When it comes to onions, most of us want it both ways-we want to have our onion and eat it, too. We want the health benefits that onions provide without the pungency, which can cause halitosis, heartburn and hyperactive tear ducts. University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Michael Havey and his colleagues in Argentina and Turkey are interested in developing a sweet, less pungent onion that does a body good.

A CALS research partnership with a local manufacturer of cycling products has resulted in a generous donation of new equpiment for University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine physical therapy patients.

By installing headlocks in four-row freestall barns, farmers can reduce the risk to workers and increase their profits by as much as $43 per cow each year, say University of Wisconsin-Madison farm safety experts.

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“I’ll Fly Away” may be the theme song of some insect species exposed to elevated levels of ozone, according to groundbreaking research by Edward Mondor and his colleagues in the entomology department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They are researching the effects of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and ozone on insect behavior and physiology.

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In recent months consumers have become all too familiar with news of oil costs spiking, and most experts agree that higher prices at the pump are likely here to stay. As the demand for alternative forms of energy grows,

The Crave brothers of Waterloo, Lawrie Kull of Stillwater, Minn., Robert Rennebohm of Madison, and Robert Williams of Pardeeville will receive Honorary Recognition awards Oct. 27 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The awards will be presented at a banquet in the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus.

Woodcock wrangler Jed Meunier sees a lot of sunsets during his research. Fieldwork in the twilight hours comes with the territory when you’re trapping timberdoodles for science. Meunier, a graduate student in wildlife ecology at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, is part of a multi-year study of woodcock in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. The project is helping to reveal the reasons underlying woodcock population declines in the upper Midwest.