University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Recent sightings: Who, indeed

Nestled in the crook of a tree branch, a pair of owlets flank an adult great horned owl as the three bask in the sun between the Gymnasium-Natatorium and Temin Lakeshore Path at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 14, 2015. Abundant with animal wildlife, the wooded area is part of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. …

Recent sighting: Snap, crackle, oomph!

Siblings Nate, 11, Ben, 6, and Caroline Hughes, 9, lend their hands-on help during Project Freshman 15,000, a student-led effort to make the world’s largest Rice Krispies Treat on Engineering Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The three-day project, conceived by UW-Madison first-year student Joe Tarnowski, involved working with the donation of 5,500 pounds of …

Solution-grown nanowires make the best lasers

Take a material that is a focus of interest in the quest for advanced solar cells. Discover a “freshman chemistry level” technique for growing that material into high-efficiency, ultra-small lasers. The result, disclosed today [Monday, April 13] in Nature Materials, is a shortcut to lasers that are extremely efficient and able to create many colors of light.

First woman director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visits for a discussion about innovation and opportunity

UW-Madison, a world leader in producing patents, will welcome Michelle K. Lee, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on April 15 for a tour of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery and a discussion about the future of intellectual property and innovation.