In a study that drew on both historical and present-day datasets, researchers have quantified and compared the above-ground carbon held in the forest trees of Wisconsin just prior to European settlement and widespread logging, and the total carbon they contain today.

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Most Americans want to know more about biofuels, according to a new survey fielded by researchers in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

People with the genetic condition known as phenylketonuria (PKU can eat virtually no protein, and instead get their daily dose of this key macronutrient by drinking a bitter-tasting formula of amino acids. University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that a unique protein derived from whey is safe for people with PKU to eat. These findings are poised to revolutionize the PKU diet.

A UW-Madison program that teaches aspiring farmers the skills they need to get started has forged a partnership with a federal program that provides financial […]

Officials from the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences have recognized Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) for her service to her district and the UW-Madison.

Wisconsin corn and soybean growers may be national leaders in the practice of using multiple herbicides or rotating herbicides. That helps explain why no cases of glyphosate-resistant weeds have been documented in Wisconsin, while most other Midwest states have reported problems with one or more glyphosate-resistant weeds.

After years of a pillar-to-post existence and adapting to jerry-rigged spaces that were never intended to house a radio studio, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s WSUM-FM 91.7 has moved into shiny, new digs designed just for them at University Square, 333 East Campus Mall.

Infectious agent known as prions resist almost every method of destruction, from fire and ionizing radiation to chemical disinfectants and autoclaving. Now, however, a team of Wisconsin researchers has found that a common soil mineral, an oxidized from of manganese known as birnessite, can penetrate the prion’s armor and degrade the protein.

Imagine the thrill for Curt Staats, a senior majoring in landscape architecture, to stand in a remote Honduran village and see one of his school projects come alive in grass, sand and stone.