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21-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Butterflies Help Reveal the Source of Life's Little Luxuries
University of Wisconsin–Madison

How the elephant got its trunk, the deer its antlers and the rattlesnake its rattles may seem like disparate questions of developmental biology, but the origins of these novelties, according to the genes of butterflies, may have much in common.

Released: 23-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Common genes form new family tree for animals
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Looking deep within the genes of three very different kinds of animals, scientists have found enough molecular evidence to finally fell the animal kingdom's old family tree.

Released: 24-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Satellite Laser To Take the Pulse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
University of Wisconsin–Madison

By shining a laser from space onto the Antarctic and Greenland, scientists may soon peel away some of the mystery surrounding the fate of the massive ice sheets that, through natural fluctuation or human-induced climate change, could drastically alter the levels of the world's oceans.

Released: 3-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Making Sense of Weird Weather
University of Wisconsin–Madison

La Nina may get the attention, but if forecasts of unusually wild weather this spring come true, lesser-known forces like "zonal jet streams" and "Bermuda highs" will be responsible.

Released: 6-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Detector in Polar Ice Hunts for the Cosmic Neutrino
University of Wisconsin–Madison

This winter the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array or AMANDA, a novel telescope set kilometers deep in the ice at the South Pole, began its search for the ghost-like cosmic neutrino.

Released: 10-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
School Culture Can Be Toxin or Tonic
University of Wisconsin–Madison

The culture of a school -- a web of values, traditions and symbols -- can be toxin or tonic for education reform. Ignoring this powerful variable, however, can be a fatal mistake in reform attempts, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.

Released: 30-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Design Could Improve Highway Guardrail Safety
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer has developed a new guardrail design made from composite materials that is potentially safer than traditional highway guardrails.

Released: 1-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EST
Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
University of Wisconsin–Madison

They look more like stray computer parts than precision medical tools, but Amit Lal's research creations could give surgeons an incomparable new edge in medicine.

Released: 3-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EST
Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Learning to spot signs of anger early becomes a finely honed survival skill for children who have suffered severe abuse. A new study by psychologist Seth Pollak suggests that this survival skill may actually trigger biological changes, altering the way the brain processes anger.

Released: 20-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Microgravity May Enhance Plant Gene Transfer
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Transferring desirable genes into crops is a high-tech game of chance, with success rates running about one in 1,000. But the odds get a whole lot better when you remove gravity from the mix.


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