Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on November 17, 2017
Food safety during Thanksgiving – Audio
/RSS FeedBarb Ingham, UW-Extension food safety specialist Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bhingham@wisc.edu (608) 263-7383 For food safety tips on […]
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Posted on November 8, 2017
New model reveals possibility of pumping antibiotics into bacteria
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has […]
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Posted on October 25, 2017
Morgridge, UW scientists explore national security implications of gene editing
A trio of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated in an international think tank this month on the […]
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Posted on October 24, 2017
2017 marks centennial of two significant biochemistry department discoveries
The year 1917 — 100 years ago — was a big year for the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, then called the Department of […]
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Posted on October 17, 2017
Why is the grass greener? Sports-field experiment to reveal results on Oct. 19 in Stoughton
The results of an unusual, real world experiment on four methods for managing sports fields will be shown to the public on Oct. 19. The […]
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Posted on October 12, 2017
Safer native foods: Bacteriologist works with Alaska Natives to keep botulism out of traditional favorites
At the edge of a remote Alaskan peninsula, 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle, lies the city of Kotzebue. Snow-covered in winter and starless […]
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Posted on September 22, 2017
Dried tomatoes tasty alternative to canning – Audio
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Flashback podCALS: This was originally published in September 2012. Barb Ingham, UW-Extension Food Science Specialist Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life […]
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Posted on September 19, 2017
UW-Madison students in Houston to aid post-Harvey mosquito control
As the floodwaters recede in Houston following Hurricane Harvey, millions of mosquitoes have emerged to blanket southeastern Texas, hampering recovery efforts and raising public health […]
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Posted on September 8, 2017
National Farm Safety and Health Week – Audio
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John Shutske, Director, UW Center for Agricultural Safety and Health Extension Safety Engineering & Agricultural Health Specialist UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-890-2949 […]
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Posted on August 28, 2017
Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice
“Gut bacteria get to use a lot of our food before we do,” says Federico Rey, a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Then […]
