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 […]
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Posted on December 18, 2017
Cracking the code of coenzyme Q biosynthesis
Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is a vital cog in the body’s energy-producing machinery, a kind of chemical gateway in the conversion of food into cellular fuel. […]
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Posted on December 11, 2017
Never too late: Alum participates in winter commencement 50 years after earning degree
Update: See a recap of the commencement ceremony here and photos of the event, including pictures of Barraza, here. Several months ago, Luciano Barraza’s grandson […]
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Posted on November 30, 2017
Designer molecule points to treatment for diseases caused by DNA repeats
Using a molecule designed to overcome a roadblock formed by a common type of genetic flaw, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made progress […]
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Posted on November 20, 2017
“Interwoven tapestry” of lakes and land: Iceland
Swarms of midges rise out of a lake in northern Iceland in such enormous numbers every spring and summer that they can impair breathing and […]
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Posted on November 14, 2017
UW entrepreneurial pipeline lands Lactic Solutions in biofuels marketplace
When Jim Steele thinks back over the last seven years, from the early research on biofuels, followed by a dream of moving Lactic Solutions LLC […]