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Posted on March 8, 2024
New Target for Cancer Treatment?
Once thought to be the trash can of the cell, a little bubble of cellular stuff called the midbody remnant is actually packing working […]
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Flexibility + Preparation = Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic expanded our everyday vocabulary to include words such as “PCR test” and “supply chain.” Economists and the general public alike wondered […]
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Recipes for the Origins of Life
Life on a faraway planet — if it’s out there — might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so […]
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The Fate of Microbes and Carbon in the Aftermath of Wildfires
In Controlled Burn (Grow, fall 2018), Erik Ness introduced readers to the Charcoalator, a small furnace that sustains tiny fires under controlled conditions. Associate […]
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Can Ticks Spread Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer?
Research by CALS scientists and their collaborators finds that ticks can harbor transmissible amounts of prions, the protein particles that cause chronic wasting disease […]
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Soybean Varieties on Trial
215: That’s the number of soybean varieties tested in the Wisconsin Soybean Performance Trials in 2023. The trials are conducted each year in an […]
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The Seeds of Innovation
As an associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, Julie Dawson studies plant genetics and breeding as well […]
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Fluke Fighter
For William Campbell MS’54, PhD’57, the path to a Nobel Prize started with a fluke — specifically, a sheep liver fluke. During a school […]
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Burkhardt Fund Supports Hands-On Experiences for Students
Make “cool stuff.” That’s what Micah Robinson BS’23, MSx’25 wanted to do in the Biological Systems Engineering Shop. Thanks to the Martin and Kathleen […]
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Posted on November 2, 2023
The Road to Rural Broadband
The South Shore of northern Wisconsin — where Bayfield County meets Lake Superior — is known for its natural beauty. Summer used to be […]
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An Encouraging Mechanism for Broadband Expansion
Similar to the Norvado telephone cooperative in northern Wisconsin, electric utilities can help bring broadband to rural areas more quickly than large commercial providers. […]