Category Science & Technology

A weekend of success for UW–Madison engineering teams

May 1, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison formula car, concrete canoe and steel bridge teams excelled in competitions the weekend of April 25-27.

Spiraling nanotrees offer new twist on growth of nanowires

May 1, 2008

Since scientists first learned to make nanowires, the tiny wires just a few millionths of a centimeter thick have taken many forms, including nanobelts, nanocoils and nanoflowers.

Stem cell pioneer Thomson elected to National Academy of Sciences

April 29, 2008

Pioneering University of Wisconsin–Madison stem cell scientist James Thomson was elected today (April 29) to the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent sightings: Human Powered Vehicle Challenge

April 29, 2008

Photos: Jeff Miller UW–Madison’s human powered vehicle team competed against teams from around the country at Sauk Prairie Airport…

UW-Madison students again rise to the entrepreneurial challenge

April 29, 2008

For the second straight year, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison flexed their entrepreneurial muscle as they turned surplus materials into new creations.

With cell as muse, art fuels scientist’s quest

April 28, 2008

For Ahna Skop, the tipping point to a career in science was a dance and a food fight.

Facility gives geology department new dimension

April 28, 2008

A geoscience visualization lab that opened last week in Weeks Hall will add a new dimension to geology research and education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

UW-Madison nano research mixes with art, coffee

April 28, 2008

In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that's rarely seen outside the laboratory.

Rethinking disaster management by focusing on development

April 24, 2008

How we think about a disaster stems from the origin of the word itself: "Disastro" is the Latin word meaning "from the stars."

Roche NimbleGen CEO Stan Rose to speak on exit strategies for start-up companies

April 24, 2008

Stan Rose, president and CEO of Roche NimbleGen, a manufacturer of gene chips for pharmaceutical research, will speak about successful exit strategies for start-up companies on Monday, April 28 at 5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue. The event is free and open to the public as part of the Gilson Discovery Series hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

UW’s computing research prowess brings Microsoft to Madison

April 23, 2008

Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company, will open an advanced development laboratory in Madison later this spring, helping expand on a highly productive 20-year research and alumni relationship between the company and the University of Wisconsin–Madison computer sciences department.

UW-Madison will host human-powered vehicle challenge

April 23, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison this weekend will host the 25th annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge.

UW-Madison part of DOE-funded ‘microgrid’ collaboration

April 23, 2008

University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers will collaborate with industrial and government partners on a $14 million project to implement a microgrid power backup system at the nation's fifth-largest incarceration facility-the Santa Rita Jail.

We Conserve energy conservation initiative yields results

April 22, 2008

An energy-saving campaign launched at the University of Wisconsin–Madison two years ago has identified annual energy savings of $3.7 million and reductions of carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 28,000 tons a year.

Professor blends ecology, history

April 21, 2008

As a University of Washington graduate student in the late 1980s, Nancy Langston traveled to a national park in Zimbabwe to study an endangered bird. She came back with a resolve to know more about people.

Engineering class infuses green ideas into local building projects

April 21, 2008

Earth Day is celebrated once a year, but University of Wisconsin–Madison civil and environmental engineering students are working to create plans that offer sustainable benefits for years to come.

Recent sightings: Seismometer image of Midwest earthquake

April 18, 2008

A UW–Madison geology department seismometer in Weeks Hall recorded the tremors of an earthquake that shook Madison and many other areas…

Visual Culture Center reaches across academic fields

April 16, 2008

Tucked away on the fifth floor of Memorial Library in a monastic faculty study room are the digs for the recently created Visual Culture Center. The limited square footage and unglamorous address, though, haven’t prevented center leadership, in just a few years, from developing and presenting a robust program of courses, research initiatives, presentations, lectures and conferences in a field of study that is the new kid on the academic block.

MSNBC science editor is visiting writer

April 15, 2008

Alan Boyle, science editor for MSNBC on the Internet, has been named the University of Wisconsin–Madison Science Writer in Residence for this spring.

Leading scientists to highlight annual stem cell research symposium

April 11, 2008

A cadre of North America's leading stem cell scientists will land in Madison April 16 for the third annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.