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In a groundbreaking discovery, a collaborative team of researchers from Wisconsin, Spain, and France reported in December 2013 the first evidence of specific molecular changes at a genetic level following a period of mindfulness meditation .

Summary Federal R&D policy and implications of budget sequestration are the largest factors in funding for U.S. academic research, which has dropped from a recent high of 6% annual funding increases in 2011 to a forecast of 2% in 2014.

A human ancestor characterized by "robust" jaw and skull bones was a muscular creature with a gorilla-like upper body and more adaptive to its environment than previously thought, scientists have discovered.

Dr. Leah Whigham has been named the first Executive Director of Paso del Norte Institute for Healthy Living.

Chad and Carey Behnke of New Berlin are parents of a daughter, Sophie Rae , born March 30, 2010.

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While there have been multiple scientific studies providing evidence that meditation can have a positive influence on a person's health, new research appearing in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology suggests that there may be an actual biological trigger for these therapeutic effects.

A human ancestor characterized by "robust" jaw and skull bones was a muscular creature with a gorilla-like upper body and more adaptive to its environment than previously thought, scientists have discovered.

Here are 10 trends shaping the future of Wisconsin's tech-based economy: Campus entrepreneurism: A decade ago, it was difficult to find organized entrepreneurial education programs on Wisconsin campuses, the exceptions being the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison and the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship at Marquette University.

A team from the Engine Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ford Motor, and Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen have developed new multi-component surrogate models for three different diesel fuels, and then examined their fidelity in capturing the characteristics of a diesel engine operated under various conditions, including ... (more)

He is an active member of both his school and community, which is illustrated by his participation in National Honors Society, Ignition and the football team.

The University of Wisconsin System announced Friday it is ramping up its new competency-based Flexible Option degree program for working adults to learn skills in demand among Wisconsin employers.

With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body.

University of Wisconsin system president Kevin P. Reilly, right, chats with regent president Michael Falbo, left, and regent vice president Regina Millner, center, and other following a news conference in July announcing Reilly's departure at UW-Madison's Union South in Madison.

Growing up in Wisconsin Molly Segall would often see the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile drive up and down the highways and knew that would be a dream job for her.

The program is set to begin at UW-Milwaukee and the system's two-year schools next month.

Researchers found a partial skeleton -- including arm, hand, leg and foot fragments -- dated to 1.34 million years old and belonging to Paranthropus boisei at the Olduvai Gorge World Heritage fossil site in Tanzania.

Even though John Nichols watched the man's health deteriorate over the last few months, he said he was shocked to hear about Nelson Mandela's death.