Research published this week by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists shows how bacteria can degrade solid bedrock, jump-starting a long process of alteration that creates the mineral portion of soil.
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2019
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University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a computational tool that can accurately predict the three-dimensional interactions between regions of human chromosomes.
Biotechnology
Dec 10, 2019
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Last year, scientists announced that a human jawbone and prehistoric tools found in 2002 in Misliya Cave, on the western edge of Israel, were between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.
Archaeology
Nov 26, 2019
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On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with a fever. The providers there diagnosed him with influenza, a strain called H3N2, and sent him home with a new medication called baloxavir.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 25, 2019
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There's a long-standing belief in the freshwater fishing community that once anglers find it too hard to land a particular fish for their dinner plate, they either move on to fishing for different species or fish in new waters, ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2019
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A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2019
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of life.
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2019
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According to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading in the Great Lakes region have largely not produced equivalent declines ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2019
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Thousands of years ago, as humans tamed wild animals and plants into livestock and crops, their penchant for intoxication also led them to unwittingly domesticate a hidden workhorse of civilization: yeast.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle population.
Ecology
Oct 18, 2019
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