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Released: 20-Mar-2025 7:35 PM EDT
AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

Released: 22-Jan-2025 8:45 PM EST
mRNA-Activated Blood Clots Could Cushion the Blow of Osteoarthritis
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

University of Wisconsinā€“Madison researchers have developed a promising technique for treating osteoarthritis using therapeutic blood clots activated by messenger RNA.

Released: 8-Jan-2025 10:40 PM EST
Why Do Birds Make So Many Different Sounds? A New UWā€“Madison Study Gets at the Underlying FactorsĀ 
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure.Ā Ā But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make are not well understood. Researchers at the University of Wisconsinā€“Madison have conducted the first-ever global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: Dinosaurs Roamed the Northern Hemisphere Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, According to New Analysis of the Oldest North American Fossils
Released: 7-Jan-2025 3:10 PM EST
Dinosaurs Roamed the Northern Hemisphere Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, According to New Analysis of the Oldest North American Fossils
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

A newly described dinosaur whose fossils were uncovered by University of Wisconsinā€“Madison paleontologists is challenging the existing narrative, with evidence that the reptiles were present in the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously known.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: Threat of Abrupt Mortality Events Keeps Endangered Monkey Population at Risk, Despite Decades of Growth
Released: 16-Dec-2024 9:00 PM EST
Threat of Abrupt Mortality Events Keeps Endangered Monkey Population at Risk, Despite Decades of Growth
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

Despite the population being almost four times larger than it was in 1982, a new study published in the journal Ecology suggests the northern muriqui monkeys remain at risk, especially in the face of ongoing habitat disturbances.Northern muriquis, which live in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, are much more peaceful and egalitarian compared to other primates.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: UW Researchers Find Previously Unknown Links Between Microbial Bile Acids and the Risk of Colon Cancer
Released: 16-Dec-2024 7:05 PM EST
UW Researchers Find Previously Unknown Links Between Microbial Bile Acids and the Risk of Colon Cancer
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

Microbes living in our guts help us digest food by reshaping the bile acids that our livers produce for breaking down fats. It turns out that two of these microbially-modified bile acids may affect our risk ā€” in opposite directions ā€” for developing colon cancer.Ā Ā 

Ā鶹“«Ć½: New Tool Makes Quick Health, Environmental Monitoring Possible
Released: 26-Nov-2024 11:40 AM EST
New Tool Makes Quick Health, Environmental Monitoring Possible
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

University of Wisconsinā€“Madison biochemists have developed a new, efficient method that may give first responders, environmental monitoring groups, or even you, the ability to quickly detect harmful and health-relevant substances in our bodies and environments.Small molecules that interact with proteins can initiate, enhance, and inhibit vital biological processes.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: Research to Treat Placenta Could Improve Human Pregnancies
Released: 26-Nov-2024 10:50 AM EST
Research to Treat Placenta Could Improve Human Pregnancies
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

A gene therapy approach to boosting the placenta is safe in monkeys, according to a new, short-term study, bringing the potential treatment closer to improving birthweights of human babies and sparing them the complications of an early birth and developmental difficulties later in life.

Released: 22-Nov-2024 2:05 PM EST
Engineered Additive Makes Low-Cost Renewable Energy Storage a Possibility
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

As part of an effort to overcome the long-term energy-storage challenge, University of Wisconsinā€“Madison engineers have invented a water-soluble chemical additive that improves the performance of a type of electrochemical storage called a bromide aqueous flow battery.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: Human Stem Cell-Derived Heart Cells Are Safe in Monkeys, Could Treat Congenital Heart Disease
Released: 13-Nov-2024 9:55 AM EST
Human Stem Cell-Derived Heart Cells Are Safe in Monkeys, Could Treat Congenital Heart Disease
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart defect sometimes present at birth in humans, according to new research from the University of Wisconsinā€“Madison and Mayo Clinic.

Released: 12-Nov-2024 11:30 AM EST
Gene Therapy Protects Against Motor Neuron Disease in RatsĀ 
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

University of Wisconsinā€“Madison researchers targeting a group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have found success using a gene therapy treatment in an animal model. The approach, which uses CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, offers a unique and promising strategy that could one day treat rare but debilitating motor neuron diseases in humans.

Released: 4-Nov-2024 3:20 PM EST
UWā€“Madison researchers find persistent problems with AI-assisted genomic studies
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

University of Wisconsinā€“Madison researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can lead to flawed conclusions about the connection between genes and physical characteristics, including risk factors for diseases like diabetes.The faulty predictions are linked to researchersā€™ use of AI to assist genome-wide association studies.

Released: 28-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT
H5N1 Virus Isolated From Infected Dairy Worker Is 100% Lethal in Ferrets, but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in Nature Anymore
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of infected animals in studies University of Wisconsinā€“Madison researchers performed with the strain earlier this year.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: UWā€“Madison Researchers Use AI to Identify Sex-Specific Risks Associated with Brain Tumors
Released: 7-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT
UWā€“Madison Researchers Use AI to Identify Sex-Specific Risks Associated with Brain Tumors
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

For years, cancer researchers have noticed that more men than women get a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. Theyā€™ve also found that these tumors are often more aggressive in men. But pinpointing the characteristics that might help doctors forecast which tumors are likely to grow more quickly has proven elusive.

Ā鶹“«Ć½: New Images of RSV May Expose Stubborn Virusā€™s Weak Points
Released: 1-Oct-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New Images of RSV May Expose Stubborn Virusā€™s Weak Points
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

The complex shape of respiratory syncytial virus is one hurdle limiting the development of treatments for an infection that leads to hospitalization or worse for hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New images of the virus from researchers at the University of Wisconsinā€“Madison may hold the key to preventing or slowing RSV infections.

Released: 10-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Streamlining energy regulations on Native American reservations could help alleviate poverty
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

Land was once set aside as Native American reservations because it was undesirable and low in resources, but now interested Native Americans may have economic leverage in the growing industry of clean energy. A team of researchers led by UWā€“Madison professors Dominic Parker and Sarah Johnston quantified the economic potential of wind and solar energy projects on these lands and discussed the regulatory barriers for tribes wishing to tap into it.

   
Released: 5-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Aquatic invasive species are more widespread in Wisconsin than previously thoughtĀ 
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

A report on more than 40 years of research on Wisconsin lakes is highlighting some of the lessons scientists have learned about aquatic invasive species, including that far more ecosystems are playing host to non-native species than previously thought. Ā However, the researchers note, those species arenā€™t necessarily detrimental to their new habitat and, in some cases, the negative ā€œimpacts of invasive species control may be greater than the impacts of the invasive speciesā€ themselves.

Released: 26-Aug-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Transgender students more likely than cisgender peers to seek support from school staff, UWā€“Madison and NYU study finds
University of Wisconsinā€“Madison

The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, found among students who felt depressed or anxious, transgender students were 74% less likely than their cisgender peers to seek help from parents than from adults in schools.



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