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SCIENCE

Ask Ms. Scientist: wisdom teeth and the ocean deep

By Jordan Gaal and Maggie Liu | Feb. 15, 2018

What's the deal with wisdom teeth? How deep is the ocean, and what lives down there?

SCIENCE

UW professor innovates effective, cheap TB test

By Evan Cory | Feb. 15, 2018

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.

SCIENCE

Personal storytelling helps terminally ill patients find peace

By Margaret Seybold | Feb. 8, 2018

At the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, unique research outside of traditional medicine is taking place.

SCIENCE

Vulnerability found in viral replication opens new doors to antiviral drug research

By Cate Wilkinson | Feb. 8, 2018

Masaki Nishikiori, a researcher in the Morgridge Institute for Research Virology Team led by Paul Ahlquist, and his research specialist Zach Coleman have made an unprecedented discovery that could lead to the creation of a general antiviral drug for a specific class of (+) RNA viruses.

SCIENCE

UW researchers find new ways to produce 'green' plastic

By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 8, 2018

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.

SCIENCE

UW professor conducts innovative research on rare Rett syndrome

By Cate Wilkinson | Jan. 24, 2018

Rett syndrome is a non-inherited, rare neurological disorder that mostly affects girls and has no cure. Children affected by this syndrome show a variety of symptoms, including a worsening of the child’s ability to communicate, eat and move. Qiang Chang, an associate professor in the Departments of Medical Genetics and Neurology at UW-Madison and an investigator at the Waisman Center, is working to further understand Rett syndrome and its possible treatments.

David Vereide, a Morgridge fellow, researches how stem cells can help us understand cardiovascular diseases.

SCIENCE

New stem cell method aids heart disease research

By Hae Rin Lee | Jan. 23, 2018

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.

Birds in the Great Lakes area, like the loon, are at increased risk from avian botulism because of climate and ecosystem changes.

SCIENCE

Climate change threatens bird populations in the Great Lakes

By Sydney Widell | Jan. 23, 2018

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.

SCIENCE

Ask Ms. Scientist: exploding stomachs and stickers

By Jordan Gaal and Maggie Liu | Nov. 27, 2017

Can your stomach explode from eating too much? What makes stickers sticky?

SCIENCE

New technology could improve health diagnosis

By Margaret Seybold | Nov. 27, 2017

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, making up a huge amount of our bone, muscle and tendon mass.

SCIENCE

Scientists evaluate risks of gene editing

By Jordan Gaal | Nov. 20, 2017

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.

SCIENCE

Ask Ms. Scientist: hair and cats

By Jordan Gaal and Maggie Liu | Nov. 20, 2017

Why is some hair curly and some hair straight? How are cats always able to land of their feet?

PODCAST

Sciencecast: Public Health Series - Episode 1

By Maggie Liu | Nov. 6, 2017

Welcome back to the third installment of Sciencecast, the Daily Cardinal’s science podcast series.

SCIENCE

Ask Ms. Scientist: dreams and food comas

By Jordan Gaal and Maggie Liu | Nov. 6, 2017

Do animals dream? Why do I get food comas?

SCIENCE

Care Talks program addresses healthcare communication

By Cayla Guerra | Oct. 23, 2017

Healthcare professionals want to help patients and loved ones to become more knowledgeable about their care and become proficient in supporting themselves medically.

SCIENCE

UW researchers look to improve dairy production efficiency

By Josie Russo | Oct. 23, 2017

Oh where, oh where has the nitrogen gone? Oh where, oh where can it be?

Cary Forest stands in front of the Big Red Plasma Ball, an important tool he uses to study plasma and solar flares.

SCIENCE

UW plasma physics research receives national funding

By Jordan Gaal | Oct. 23, 2017

Plasma is an essential element in science fiction, most notably in the Star Wars franchise as a critical component of the Stormtroopers’ guns.

SCIENCE

Marmoset fathers take on the child burden

By Evan Cory | Oct. 23, 2017

Parenting styles vary among primate species. Some species’ offspring rely on the mother alone for caretaking and education.

SCIENCE

UW community joins over jumping worms?

By Lauryn Branham | Oct. 9, 2017

Many people throughout the Madison area love to spend time outdoors.

CAMPUS NEWS

Research center is set on funding for six years, thanks to grant

By Lauren Sorensen | Oct. 4, 2017

A $15.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation was recently awarded to a flagship UW-Madison interdisciplinary research center focused on material science.