Category: Around CALS
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Posted on June 24, 2019
A look at Lancaster Agricultural Research Station
Additional photographs available at CALS Flickr The Lancaster Agricultural Research Station is located about five miles west of Lancaster, Wisconsin, near present-day Beetown in Grant […]
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Posted on June 17, 2019
Powerful in vivo studies allow researchers to glimpse biological processes ‘within the living’
Numerous researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry perform in vivo biochemical studies. Meaning “within the living,” these studies focus on understanding a […]
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Posted on June 10, 2019
UW–Madison students gain wildlife ecology experience during summer field course in Northwoods
For two weeks in late May, Kemp Natural Resources Station was home and headquarters to 24 UW–Madison students gaining intensive experience in Wisconsin wildlife identification, […]
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Posted on June 3, 2019
Five things everyone should know about mycotoxins
Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade […]
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Posted on May 28, 2019
Canada firm expands in Wisconsin to hire more farm-raised engineers
MacDon Enterprises, Inc., a Canadian maker of harvesting equipment, broke ground on a research and development facility in Sun Prairie March 27. The building will […]
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Posted on May 20, 2019
Blog post, video highlight Karthik Anantharaman’s deep dive to collect viruses from hydrothermal vents
This past winter, Karthik Anantharaman, assistant professor of bacteriology, embarked on a scientific adventure. On board the research vessel R/V Falkor, he sampled deep-sea hydrothermal […]
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Posted on May 13, 2019
Knowledge Applied: APL team helps decision-makers understand complex social trends, plan for future
Should a school district close an elementary school with shrinking enrollment, or will student numbers rebound in the coming years? What’s the outlook for a […]
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Posted on May 6, 2019
CALS scientists among Cool Science Image Contest winners
Ten images and two videos by University of Wisconsin–Madison students, faculty and staff have been named winners of the 2019 Cool Science Image Contest. Two […]
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Posted on April 29, 2019
New UW–Madison project to support Wisconsin hemp growers
Last year, after the state passed legislation making it legal to grow industrial hemp, around 200 Wisconsin farmers gave it a go. It proved challenging […]
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Posted on April 22, 2019
CALS walking tours communicate history through present-day technology
Students and faculty alike are often fooled by the statue at the top of Henry Mall. It’s not a statue of W.A. Henry, for whom […]