Category: Highlights
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Posted on June 21, 2011
UW expert to discuss role of research in global food security
In the face of a changing climate and a world population forecast to reach 9 billion by 2050, feeding the world is a mounting challenge. […]
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Posted on June 9, 2011
Research establishment spawns research-supply spinoffs
For a century, Wisconsin’s traditional metal-working industries spawned a broad and profitable series of tool-and-diemaking firms that marketed nationwide. Now, the immense variety of biological […]
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Posted on June 7, 2011
USDA’s new approach big step forward to help consumers plan balanced meals
What does a healthy diet look like? That question will be easier to answer with the help of the new MyPlate website and consumer materials […]
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Posted on May 31, 2011
Human impacts of rising oceans will extend well beyond coasts
Identifying the human impact of rising sea levels is far more complex than just looking at coastal cities on a map. Rather, estimates that are […]
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Unique cooperative class gets national view of popular conservation technique
Using a national approach to studying a complex question of environmental policy, Adena Rissman, a professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of […]
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Posted on May 25, 2011
University spinoffs represent a new face for agricultural production
Agricultural experts at University of Wisconsin-Madison have long played a key role in a state known for corn, milk and cheese. But even as organic […]
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Posted on April 11, 2011
Five things everybody should know about bedbugs
1. They plagued the Neanderthals Bedbugs have been a problem for humans since prehistory, and it is speculated that they originated from caves that our […]
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Posted on March 28, 2011
New report details Wisconsin’s biogas energy opportunity
A collaboration of researchers, business leaders, policymakers and industry experts has identified a plan for capitalizing on the biogas energy opportunity in Wisconsin. The strategic […]
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Posted on March 22, 2011
Teri Balser’s teaching style sparks curiosity and big picture thinking
CALS soil scientist Teresa Balser remembers the “aha moment” when she first decided to change her teaching style—a departure that, more than anything, led to […]
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Posted on March 7, 2011
Alarmed by a drop in hunting, researchers investigate how to better market the sport to new audiences
They don’t do it for the mounted heads, they do it to spend time in nature. That’s the verdict of a survey asking more than […]