Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on July 30, 2021
DNR, Extension and CALS announce nitrate webinar series
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the launch of a virtual webinar series focused on nitrate in Wisconsin. The series will touch […]
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Posted on July 23, 2021
Population-specific diversity within fungi species could enable improved drug discovery
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered that genetically distinct populations within the same species of fungi can produce […]
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Posted on July 8, 2021
Counties with state prisons had 11% more first-wave COVID-19 cases
The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases through July 1, 2020, according to a new study […]
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Posted on May 26, 2021
Cryo-EM, a technique that utilizes extremely cold temperatures and electron beams, could help CALS scientists reach new frontiers in the biosciences
At its most basic level, it takes pictures. For biochemistry professor Elizabeth Wright, that’s the scaled-down explanation of cryogenic electron microscopy, or cryo-EM. But it’s so […]
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Posted on May 24, 2021
Answers await on the ocean floor: Karthik Anantharaman deciphers a process with ecological and medical ramifications
It’s December 2018. Karthik Anantharaman awakens at 6 a.m., afloat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. He’s barely slept, adrenaline is flowing. There’s little time, and […]
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Posted on May 19, 2021
Forward BIOLABS, with UW-Madison, bolsters Wisconsin biohealth sector
From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches […]
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Posted on April 23, 2021
Haley Trecker found identity, confidence at UW–Madison with QuickStart
Haley Trecker admits she was pretty nervous back in 2018 about coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As the first person in her family to […]
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Posted on April 21, 2021
Center for Dairy Research partners with entrepreneur on innovative, milk permeate-based sports drink
GoodSport, a new sports drink developed in part at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Dairy Research, has the potential to turn the sports hydration […]
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Posted on April 20, 2021
UW students team up to develop innovative solutions to dairy industry challenges
Cold milk has long been offered alongside a lunch or snack in elementary schools. Over the years, the vessel for that milk has remained the […]
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Posted on April 7, 2021
UW–Madison course offers a taste of many cultures
How does the American ideal of healthy eating exclude other cultures? That was the question posed to students by University of Wisconsin–Madison instructor Erika Anna […]