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Ask Ms. Scientist: Icy Bridges and Vaccines
By Corinne Thornton | Feb. 4, 2014Dear Ms. Scientist,
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UW works to understand cosmos
By Suma Samudrala | Feb. 4, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison is home to the Plasma dynamo experiment led by physics professor Cary Forest and his colleagues. This experiment has been designed to study plasma physics, which is the study of plasma state of matter. Plasma is a matter different from solids, liquids and normal gases in that it is a highly ionized gas composed of ions, electrons and neutral particles.
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Monkeys may be future model for Ritalin-ADHD studies
By Donald Radcliffe | Jan. 20, 2014Impulsivity —a tendency to act without forethought—is one of the defining characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. Impulsive people struggle with waiting for rewards, or taking delayed gratification. Thus, they have trouble successfully setting and achieving long-term goals.
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Tracking may help raptor rehabilitation
By Danielle Smith | Jan. 20, 2014Dane County Humane Society is a non-profit organization with a mission to help both animals and people to learn how to assist animals in need. Seven thousand animals of many species, shapes and sizes enter the doors of Dane Country Humane Society every year. They provide wildlife rehabilitation, stray animal holding, adoption service and spay and neutering services to animals from the southern Wisconsin area.
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UW students train computers to play angry birds
By Suma Samudrala | Dec. 9, 2013Artificial Intelligence is defined as the ability for a machine such as a computer to perform functions analogous to learning and decision making. This past summer undergraduates Anjali Narayan-Chen and Liqi Xu taught the computer how to play Angry Birds. Angry birds is a popular game where using a slingshot, the player shoots wingless birds to kill pigs. And like other games, there are several levels of difficulty, different sizes and colors of birds, and different obstacles. With each game, new birds and special abilities can be activated by the player.
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UW student in finals of ‘Dance Your PhD’
By Nambirajan Rangarajan | Nov. 19, 2013On a cold, windy Sunday afternoon in September this year, the ground floor lobby of Union South was filled with students discussing homework and munching pizza. However just two floors above, a dance group in the Northwoods room was getting their groove on. As the minutes ticked by, a crew member yelled, “Only five minutes to go, guys. Let’s shoot the final sequence.” A single take, and it was over!
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Football players and flies taking hits for brain research
By Jacob Blitstein | Nov. 19, 2013Have you ever had a concussion or any other head-related injury resulting in a permanent or temporary change in cognition? Concussions and other Traumatic Brain Injuries are one of the most serious public health problems in the United States. TBIs occur when a force to the head causes the brain to strike the inside of the skull resulting in swelling and sometimes even bleeding in the brain. These injuries are extremely common in falls, car accidents and many sports-related injuries.
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UW challenges invasive species paradigm
By Jon Spike and Donald Radcliffe | Nov. 5, 2013Invasive species are one of the most important issues facing aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems today. No self-respecting ecologist would say otherwise.
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Future of regenerative medicine may include CRISPR gene repair
By Sam Karp and Suma Samudrala | Nov. 5, 2013A step toward advancement in regenerative medicine by improving the commonly used gene repair technique was made possible by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Morgridge Institute for Research and Northwestern University.
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Ask Mr. Scientist: Real-life vampires and death scares
By Michael Leitch | Nov. 5, 2013Dear Mr. Scientist,
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Surveying the trees of Flambeau Forest
By Donald Radcliffe | Oct. 15, 2013I spent a month this summer living in a cabin in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.
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Rusty crayfish kept at bay in Wisconsin
By Brita Larson and By James Lanser | Oct. 1, 2013Imagine an underwater army of crustaceous lumberjacks chopping down the kelp forests on the floor bed of lakes with their large pincers. This isn’t something out of a science-fiction movie. This is how the Rusty Crayfish, an invasive species from Ohio River Basin, essentially deforested Sparkling Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
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Ask Mr. Scientist: Yellowed Books and Sea Monkeys
By Michael Leitch | Oct. 1, 2013Dear Mr. Scientist,
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Wisconsin Science Festival pushes understanding of science and art
By Nambirajan Rangarajan | Oct. 1, 2013On most Saturday mornings, the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery building bears a deserted look. The long lines for coffee are missing, and most of the plush couches in the ground floor hallway are unoccupied.
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NPR host Ira Flatow argues 'science is sexy'
By Megan Stoebig | Sep. 27, 2013Ira Flatow, host of National Public Radio’s “Science Friday,” described how science has become “sexy” in America as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the Wisconsin Science Festival.
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Future of renewable energy looks promising with new solar cells
By Nambirajan Rangarajan | Sep. 18, 2013You’ve seen them on wristwatches, pocket calculators, traffic signals and maybe even on top of campus buildings — futuristic-looking, sleek panels of metal facing the sun. Solar cells are becoming integral to our lives as the technology used to harness arguably the cleanest energy source available —the sun.
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Plants eavesdrop as a means of defense
By Danielle Smith | Sep. 17, 2013Imagine yourself in a situation in which you and everyone surrounding you are being attacked by an unknown predator. You hear signs of chaos all around you and your fight-or-flight instincts are gearing up to protect you from impending doom. You are just about to plan your miraculous escape when you notice your feet are stuck planted to the ground, and you are incapable of fleeing the scene. What would you do to protect yourself?
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Ask Mr. Scientist: Magnetic Fields and Batteries
By Michael Leitch | Sep. 17, 2013Dear Mr. Scientist,
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