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How do vaccines work?
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Caregivers with depression slip through the system
(03/01/18 3:00pm)
According to the National Cancer Institute, 15 to 25 percent of cancer patients experience depression, often as a result of the stress and emotional impacts of being diagnosed and treated for cancer.
Sharing spaces with Madison’s urban wildlife
(02/22/18 3:01pm)
It’s a little past 6:45 in the morning when David Drake pulls his truck up the hill into Owen Park, on Madison’s near west side. The view from the top of the hill is surprisingly wooded — a restored prairie criss-crossed with snowy trails slopes down into a forest, which Drake says is a favorite haunt of the neighborhood turkeys. The only orienting landmarks are the UW Hospital towers to the east, which glint gold in the sunrise.
Oxide materials research leads to new generation of electronic devices
(02/22/18 2:55pm)
The systems that make up the electronics we use every day seem unreal. With the touch of a finger, we have access to a whole world of information, and most people hardly ever think about the materials that make this possible.
"Digital Intern" poised to revolutionize healthcare
(02/22/18 3:00pm)
What do you think about when you imagine the future of medicine?
Colorado potato beetles coming to a field near you
(02/22/18 3:00pm)
Beau Hartline has been battling the Colorado potato beetle for years and it’s only getting worse. Hartline is the farm manager at Alsum Farms in Freisland, Wis.
Ask Ms. Scientist: wisdom teeth and the ocean deep
(02/15/18 2:00pm)
What's the deal with wisdom teeth?
UW professor innovates effective, cheap TB test
(02/15/18 2:00pm)
The home pregnancy test has become a cheap and effective option across the world, helping women to become more aware of their pregnancy status for decades. Diagnostic tools such as the pregnancy test are powerful but also few and far between.
Personal storytelling helps terminally ill patients find peace
(02/08/18 3:01pm)
At the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, unique research outside of traditional medicine is taking place. For the Sonderegger Research Center, the medical field is rich in opportunities for social science, where the medicine we quickly think of is set aside and becomes only one component in the patient experience.
UW researchers find new ways to produce 'green' plastic
(02/08/18 3:00pm)
If you had to name something as ubiquitous as the air we breathe in, it would be plastic. From cheap soda bottles to the shopping baskets in the market, plastic is essential to our lives. However, it’s also devastating for being non-renewable in large quantities. One of the researchers trying to solve that problem is Ali Hussain Motagamwala, a graduate student working under James Dumesic, a professor of chemical and biological engineering, with funding provided by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
Vulnerability found in viral replication opens new doors to antiviral drug research
(02/08/18 3:00pm)
Getting a virus is a major bummer. Your joints ache, you’re constantly sniffly, you might
UW professor conducts innovative research on rare Rett syndrome
(01/24/18 2:00pm)
Rett syndrome is a non-inherited, rare neurological disorder that mostly affects girls and has no cure. This syndrome influences almost every part of the child’s life and is caused by mutations of the MeCP2 gene located on the X chromosome. Children affected by this syndrome show a variety of symptoms, including a worsening of the child’s ability to communicate, eat and move.
New stem cell method aids heart disease research
(01/23/18 2:00pm)
Cardiovascular disease is one of the health conditions that many people suffer and die from around the world — it is common to have someone very close to you fall victim to it. As ubiquitous as cardiovascular disease is, so are the efforts to treat it.
Climate change threatens bird populations in the Great Lakes
(01/23/18 2:00pm)
During the summer and fall of 2013, Gretchen Schmelzer, a retired Door County school teacher, could often be found walking the beach at Baileys Harbor near her home in Sturgeon Bay, WI. She was part of Avian Monitoring for Botulism Lakeshore Events, or AMBLE, a network of hundreds of citizen scientists assembled by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in 2010 to record data on bird die-offs caused by avian botulism in the Great Lakes.
Ask Ms. Scientist: exploding stomachs and stickers
(11/27/17 2:00pm)
Can your stomach explode from eating too much?
New technology could improve health diagnosis
(11/27/17 2:00pm)
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, making up a huge amount of our bone, muscle and tendon mass. Collagen plays a key role in tissue function and stability. It is also a key indicator of tissue health. For these reasons, identifying the presence of collagen and noting its intrinsic structure can prove valuable in the healthcare field.
Ask Ms. Scientist: hair and cats
(11/20/17 2:00pm)
Why is some hair curly and some hair straight?
Scientists evaluate risks of gene editing
(11/20/17 2:00pm)
Technology is advancing exponentially and the exciting field of genome editing is no exception. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research are playing an essential role in ensuring the continued responsible development of this genome editing technology. They are exploring the intersection of genome editing technology and national security.
Ask Ms. Scientist: dreams and food comas
(11/06/17 2:00pm)
Do animals dream?
Sciencecast: Public Health Series - Episode 1
(11/06/17 2:00pm)
Welcome back to the third installment of Sciencecast, the Daily Cardinal’s science podcast series. Our theme is Public Health. Several times this semester, we will be exploring the various facets of public health through interviews with UW-Madison experts.
