Carefully preparing our peepers for this year's crop of Cool Science Image Contest entries. Submit your coolest, #UWMadison: https://news.wisc.edu/cool-science-image-contest/
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People with more uric acid in their blood have more plaque in their arteries, but some gut microbes can *eat* uric acid. Could they help fight heart disease? https://news.wisc.edu/bacteria-with-a-taste-for-inflammation-could-help-protect-against-heart-disease/
Bacteria with a taste for an inflammatory compound could help protect against heart disease
Some microbes in the guts of humans and mice may help control the buildup of plaque in arteries, the leading cause of cardiovascular disease, by gobbling up a group of inflammatory chemicals before they can circulate in the body.
New observations and excavations in South African caves by
@johnhawks and other #UWMadison researchers have found that early human ancestor Homo naledi intentionally buried their dead and made crosshatch engravings in the cave walls nearby. https://news.wisc.edu/archeologists-uncover-evidence-of-intentional-burial-cave-engravings-by-early-human-ancestor/
@johnhawks and other #UWMadison researchers have found that early human ancestor Homo naledi intentionally buried their dead and made crosshatch engravings in the cave walls nearby. https://news.wisc.edu/archeologists-uncover-evidence-of-intentional-burial-cave-engravings-by-early-human-ancestor/
Watch Typhoon #Mawar open its eye (from 600 km up) in a blog post from @[email protected]: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/52451
What do sharks at #UWMadison and alpacas studied by #BostonChildrensHospital have in common? Tiny, antibody-like proteins that may soon take a bite out of coronaviruses and spit on cancer cells. More @KnowableMag ... https://knowablemagazine.org/article/health-disease/2023/animal-nanobodies-changing-medicine
If you'd like to watch the #LakeMendota freeze happen under 40 mph winds, here are two links to the Dec. 24 time-lapse from Mendota Today's cameras:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmkkL7_B5qJ/
https://twitter.com/mendotatoday/status/1606813271465623563
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmkkL7_B5qJ/
https://twitter.com/mendotatoday/status/1606813271465623563
Quick tip for those of you who are doing some gift-giving this season: They'll like it more if you let them know you got one for yourself.
This is a little present to you courtesy research by UW–Madison marketing prof Evan Polman. “The fact that a gift is shared with the giver makes it a better gift in the eyes of the receiver," Polman says. "They like a companionized gift more, and they even feel closer to the giver.”
https://news.wisc.edu/to-pick-a-great-gift-its-better-to-give-and-receive/
Temps have been below zero here for >24 hours — and below freezing for a solid week. So why is Lake Mendota still so liquid?
Atmospheric and oceanic sciences prof Steve Ackerman says *all* the water in the lake needs to cool to 4°C (~40F) for surface water to stop sinking and freeze.
Right now, the lake’s deeper water is ~8 C, and high winds are also holding off ice. “Of course, the cold temperature and strong wind will help mix the water and cool it down near freezing.”
Video by Jeff Miller.