The driveway to the chemistry loading dock will be inaccessible on Tue Oct 29th and Wed Oct 30th. Construction crews will be using a conveyor system to back-fill around the foundation walls on the west …
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Construction Update 10/21/2019
New Tower. There was a lot of activity in the new tower last week. We now have additional concrete floors and extensions of concrete columns above the basement and first-floor levels, concrete walls up …
UW-Madison Chemist works to develop new bioengineering strategy
By Tatum Lyles Flick Communications Specialist Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, is working to develop methods to create new protein building blocks in living systems. This chemical research, recently recognized with a $2.2 …
Construction Update 10/14/2019
New Tower. The big news last week was the largest concrete pour of the project—almost 11 hours long. Last Thursday, from 4 am to about 3 pm a concrete pump truck in the loading-dock area …
Construction Update 10/07/2019
New Tower. The new tower area looks completely different from what you saw in the last newsletter. Shoring and concrete forms now cover much of the basement and first-floor areas in preparation for pouring concrete …
Construction Update 09/30/2019
New Tower. A lot has been accomplished in the excavation during the past two weeks. (There was no newsletter September 16, so this report covers two weeks.) Concrete was poured Thursday afternoon and evening in …
Construction Update 09/16/2019
Daniels Sub-basement. The new rooms in the Daniels sub-basement that will house a new emergency generator and other electrical equipment were finished some weeks ago. Last week workers were installing conduit ducts that will carry …
Mob Mentality: Bacteria send signals before massing for an attack. Helen Blackwell has discovered how to listen in, and block deadly cells’ ability to swarm.
by LOUISA KAMPS for Sift & Winnow, first published here When Helen Blackwell describes how disease-causing bacteria become virulent, it’s hard not to imagine the little buggers whistling to each other in a dark alley, like bad …
Detailed PICture reveals how tooth enamel is strong enough to last a lifetime
September 26, 2019 By Sarah Perdue For news media First published here. Break any bone in the human body, and the body can repair the tissue and fix the damage. Yet tooth enamel — the strongest tissue in …
Construction Update 09/08/2019
New Tower. Erection of rebar and concrete forms for walls of the east (Mills Street side) stairwell and the elevator shafts continued last week. After the bases of these walls are poured, waterproofing will be …