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Lab finds cheaper way to catalyze hydrogen By Sarah Ferguson the daily cardinal
With energy prices soaring alongside growing concerns about the effects of traditional fossil fuels on the environment, a UW-Madison researcher has become one step closer to finding an alternative, renewable energy source. Chemistry professor Song Jin’s research team published a new way to catalyze hydrogen, which serves as a possible alter-
native for gasoline and other energy sources. Method is 1000 times cheaper than a traditional catalyst and less harmful to the environment, according to a university release. Hydrogen made from splitting water molecules can make electricity and heat or store energy to be used for later. However, the most commonly used catalyst for these reactions are noble metals, like platinum, palladium, iridium and gold,
which are extremely expensive. Jin originally started his search for alternative metals using iron pyrite, also known as fool’s gold. It was not until Jin and his students, Miguel Caban-Acevedo and Michael Stone, substituted cobalt pyrite and phosphorous that an efficient noble metal alternative was found. The new cobalt catalyst is
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Basking in the Bascom sun Students take a break from academics to take a nap or catch up on some reading on one of UW-Madison’s most popular lounging spots. + Photo by Kaitlyn Veto
Madison woman attacked, sexually assaulted on bike path
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The corner of State Street and North Lake Street is the future home of Forage Kitchen and 7-Eleven.
New restaurant, 7-Eleven coming to the corner of State and Lake By Negassi Tesfamichael the Daily cardinal
Forage Kitchen, a specialty salad and cold press juice bar, and a 7-Eleven convenience store will open on the corner of State Street and North Lake Street. The restaurant, started by UW-Madison graduates Henry Aschauer and Doug Hamaker,
will “use fresh ingredients with inspiration from around the world,” according to Hamaker. “Madison is very into fitness and getting healthy, local and organic ingredients, and that is what we are going to be featuring,” Hamaker said. The menu features exclusively healthy items, from
superfoods to creative housemade specialty beverages. “Our goal is to make creative food that tastes good,” Hamaker noted. “People won’t even realize how healthy it is for them.” Hamaker and Aschauer
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The Madison Police Department is currently investigating a sexual assault near Capital City Trail reported early Saturday morning, according to an incident report. A woman in her 30s was reportedly walking along the bike path near Livingston Avenue and Wilson Street when she was attacked from behind, dragged into the bushes and raped. “The brutality, the savagery of this attack is something the likes of which typically I haven’t even seen in my over 30 years of policing,” MPD Chief Mike Koval said in a Sept. 12 WKOW article. “It was only but for the grace of God that this young woman was not killed.” After the attack, the survivor managed to crawl back to the path where a passerby found her and contacted the police almost two hours after the initial attack. MPD is still searching for the suspect, described in the report as about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a thin build and possibly wearing shorts at the time of the attack. Madison community members will host a march Thursday night to “Take Back the Bike Path” and show solidarity with the survivor, according to a Facebook post. Demonstrators
will march down the bike path, posting anti-rape signs and stickers to denounce sexual crimes in Madison.
“The brutality, the savagery of this attack is something the likes of which typically I haven’t even seen in my over 30 years of policing.” Mike Koval chief Madison Police Department
MPD is now treating the case as an attempted homicide, according to the WKOW article, and is asking any potential witnesses to come forward with information. “This is a safe city, but for now, at this moment, we have someone at large, who is literally diabolical,” Koval said in the article. “And in that sense, we have to be more than ever circumspect in terms of being aware of our environment, the ways or means which we travel about our city and that these things, until we know more, are something that I want people to be vigilant about.” At press time, calls made to MPD were unsuccessful. —Bri Maas
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”