Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on August 8, 2012
Million-dollar Keck Foundation grant funds UW-Madison genome research
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund […]
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Posted on May 31, 2012
Two UW-Madison researchers named Shaw Scientists
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors will receive 2012 Shaw Scientist Awards, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation announced on May 30. Mehle Chosen by a panel of […]
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Posted on May 15, 2012
Making oats even more heart-healthy
University of Wisconsin-Madison plant breeders have developed a new oat variety that’s significantly higher in the compound that makes this grain so cardio-friendly. “The biggest […]
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Posted on February 23, 2012
Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry
A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place — a single neural connection in the body wall of flies. […]
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Posted on February 13, 2012
Katrina Forest named 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Fellow
Katrina Forest, professor of bacteriology, and John Hawks, associate chair of anthropology, have been selected by the Institute for Biology Education as Howard Hughes Medical […]
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Posted on February 7, 2012
Metabolic “breathalyzer” reveals early signs of disease
The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a “breathalyzer”-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. New research published online in February […]
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Evolution’s oddities are focus of Darwin Day – Feb. 9-11
The annual celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will highlight the evolutionary significance of strange life forms, including the octopus and […]