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Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli to dramatically resist ionizing radiation and, in the process, reveal the genetic mechanisms that make the feat possible.

Reston, Va.; March 17, 2014 - Several outstanding scientists are being honored with awards from the Society of Toxicology , a professional association of more than 7,700 toxicologists.

Police are searching for a man missing from the UW-Madison campus. Madison police say Nakul Kalra, 21, was last seen at Union South Saturday around 3 p.m. His family and friends have not heard from him since, which police say is very uncharacteristic.

There was no shortage of green on State Street Sunday morning as thousands ran the annual Shamrock Shuffle.

A recent analysis shows children who are bullied, both in person and through technology, are more likely to contemplate and even attempt suicide.

The Map Society of Wisconsin hosts a presentation by art historian Dr. Sandra Senz-Lpez Prez, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid, Spain, entitled "Marginalia in cARTography: Exploring the Edges of Maps" on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library , located on the third floor east wing of the UWM Golda ... (more)

Hailed as the "Paganini of the Steelpan," 40-year-old Liam Teague currently serves as the head of Steelpan Studies and associate professor of Music at Northern Illinois University, and he co-directs the NIU Steelband.

I never in a million years thought I'd be the type of person who meditates. I've had an aversion to all things airy-fairy since age five, when my parents - recovering hippies - sent me to a yoga class for kids.

The article states findings from medical research that says: 'University of Wisconsin-Madison pediatrician James E. Gern has conducted a number of studies that demonstrate having a pet in the home can actually lower a child's likelihood of developing related allergies by as much as 33 percent.'

The dry bed of the Stevens Creek Reservoir in California shows the effects of the state's drought.

New research has detected a higher rate of seizures among children with autism who were fed infant formula containing soy protein rather than milk protein.

Professor Benden has an important story to share about an important discovery made by the School of Human Ecology at the university.

It's an animal-eat-plant world out there, with the consumers and consumed engaged in a continuous evolutionary race to come out ahead.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

Sitting among the wooden pews in a packed Bethel Lutheran Church on Thursday evening to hear an address by Rev.

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MADISON, Wis. - Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli to dramatically resist ionizing radiation and, in the process, reveal the genetic mechanisms that make the feat possible.

University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in the Fond du Lac area will celebrate the founding of the university with a presentation from the director of campus planning and landscape architecture on April 29. Gary Brown, who is overseeing development and implementation of the 20-year campus master plan, will present a lecture, Building for our Future ... (more)

In this excerpt from his 41st annual Science Is Fun lecture, renowned science educator, chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri from the University of Wisconsin-Madison gets help in making a giant silvered ornament, giving gray metal a multicolored coating, and making colored light.

A UW Police official says a long-time policeman and member of the department's command staff was fired Wednesday.