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  • Posted on June 9, 2015
    Eyes on the Green

    How CALS scientists help the world-renowned Whistling Straits golf course get ready for this summer’s PGA Championship

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    The Fox, the Coyote­—and We Badgers

    Growing populations of these animals on campus and in the city have inspired a new study aimed at living better together

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    Plant Prowess

    CALS scientists from a wide range of disciplines help forge the future of a growing field

  • Posted on March 2, 2015
    Forever Rising

    We depend on yeasts for products ranging from beer and biofuel to forage and pharmaceuticals. But according to Chris Todd Hittinger and his colleagues at CALS, we’ve only begun to understand and mine the possible uses of these hardworking model microbes

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    Unpuzzling Diabetes

    Biochemist Alan Attie tracks the internal mechanisms behind a fast-growing disease that takes millions of lives each year

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    Insects For All

    Entomology professor Daniel Young presides over a prodigious collection of bugs on campus. Thanks to digital technology, this collection and many others will soon be available online for everyone to learn from and enjoy.

  • Posted on November 3, 2014
    Meeting the Scourge

    The tiny emerald ash borer is decimating trees in the Upper Midwest. CALS researchers are helping communities understand how to prevent and contain the damage.

  • Posted on November 2, 2014
    To the Ends of the Earth

    Decades of field research at both poles has given soil scientists James Bockheim a front-row seat on climate change.

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    Connecting Our Ways of Knowing

    A CALS partnership engages Native American kids in science by integrating indigenous knowledge into teaching and learning

  • Posted on June 19, 2014
    Gardening for the People

    Master Gardener Volunteers bring expertise and the joy of growing to diverse people and projects around the state.

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    Of Cows and Climate

    CALS researchers are leading a far-reaching effort to gather information about greenhouse gases related to dairy—and to give farmers and other industry professionals the tools they need to reduce them.

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    The Mysteries of RNA

    For decades DNA has stood in the spotlight of biological research. But scientists at CALS and across campus have also long been intrigued
    by its chemical cousin, RNA—and are working to shed light on a surprisingly versatile molecule that holds great promise for human health.