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    All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes

    The blue whale genome was published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, and the Etruscan shrew genome was published in the journal Scientific Data.
    18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

    New research finds boreal arctic wetlands are producing more methane over time

    Researchers — including the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Min Chen and Fa Li — have developed a new model that combines several data sources and uses physics-guided machine learning to more accurately understand methane emissions in the...
    18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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    Some lymphomas become resistant to treatment. Gene discovery may offer path to overcome it.

    Patients with some types of lymphoma that become resistant to standard treatments may benefit from a therapy that University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are evaluating after they discovered a key process that fuels the blood cancers’...
    15-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

    Walleye struggle with changes to timing of spring thaw

    Walleye are one of the most sought-after species in freshwater sportfishing, a delicacy on Midwestern menus and a critically important part of the culture of many Indigenous communities. They are also struggling to survive in the warming waters of...
    27-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

    UW-Madison researchers first to 3D-print functional human brain tissue

    A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue.
    1-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

    Chats with AI shift attitudes on climate change, Black Lives Matter 

    People who were more skeptical of human-caused climate change or the Black Lives Matter movement who took part in conversation with a popular AI chatbot were disappointed with the experience but left the conversation more supportive of the...
    25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

    UW researchers uncover new clues about the cause of common birth defects

    Cleft lip and palate are the most common craniofacial birth defects in humans, affecting more than 175,000 newborns around the world each year.
    25-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

    UW researchers uncover new clues about the cause of common birth defects

    Cleft lip and palate are the most common craniofacial birth defects in humans, affecting more than 175,000 newborns around the world each year.
    22-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites


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    UW-Madison Bioethicist Co-Chairs Gene Editing Study

    R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and longtime student of the regulation and ethics of biotechnology, was named co-chair of a study committee established Nov. 12 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to look into the...
    13-Nov-2015 11:05 AM EST

    UW Experts: Census Bureau’s Annual ‘Poverty Numbers’ Provide Good News

    The new “poverty numbers” from the U.S. Census Bureau reflect some good news for the nation’s antipoverty efforts, according to UW–Madison experts.
    18-Sep-2015 11:05 AM EDT

    New MOOCs to Focus on Environmental and Community Themes

    It was Aldo Leopold — the 20th century conservationist, father of wildlife management and former University of Wisconsin faculty member, who once said, “There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other and the relation...
    1-Jul-2014 3:00 PM EDT

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    Made-in-Wisconsin Atom Probe Assisted Dating of Oldest Piece of Earth

    It's a scientific axiom: big claims require extra-solid evidence. So when University of Wisconsin-Madison geoscience professor John Valley dated an ancient crystal to 4.4 billion years ago, skeptics questioned the dating. Then, in 2013, Valley's...
    17-Apr-2014 11:00 AM EDT

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    ‘Stem Cell Tourism’ Takes Advantage of Patients, Says Law Professor

    Desperate patients are easy prey for unscrupulous clinics offering untested and risky stem cell treatments, says law and bioethics Professor Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is studying “stem cell tourism.”
    24-Mar-2014 4:00 PM EDT

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    23-Jul-2012 11:00 AM EDT

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