Last year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison turned 175. The university has been celebrating this impressive milestone by hosting campus and statewide festivities and by […]

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  “You are what you eat.” We’ve all heard this old adage before. But during pregnancy, maternal nutrition can have a large impact on a […]

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  Precision medicine has the potential to tailor treatments to a patient’s unique genetic sequence. But achieving this precision — or developing new drugs — […]

If you were to come across a patch of thale cress poking through a crack in a parking lot, you might not think much of […]

Genetics professor Xuehua Zhong is a true believer in the power of outreach to instill a love of science in young people and develop mentoring […]

Xuehua Zhong uses plants to study epigenetics, an exciting new field that is broadening our understanding of how some traits might be passed down from one generation to the next.

A challenging after-school class keeps middle schoolers interested in science

It sounds like science fiction—but it could happen in real life. Stan Temple describes “de-extinction” and its promise for conservation.

A CALS capstone class in genetics encourages students to explore their own genomes.

Research sheds light on a deadly condition