News tagged with uw madison
Sorry no news is found ... Your search criteria may have been too narrow. You can quickly re-sort the news in different ways by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.
Search results for uw madison
Neurons from stem cells could replace mice in botulinum test
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using lab-grown human neurons, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an effective assay for detecting botulinum neurotoxin, the agent widely used to cosmetically smooth the wrinkles ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Metabolic 'breathalyzer' reveals early signs of disease
The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Feb 06, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Roundabouts emerging as the ideal intersection between driver safety and efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- They've become the subject of myriad YouTube "how-to" videos. Entire department of transportation websites explain how to navigate them. And, they elicit more than a little anxiety and confusion in the minds ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
4.3 / 5 (6) |
0
Researchers find gene critical to sense of smell in fruit fly
(Medical Xpress) -- Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
3 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Hold that thought? Scientists find sensor that may explain working memory
(Medical Xpress) -- In many cases, a delay occurs between the time you are presented information and the time you respond with an action or decision. Most of us call it a thought, while some scientists call it working memory.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (7) |
1
|
Details of lab-made bird flu won't be revealed (Update)
The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people - and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread.
Dec 20, 2011 |
4.9 / 5 (9) |
20
Avian flu breakthrough raises question of potential risk
A University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist who is an expert on the avian flu virus is under federal scrutiny because of concerns his new research may fall into the wrong hands.
Dec 19, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Giant piezoelectric effect to improve MEMS devices
Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from universities and national laboratories ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
New evidence links virus to brain cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Tilting the scales in an ongoing debate, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found new evidence that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is associated with glioblastoma multiforme ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
0
|
Psychopaths' brains show differences in structure and function
Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 22, 2011 |
4.8 / 5 (17) |
84
|
List of search results for uw madison
