Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on March 6, 2015
Insects play a role in the spread of food-born pathogens on crops
Imagine you’re standing in a sun-drenched field full of lettuce plants. There’s a gentle breeze and a smattering of tiny insects flitting about. It’s a […]
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Posted on December 16, 2014
New studies power legacy of UW-Madison mitochondrial research
It was the yellow color of the solution, pulled from cauliflower, that set Frederick Crane’s hallmark achievement into its final motion. Crane was a researcher […]
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Posted on November 1, 2014
‘Orange’ vitamin A maize shown to mitigate nutrition problem
In this video, produced by HarvestPlus, CALS nutritional sciences professor Sherry Tanumihardjo discusses a research study she led that shows ‘orange’ vitamin A maize increases vitamin […]
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Posted on October 19, 2014
Alan Chen, Bascom Hill Society scholarship winner
Alan Chen, a CALS senior majoring in biology, moved to Minoqua, Wisconsin from China with his family when he was in second grade. His scholarship, volunteerism, […]
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Posted on October 3, 2014
Very berry healthy – Audio
/RSS FeedBrad Bolling, Assistant Professor Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bwbolling@wisc.edu Phone (608) 890-0212 2:59 – Total Time 0:18 – […]
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Posted on September 8, 2014
In directing stem cells, study shows context matters
Figuring out how blank slate stem cells decide which kind of cell they want to be when they grow up — a muscle cell, a […]
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Partners in food safety: CALS undergrads part of efforts to expand food safety training at campus eateries
When the managers of University Housing Dining and Culinary Services (DCS) decided a few years ago to go above and beyond state requirements in employee […]
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Posted on September 3, 2014
Probing the mysteries of RNA
For people who know about RNA mostly from its place in the central dogma of biology — DNA ➙ RNA ➙ Protein — this story […]
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Posted on July 25, 2014
Recap of the Wisconsin insect season – Audio
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PJ Liesch, Director, Insect Diagnostic Lab Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pliesch@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-6510 2014 Wisconsin insect review 3:01 […]
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Posted on July 4, 2014
Economic value of pollution control – Audio
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Corbett Grainger, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences cagrainger@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-3651 Economics of the environment […]
