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‘App’-riculture
Posted on June 19, 2019Mike Cerny has been farming long enough to have a reliable intuition when it comes to decisions about applying chemical protection to his crops. So […]
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The Protein Professor
Posted onSrinivasan Damodaran came to the United States in 1976 from South India, where the green revolution was fueling an explosion of wheat and rice production […]
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The Case for Healthier Tomatoes
Posted onAt some point in your life, you’ve probably gone to class knowing you left an assignment unfinished. The knot in your stomach grew as homework […]
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Major Modernization
Posted onLast fall, I outlined some of the key goals for the ongoing Organizational Redesign of the college. At the time, the project was in its […]
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Five Things Everyone Should Know about … A2 Milk
Posted on1. A2 milk comes from cows with a natural genetic variation that gives their milk a slightly different protein ratio than conventional milk. All milk […]
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Microbial Repellent
Posted onWhen Que Lan passed away unexpectedly of complications from gastric cancer in 2014, the UW entomology professor left behind a promising research project. Her work […]
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Off to a ‘QuickStart’
Posted onOn a typical morning at Doorco Holsteins in Brussels, Wisconsin, Austin Vandertie BSx’22 would be helping his parents milk the 40-cow herd, feed calves, spread […]
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The Nature Effect
Posted onIf you excelled in your college science classes, chances are you spent much of your youth outside the city limits or exploring nature with grass […]
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Class Act | Stephanie Hoff
Posted onStephanie Hoff BSx’19 grew up in small towns near Thorp, Wisconsin, as part of a rural community where people have a pretty good understanding of […]
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Helium Conservation
Posted onFor scientists looking to explore living things on an atomic level, there’s a decades-old but nevertheless astounding tool at their disposal. With biomolecular nuclear magnetic […]
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Peru | New Potato Helps Farmers Weather the Frost
Posted onIn a country with more than 5,000 potato varieties, you might not expect the arrival of another one to be a big deal. But this […]
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The Inner Workings of Microbial Metabolism
Posted onDaniel Amador-Noguez is learning how living organisms transform nutrients into energy and other useful chemicals. Among a cadre of scientists looking at the biological underpinnings […]