Several CALS graduate students presented projects at a research showcase at the UW–Madison Day at the Capitol. State legislators and their staff also heard flash […]

The summer vegetables sag in the wake of the first frosts. But the low October sun still warms the fields of the Eagle Heights Community […]

When it comes to generating useful ideas and solutions for the dairy industry, graduate student researchers are the unsung heroes. “Most of the research that […]

For most people, a fruit smoothie is a healthy, refreshing drink. For students who sign up for Plant Pathology 123 during Summer Term at the […]

Last fall, when the “Gastropod” podcast came to UW–Madison to partici­pate in the 2018 Wisconsin Science Festival, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley asked Irwin […]

“Microbial communities run the world,” says Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “People always laugh when I […]

Scientists in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real time. In a recent study published online in the Journal of Bacteriology, biochemistry […]

An insect’s gut might seem an inhospitable place to settle in, but diverse microbes nonetheless make their home there. Yet in the gut, there’s a […]

Spring might officially be more than a month away, but for some animals making a trek back north after wintering in the south, the spring […]

If you’ve ever grown carrots in your garden and puzzled over never once seeing them flower, don’t blame your lack of a green thumb. Carrots, […]