Mason Muerhoff

I spotted this young red fox meandering across the west end of campus on this brisk, sunny Friday, hopping from sun spot to sun spot. The empty streets make for an inviting playground for the canids, without any of the noise and commotion of the crowded passing times. Foxes are no […]

When the students are away, the foxes will play

January 12, 2018 by Mason Muerhoff

MADISON – A study published today, Jan. 10, in the journal PLOS One conducted by researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Carnivore Coexistence Lab suggests lethal management of wolves following wolf attacks on livestock may have unintended consequences. Adrian Treves, a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and […]

Lethal management of wolves in one place may create spillover ...

January 10, 2018 by Mason Muerhoff

For 20 years, astronomers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have gazed up at the broad canvas of stars and galaxies in the night sky above the mountains west of Tucson, Arizona, searching for pairs of stars dancing around one another. Marking a milestone achievement in their analysis of binary stars, […]

UW’s WIYN Open Cluster Study records 100,000th measurement

December 13, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff

What’s more Wisconsin than milk and cheese? I’ll tell you: It’s snow. Fat, fluffy flakes silently piling up on windowsills and those bitter, piercing blizzards are as predictable as NFC North championships in Wisconsin. But the cold, snowy conditions that are a staple of winter in Wisconsin and the Great […]

Computer modeling offers glimpse into Wisconsin’s future

December 1, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff

This year the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is celebrating the centennial of two major achievements: the discoveries of vitamin B and the link between goiter and iodine. These two important scientific achievements, as well as the stories, personalities, and controversies that accompanied them changed the field of […]

Looking back 100 years at two major biochemistry discoveries

November 10, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff

A new submission service is assisting researchers at UW–Madison with new compliance procedures for federally funded research manuscripts. The service operates like this: a researcher goes to the website and follows the links to submit their manuscript file. Once submitted, the staff reviews the manuscript to ensure that it meets […]

Saving time in the publication process: new service helping researchers ...

November 6, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff

The documents of antiquity, ancient scrolls, pose all sorts of challenges for scholars trying to read them. This is especially true for the most fragile documents, those seared but not completely destroyed by fire, sometimes thousands of years ago. But now scholars have a new resource to non-invasively read ancient […]

Burned and crumbling scrolls read with help of UW alum

October 18, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff

Researchers in Dr. Amgad Hanna’s Lab at UW–Madison are experimenting with new treatment options to help restore function after spinal cord injuries. The treatment involves an injection of Interleukin-10, an anti-inflammatory protein, to a damaged nerve tissue site. In the standard method of application, the protein is injected and disperses […]

Testing new treatment methods for spinal cord injuries

October 16, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff

Imagine you are walking down a trail or a sidewalk when you come across a gorgeous flower. It’s so pretty that you want to remember what it is for later, maybe to plant in your home garden or show to a friend. So you take out your smartphone, open up […]

Gotta Catch ‘Em All: UW researchers developing plant identification app

October 11, 2017 by Mason Muerhoff