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  • Illustration shows a small seated figure looking through an oversized pair of eyeglasses at the screens of several digital devices, all displaying science imagery, such as a microscope, syringe, and petri dish.

    Science Through a Glass Darkly

    Posted on July 1, 2024

      In the 1980s, the steps involved in a high school research paper assignment looked much different than today. Given a hot-button health topic of […]

  • Aerial view of rectangular agricultural plots surrounded by snow.

    The Secrets of Cold Weather Soil Unearthed

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      When hydrology engineer Anita Thompson was growing up in Minnesota, she knew what to expect from winter. The temperatures would drop below freezing around […]

  • Two hands in black gloves are shown holding two petri dishes containing yellow and orange streaks of organic material.

    Most Humans Can’t Multitask to Save Their Lives. But These Microbes Can.

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      We often look to the smallest life-forms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes can make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste, and […]

  • Dean Glenda Gillaspy smiles as she poses for a photo in front of Agricultural Hall.

    Major Changes

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      The world is changing rapidly. As it shifts, the challenges our stakeholders face — and what they require to tackle them — continue to […]

  • An illustration shows a laptop computer placed on the ground amongst plants and garden tools. On the laptop screen is a drawing of Wisconsin that uses shaded in areas of different colors to show all of the Plant Hardiness Zones of Wisconsin.

    Five Considerations for Plant Hardiness Zones (and Your Garden)

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      Plant hardiness zones are used to determine if a plant can thrive in a given climate — and your own backyard. The USDA Plant […]

  • Natalie Sander smiles while posing for a photo with a horse standing beside her.

    Horse Sense

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      When Natalie Sander BS’24 graduated in May with a degree in agricultural business management, she left behind an impressive legacy: a strong and successful […]

  • A person uses a microscope to examine a fruit fly. The image of the fruit fly produced from the microscope is shown on a computer screen next to the person.

    Does Infertility Stem from Too Much Weight or Too Much Sugar?

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      The association between obesity and infertility is a long-standing one. Some date the first written reference to this connection as early as 400 B.C., […]

  • An illustration shows screenshots of the Tarspotter app on smartphones. The screenshots show various features of the app including the map function which uses pins on a map to mark field locations, a field list that provides a general overview of all the fields and a page that show specific status information of one field.

    This App Hits the Tar Spot

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      Tar spot, a disease of corn plants caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis, has been causing problems in Mexico since the 1910s, but it […]

  • Cameron Wicks places different samples of ice cream on wire mesh that is resting on top of beakers.

    Lasting Delight

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      There’s nothing quite like ice cream to cool you off on a hot summer day. It also puts you in a race to finish […]

  • An in-game screenshot from Mooving Cows shows an interactive animation of a worker in a cow barn with buttons along the side of the screen that allow the player to control the actions of the worker.

    ‘Mooving Cows’

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      The average weight of a fully grown Holstein cow is around 1,500 pounds, its average height nearly 5 feet at the shoulder. Guiding cattle […]

  • A man in a red short-sleeved polo shirt speaks to a group of people with Holstein cattle in the background in an open air barn.

    Bovine Belch Busters

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      It’s easy to ruminate over methane when thinking about dairy and its production challenges. Cattle are essential to Wisconsin’s $45.6 billion dairy community. But […]

  • A cicada crawls on a yellow-green background with white numbers imprinted on it.

    13, 17, XIII, XIX: Cicada Life Cycles and Broods

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      The life cycles of periodical cicadas require either 17 or 13 years to complete, depending on the species. Scientists sort these cicadas into broods […]

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