Science & Technology
‘We built a brain roadmap for each person’: New AI-driven tools help decode Alzheimer’s disease at the cellular level
Identifying the cells connected with Alzheimer’s symptoms could result in new treatments for the disease.
Tiny quantum nanostructures could make AI less of an energy hog
An emerging technology designed by UW–Madison engineers has the potential to make AI systems faster and significantly more energy efficient.
First drug to treat Alexander disease approved by the FDA after three decades of research at UW–Madison
The drug is the first and only disease-modifying treatment for the rare neurological disease.
Science & Technology Events
October
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Measurements of the July 2026 Canadian wildfire smoke event by the SPARC mobile laboratory
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Data Science for Precision Medicine and Public HealthAll day, Health Sciences Learning Center
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John Lukens, PhD - University of Virginia "Role of Innate Immune Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease"9:00 am, 1325 Health Sciences Learning Center
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Arboretum Curtis Prairie Area Seed Collecting1:00 pm, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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Courtney Ellison -- University of Georgia | Host: Katrina Forest
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Population and ecosystem dynamics in Lake Mývatn, Iceland3:30 pm, B302 Birge Hall