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Killer heat: beating a summer drought

By Corinne Thornton | Aug. 28, 2012

The forecast for welcome week this year is just about perfect. Highs are in the mid 80s with lots of sun. However, all those who resided in Wisconsin or the Midwest in general this summer can remember when temperatures soared into the mid-100s accompanied by high humidity and drought a month and a half ago. Some conditions were so severe that many Fourth of July firework festivities were canceled. Dane and Columbia counties even saw roads buckle and “pavement blow-ups.”

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Revealing the dark side of Curie’s ‘beautiful radium’

By Zach Clark and Kristen Anderson | Aug. 28, 2012

Row upon row of women sat in a musty factory hand-painting watch dials. Each woman brought her camel-hair paintbrush to her lips, drew it into a point and carefully drew on numbers with a radiolumiescent paint. One by one these dial painters mysteriously became ill. They suffered from anemia, bone fractures and jaw necrosis, and some even died.

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Hormone takes up fight against cancer

By Andrew Kerber | Aug. 28, 2012

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) recently signed a license agreement with AhR Pharmaceuticals for exclusive rights to the development and use of ITE, a hormone that has the potential to treat some types of cancer and obesity.

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Ask Mr. Scientist: of butterflies and aluminum

By Michael Leitch and Katie Panosh | Aug. 28, 2012

Dear Mr. Scientist,

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UW-Madison scientists aid Higgs boson search

By Jennifer Laaser and Benji Pierson | Jul. 16, 2012

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Ask Mr. Scientist: Solar flares and cell phones

By Matthew Kleist | Jul. 16, 2012

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H5N1 panel addresses campus concerns

By Lauren Michael | Jun. 8, 2012

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UW professors win prestigious awards

By Matthew Kleist and Phil Condon | Jun. 8, 2012

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Ask Mr. Scientist: Tree leaves

By Michael Leitch | Jun. 8, 2012

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Summer programs offer science and perspective

By Nia Sathiamoorthia | May. 10, 2012

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The science of effective studying

By Kasia Manolas | May. 10, 2012

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Ask Mr. Scientist

By Michael Leitch | May. 10, 2012

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A Wisconsin start for novel biofuels process

By Jennifer Laaser | May. 3, 2012

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Ask Mr. Scientist, 05/03/12

By Michael Leitch | May. 3, 2012

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IceCube Neutrino Observatory making headway

By Corinne Thornton and Jayme Zwerling | May. 3, 2012

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Private company performing tests to send astronauts into space

By Matthew Kleist | May. 3, 2012

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX, conducted a mock launch Monday, April 30 in preparation for an upcoming mission. The goal of the test was to gather data that would be used in preparation for and during future launches.