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Gender hormones may lend to social disorder therapies

Social disorders such as autism constitute one area where those differences come to the fore: around 80 percent of all autism cases, for example, occur in men. Social play behaviors also differ greatly between the sexes - just about everyone agrees that young boys play "rougher" t...

Diamond Film May Enable Critical New Sensors For Bioterror

MADISON - In this time of the chronic threat of terrorism and the possibility of war with an adversary who may be armed with biological weapons, high on the wish list of security agencies and battlefield commanders is a quick and easy way to detect the presence of dangerous biological agents. Now, with the help of a novel diamond film developed by chemists at the University of Wisconsin-...

Purchase of Madison broadband network may bring improved service

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Mega-Metro Center may go beyond Chicago and Wisconsin

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What does business want from the schools? Some answers may be surprising

Those skills represent part of what Wisconsin business leaders want to see in graduates of the state's K-12, technical college, and university systems. However, a set of attributes loosely described as life skills and the ability to cope and learn may b...

Connecture's Maynard finds IT business opportunity in adversity

When the...

GE acquisition may boost "early" healthcare strategy

GE and Ab...

Women's entrepreneurial event set for May 21

The all-day event, which will take place at the...

Stem cells may provide answer to blood-brain barrier

The findings are the result of a collaborative study funded with a grant from the Na...

Make Mine a $Million shoots for May program

Although the date of the awards program has not yet been made official, Wisconsin's female entrepreneurs - incl...

To drive IT, Wisconsin may need entrepreneurial makeover

In recent months, information technology executives, most notably John Jazwiec, have not been shy about...

Caden Biosciences may signal critical mass

But as area biotech leaders and venture capitalists convened Tuesday to welcome an emerging drug disc...

Online communities may be next business market

Ramakrishnan, a vice president and research fellow at But if his preference trumps hi...

That blip on the national venture capital radar screen may be Wisconsin

Lately, howeve...

Express pay may be the way

Express Payment options from Shoppers like <...

Medical software may be a retention tool

Founded 1982, api designed the bundled system so that parts of the bundle play a role in staff recruitment and retention, a key...

Apple Computer may use Apple logo on iTunes

Judge Edward Mann ruled that is entitled to use the apple l...

IT may take a back seat in fighting avian flu

Panelists talked about being three years late in developing IT systems to help detect and mitigate the e...

Merge subsidiary to provide software to Mayo clinic

Cedara Software, a Canadian subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare, said it will provide planning software to The company's OrthoWorks product will be integrated with Mayo's existing picture archiving and communications system (PACS), helping support joint arthroplasty, spine, trauma,...

Tommy Thompson will speak at World Congress on IT next May

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Can tech people be business leaders? Upcoming seminar may have the answer

When Cay Villars worked in marketing for the biotechnology sector, she began to notice a certain pattern: Scientists with a good idea for a new product could find the business world to be a much different place than academia, with a different set of skills required to succeed. "Along the way, I realized that it was that people dynamic inside a company that could make or break a product j...

Probe into gas gouging may educate Americans about pressures on oil supply

My enthusiasm is only partially based on what the commission may learn about illegal...

FCC may restructure to tackle broadband regulation

The Federal Communications Commission is discussing how to rewrite the entire statute that governs how the agency works and how it regulates communications, said Kathleen Abernathy, an FCC Commissioner and graduate of Marquette University. Abernathy spoke to communications executives gathered at the Eighth Annual Midwestern Telecommunications & Technology Conference in Milwaukee. <br...

House may vote soon to relax stem-cell restrictions

A bill before the U.S. House of Representatives would decrease, but not eliminate, federal restrictions on stem cell research handed down by President Bush in mid-2001. H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, was submitted recently by Republican Representative Michael Castle of Delaware and a long list of co-signers. The bill would amend the Public Health Service Act by...

Hone your pre-interview skills or you may lose that tech job

It was a shame. Though we liked him a lot, he failed a big test when he came to the interview: "Tell us what you know about our organization," we said. He said: "Though I don't know too much just now, I am excited to learn more." A big, silent gong sounded. It's si...

Describe your invention, or your biotech patent may be worthless

The court denied an appeal in This effectively solidifies the decision that was made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which invalidat...

Dont work for free on a maybe someday

You can ply your trade inside top companies for 15 or 20 years and have an outstanding resume and all you have to do is hang out a shingle. All of a sudden, people are c...

Heat-loving microbes may lead Lucigen to new products

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Discovery may halt progression of Alzheimer's

Source: School of Pharmacy @ UW - Madison , an associate professor at the <...

The latest job-creation statistics on Wisconsin may surprise you.

Source: UW Communications Statistically speaking, the only wrong answer is (a) Madison. Although the unemployment rate in Wisconsins cap...

Referendum may pull California to the forefront of stem cell research

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Six signs you may be taking yourself too seriously at work

CHICAGO I recently saw a funny thing: a police officer at As he glided along, the officer kept the most gruff and serious expression on his face (all the better to counteract how goofy he looked on that thing). Nothing against the officer...

Browser-based attacks may pose next big IT security nightmare

Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. - Browser-based attacks are surging and may pose the next significant security threat to information technology (IT) operations. That is one of the key findings of the second annual survey on IT security and the workforce from The survey of nearly 900 organ...

Health Care Costs Continue Double-Digit Pace, But May Start Moderating in 2004

U.S. health care cost increases continued to escalate at a double-digit pace in 2003, but there are indications that rate hikes may begin moderating as early as next year, according to global HR outsourcing and consulting firm Hewitt Associates (NYSE: HEW). For 2004, Hewitt is projecting a 12.6 percent average increase for employers, which is lower than 2003's 14.7 percent rate. Large c...

GE Medicals Acquisitions May Prompt More Purchases

General Electric made clear this week -- with a one-two punch of an acquisition and a merger in a matter of hours -- that it intends to grow its division. But in some cases, the acquisitions may actually induce the Fairfield, Conn.-based giant to make additional acquisitions in order to own market leader st...

Teramedica Signs Deal With Mayo Clinic - Digital Imaging solution improves healthcare

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Maybe its time to write our own television shows about Wisconsin

MADISON, WI With the Fox Network ready to air a sitcom set in mythical Waterford Falls, Wis., the Badger state will once again bask in prime-time televisions limelight whether it wants to or not. Consider yourself warned: A Minute with Stan Hooper, which stars Norm Macdonald of Saturday Night Live and Norm fame, may not be entirely flattering of us locals. A recent review of the show ma...

Interview: Billpoint Founder Jason May on eBay, Open Source

My first experience with computers was an introductory programming class in 1979 using the TRS-80 model 1. I discovered e-mail, Usenet and the fledgling Internet when I started college in 1985. There have certainly been enormous changes since then, b...