Category: Highlights
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Posted on March 1, 2011
Wisconsin boaters and anglers are doing more to halt the spread of aquatic invasive species
Wisconsin boaters and anglers seem to be doing a better job of following rules aimed at curbing the spread of aquatic invasive species, according to […]
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Posted on February 25, 2011
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center launches bioenergy seminar series
This month, the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) will launch a seminar series featuring a wide range of bioenergy experts. Rajai Atalla, founder […]
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Posted on February 15, 2011
Babcock’s artisans spread cheese expertise to Ecuador and beyond
Anne Topham has been many places to talk about goat milk and cheese, but San Bernardo, Ecuador was different. The air was cold at 10,000 […]
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Posted on February 11, 2011
Leafcutter ant genome reveals secrets of fungus farming ways
Leafcutter ants, signature denizens of New World tropical forests, are unique in their ability to harvest fresh leaves to cultivate a nutrient-rich fungus as food. […]
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Posted on February 7, 2011
Instrument makers give essential support to research enterprise
In engineering and the physical, medical and psychological sciences, equipment is often a critical barrier between a bright hypothesis and a scientific achievement. Science by […]
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Wisconsin cheese could get boost from ‘driftless’ label
The culture, geography and biology of a place give unique flavors to local food products, a concept that could help a group of small Wisconsin […]
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Posted on February 2, 2011
Following the trail of stress in bears
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, Karl Malcolm scoured the forested mountaintops of Southwestern China for evidence of Asiatic black bears, hiking with a team of Chinese naturalists […]
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Posted on January 10, 2011
Should Wisconsin honor its hardest-working bacterium?
Wisconsin has a state dance (the polka), a state fossil (the trilobite), a state beverage (milk, of course) and 18 other official state symbols. But […]
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Posted on January 6, 2011
New sustainability project to focus on links between water system and human, landscape factors
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is turning a comprehensive lens on Madison’s water in all its forms — […]
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Posted on December 13, 2010
What lies beneath: Long neglected, plant roots are sprouting new interest among scientists
Patrick Masson likes to confuse plants. In his lab, the CALS professor of genetics grows seedlings of the Arabidopsis plant in Petri dishes set at […]