For a generation motivated by technology and fast-moving information, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created an energy-tracking app to make reducing day-to-day energy usage more accessible.
In a move that could improve the energy storage of everything from portable electronics to electric microgrids, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers have developed a novel X-ray imaging technique to visualize and study the electrochemical reactions in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries containing a new type of material, iron fluoride.
Antibodies are specific molecules that can lock onto a particular cellular structure to start, stop or otherwise temper a biological process. Because they are so specific, antibodies are at the forefront of drug discovery. So drug companies want a faster route to step one: identifying which of the millions of possible antibodies will work against molecules that cause disease.
Canine influenza outbreak
Kathy Cramer, a professor in the Department of Political Science and longtime active proponent of civic engagement and outreach at UW-Madison, has been named permanent director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service.
On the streets of Watertown, University of Wisconsin-Madison nursing student Kathryn Gerber is learning about dementia and how a community can help remove the stigma that follows people with memory loss.
Alberta Gloria is a passionate professor of counseling psychology and chair of the Chican@/Latin@ Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She walks alongside her students each step of the way, creating an academic “family” that roots them in a cultural and academic context while pressing them to look at the bigger picture.
The director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office spent Wednesday conversing with the UW-Madison community about the opportunities and challenges of intellectual property protection.
Dogs are welcome in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve — one of the few natural areas in Madison where they are — but please always remember: Dogs must be on leash and under the control of their owners at all times, and owners must pick up after their dogs.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls Bryan Stevenson “America’s Mandela.” Stevenson has spent his career fighting for racial justice and wants his fellow Americans to realize that something is inherently wrong with the land of the free and the home of the brave having the highest incarceration rate in the world.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a step closer to choosing a Graduate School dean.
Limb regeneration, stem cells, limb development, tissue engineering: These will be the focus of the 10th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium on Wednesday, April 22, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI).
Carl Gulbrandsen, who joined the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) in 1997 and became managing director in 2000, will retire in 2016.
Three University of Wisconsin-Madison students will receive the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate excellence in the sciences.
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has selected two University of Wisconsin-Madison students to receive the Truman Scholarship, an award given annually to undergraduates planning for careers in public service leadership.
A research chemist, a pioneering second-generation conservationist and two leaders who combine business and technological innovation will be the recipients of honorary degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have announced a significant step forward in the development of materials that can ward off oil – a discovery that could lead to new protective coatings and better approaches to cleaning up oil spills.
On Monday, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Jefferson County.
After living with kidney disease for nearly 30 years, 77-year-old Mitzi Neyens of Wausau, WI, thought her luck had finally run out.
Three University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have received 2015 Guggenheim Fellowships, awards that support remarkable mid-career scholars and artists.