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  • Posted on March 9, 2023
    CALS Research Briefs for Spring 2023

      How Telomeres Stay Tidy Telomeres provide vital protection for the ends of human chromosomes. However, these defensive caps degrade over time through the process […]

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    “The 608” Has Outgrown Itself

      The region represented by the 608 area code encompasses the south central and southwest parts of Wisconsin and is home to cities such as […]

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    Champion of Wildflower Wonders

      There are few places like central Texas in the spring: Bluebonnets, paintbrushes, and primrose emblazon the hills and flatlands like an endless magic carpet. […]

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    Five Decades of Student Support

      The first time the Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA) awarded undergraduate scholarships, back in 1974, it dispersed $1,800 to six CALS students. […]

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    Take the Spring 2023 Final Exam

    Ace our Final Exam and you could win a gift box of cheese from the Babcock Hall Dairy Store!

  • Posted on October 18, 2022
    Cold Hard Science in the Heart of Cranberry Country

      In early March of 2017, Nicole Hansen found herself kneeling in a cranberry bed, drilling into the soil to check the amount of frost […]

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    Once and Future Wildfires

      On a blustery spring day, Jed Meunier MS’05 and his team are climbing Wisconsin’s Castle Rock bluff, searching for treasure. From the outside, the […]

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    A New Tactic in the Superbug Battle

      During a 2015 trip to Egypt, Tom Patterson suffered a gallstone attack and soon fell terribly ill. But that’s not what nearly killed him. […]

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    An Introduction

      Greetings, readers of Grow — my fellow lovers of the agricultural and life sciences! Welcome to the fall 2022 issue. It’s my honor and […]

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    Six Facts about Antioxidants You Won’t Learn from Advertising

      It’s hard to walk through the grocery store without encountering at least one product that touts the health benefits of antioxidants. Marketed as the […]

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    Run, Research, Repeat — Until There’s Food for All

      Elias Kemna BSx’23 is on track in his college career, and in more ways than one. First, he’s a member of the Wisconsin Track […]

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    Renewable Fuel Policy Refresh?

      Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical step in mitigating climate change. One way to do this is to expand renewable fuels, which can […]