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Posted on March 25, 2013
Badger study sheds light on Wisconsin’s elusive state animal
Badgers are notoriously difficult to study. Not only do they spend all day in underground dens, emerging only by night to hunt—they can’t even be […]
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Posted on March 13, 2013
“Brown gold”: Project turns dairy farm into cellulosic bio-refinery
Driving the search for renewable fuels and chemicals has been the realization that petroleum stores are rapidly dwindling. Now, in the heart of Wisconsin, a […]
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Posted on January 1, 2013
A warmer world favors bark beetles over trees
Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals. […]
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Posted on December 17, 2012
Bad news for bats: deadly fungus can persist in caves
Researchers have found that the organism that causes deadly white-nose syndrome persists in caves long after it has killed the bats in those caves. A […]
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Posted on December 10, 2012
What have we learned about the true benefits of vitamin D and its promise?
Twenty-five thousand years, our Paleolithic ancestors got plenty of sun. Scantily draped in animal hides, they spent their days roaming outdoors, hunting and gathering food. […]
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Posted on December 3, 2012
Bacteria found in cow rumens could be harnessed to process biofuel
What do biofuels look like on the Wisconsin landscape? Some might think of corn or switchgrass. But what about that herd of cows? What you […]
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Posted on November 19, 2012
Future foresters learn among the trees
It may sound unlikely. Certainly it sounds idyllic. But there’s a university course where professors may interrupt class to watch sturgeon swim by, and where […]
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Posted on November 7, 2012
UW student awarded one of nation’s first organic plant breeding fellowships
The story of how Tessa Peters ended up snagging one of the nation’s first graduate fellowships in organic plant breeding begins in an unlikely place: […]
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Posted on October 29, 2012
Beyond the chainsaw: A new look at Wisconsin’s loggers
Wisconsin logging firms are following the same trend as many other industries: Fewer, larger, and more mechanized. That’s according to a survey of owners of […]
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Posted on October 18, 2012
New farm-to-school project aims to make it easier for public schools to serve WI vegetables
A lot of parents want their kids’ schools to serve more fresh and local food for lunch, and schools would like to oblige, but that’s […]