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MADISON – What do a discarded industrial fan, a recycled waste basket, a surplused fishing reel, and a set of drawers from an old lab desk have to do with entrepreneurship on the UW-Madison campus? Everything. The winners of the first-ever 100-hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge include a home reservoir system that stores rain water and pumps it into gardens and lawns;...

MADISON - When it comes to forming opinions on controversial scientific issues, Americans show a strong deference to the views of the scientific community, according to a study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.Dominique Brossard, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, says a random survey of 1,500 New York state residents shows they...

GREEN BAY, Wis., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- There are many reasons moms love to give their kids Popsicle(R) ice pops just as much as their kids love to eat them -- they are fat-free and low in calories and also a good source of vitamin C. Now, the treat synonymous with summer just got a whole lot cooler with...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), should resign from the U.S. Patent Public Advisory Committee to avoid a conflict of interest while key stem cell patents are being considered for rejection, consumer advocates said today. The U.S. Patent Office is re-examining three patents held by WARF on human...

A pollster from Iowa, a writer from The Politico and a senior political producer from CNN will join other top panelists and presenters at a May 17 conference highlighting online coverage of campaign '08.Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, The Politico's Ben Smith, and CNN producer Scott Anderson will join others online political experts at the conference, including Democratic consultant Joe...

MADISON – Nearly a quarter century ago, Laurie Benson and fellow Inacom founders Gary Hoffman and Loren Mortenson had the idea that personal computers might be the next big thing. That hunch proved right, and so did the idea of becoming partners with customers who were seeking what Benson calls “business-smart technology solutions.”  In the years since 1984, Inacom...

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