Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on June 26, 2017
What’s the prognosis? CALS alumnus conducts study comparing online symptom checkers with in-person doctor visits
When your stomach starts feeling a little queasy, the first thing you might do is reach for your smartphone or laptop and start punching your […]
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Posted on June 23, 2017
Mosquito and tick season – Audio
/RSS FeedP.J. Liesch, UW-Extension entomologist Department of Entomology UW-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Science pliesch@wisc.edu Twitter: @WIBugGuy 3:03 – Total Time 0:16 – 2017 mosquito […]
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Posted on June 12, 2017
Finding useful chemicals from fungi, faster
Fungi are rich sources of natural molecules for drug discovery, but many challenges have pushed pharmaceutical companies away from tapping into this bounty. Now scientists […]
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Posted on June 8, 2017
Lactation sensation: Laura Hernandez works to improve milk production, for the benefit of both cows and humans
When the city girl decides to study lactation, she must first learn to milk a cow. Laura Hernandez, an assistant professor of dairy science at CALS, […]
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Posted on June 6, 2017
WARF and UW–Madison ranked sixth among universities in U.S. utility patents in 2016
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which serves as the designated patent management organization for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, moved up to sixth place among […]
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Posted on June 5, 2017
D-Day invasion was bolstered by UW–Madison penicillin project
Seventy-three years ago Tuesday, on June 6, 1944, the D-Day invasion of Normandy was bolstered by millions of doses of a precious new substance: penicillin. […]
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Posted on May 30, 2017
Adventures in global health
When it comes to study abroad experiences, an elephant ride in Thailand is pretty hard to beat. “The entire time we were around the elephants, […]
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Posted on May 18, 2017
UW-Madison biochemist wins Shaw Scientist Award
Ophelia Venturelli, assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is one of two researchers in the University of Wisconsin System to earn seed […]
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Posted on May 17, 2017
New clues to healthy bones for those with PKU
Certain kinds of foods prescribed to manage the rare metabolic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) could contribute to skeletal fragility seen in many PKU patients, according to […]
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Posted on May 12, 2017
How AgrAbility helps Wisconsin Farmers – Audio
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Abigail Jensen, AgrAbility Outreach Specialist Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ajensen6@wisc.edu (608) 262-9336 3:09 – Total Time 0:23 […]
