Category: Basic Science
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Posted on March 9, 2023
Pathways to Immunity
Jing Fan recalls the first science experiment she ever performed. She was a kindergartener in Beijing, China, and her class made glue out of […]
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Five Counterintuitive Facts for the Conscientious Lawn Owner
Healthy lawns can prevent phosphorus from entering lakes and streams, where it causes problematic algal blooms. Phosphorus is an important element for plant growth. […]
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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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Posted on October 18, 2022
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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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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Eco-Friendly Pest Control
Wisconsin has a long history of vegetable production. It’s a leading producer of the nation’s processing vegetables, such as snap beans, sweet corn, carrots, […]
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Posted on August 2, 2022
How to Time Travel Without Fear
Betül Kaçar is a self-described gözü kara. The Turkish term refers to people from the Black Sea region of the country, but it has […]
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Stepping Down, Staying On
As I mentioned in the fall 2021 issue, I am stepping down as dean of CALS this summer. This will be my last column […]
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A Round-Up of CALS Research for Summer 2022
A Molecular Understanding of Antibiotics Antibiotics are good at killing pathogens, but they also eliminate beneficial gut bacteria. This makes patients more prone to […]
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Alum Helps Sustain ‘Another Level of Molecular Clarity’
Less than a decade ago, UW researchers began to gather and assemble the components of a powerful, advanced imaging technology called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) […]
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Posted on April 29, 2022
Good Ideas, Grown and Shared
They are unconventional laboratories, classrooms, and proving grounds — places to connect with the land and with nature. UW’s Agricultural Research Stations are the […]