Tomorrow night we get to hear about the latest chapter in the oldest scientific outreach component of the University: the UW Geology Museum. Here’s a bit of background on the embryology of the museum (http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~museum/about.html): …
Month: December 2013
Genome of the Electric Eel
Let’s have a tropical topic to counterattack this stunning cold snap. Electric eels will do the trick. Even the genus name gets right to the point: What’s good for you is good for us–Electrophorus! …
Speeding the Breeding: The Topic of Procreation turns from Cranberries to Cows
The happy news last week was that UW-Madison in FY 2012 had the third largest R&D budget among all US universities. The university continues a remarkable record in which it has ranked no less than …