Category: Around CALS
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Posted on November 20, 2017
New model reveals possibility of pumping antibiotics into bacteria
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has […]
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Posted on November 6, 2017
All hands on deck to understand, predict, prevent abrupt ecological change
Chris Kucharik, professor of agronomy and environmental studies, is one of several co-principal investigators of a new study centered around efforts to understand, predict and prevent abrupt […]
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Posted on October 30, 2017
Ag Hall exhibition features works from Wisconsin artists
For the ninth year in a row, Ag Hall is hosting a selection of art from the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP). The program, founded […]
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Posted on October 23, 2017
Grant County farmer charts own path, with a little help from scientist colleagues
You never know where a conversation with Gerry Weiss will drive you. Today, it’s swerved toward fence-line weaning. Whatever that may be. Once explained, however, […]
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Posted on October 16, 2017
Farmers using UW-built software statewide to cut pollution, plan soil fertility
A software program intended to cut water pollution and soil erosion has matured into an essential production tool for farmers, says Fond du Lac County […]
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Posted on October 9, 2017
UW wins $7 million grant to wean crops from nitrogen fertilizers
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study […]
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Posted on October 2, 2017
Epigenetics and the “icing” on the DNA
Xuehua Zhong, an assistant professor of genetics, studies epigenetics, a growing area of research focused on how chemical tags on DNA can change the expression […]
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Posted on September 25, 2017
Stan Temple introduces first of Aldo Leopold’s lost radio talks
In 1933, Aldo Leopold was named chair of game management in what is now the UW-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. Just weeks after […]
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Posted on September 18, 2017
WKOW climate change documentary featuring CALS faculty available online
“Our Wisconsin: The Climate Change Effect,” a documentary that aired Sept. 14 on WKOW, is now available to view online. In this installment of the […]
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Posted on September 11, 2017
How moldy hay and sick cows led to a lifesaving drug
On a wintry day in the mid-1930s, a concerned farmer appeared at the door of a lab at UW-Madison. In his hand was a can […]