It has been a challenging year for Wisconsin’s top research university, and the ability of the university to keep pace with the nation’s elite research institutions has been affected as UW-Madison saw its ranking drop from fourth to sixth.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, recognizes peers for distinguished contributions to advance science or its applications.
Ann Haase Kehl retired after 15 years helping to support women entering fields where they have traditionally been rare.
Computer chips in development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison could make future computers more efficient and powerful by combining tasks usually kept separate by design.
Weather balloons better watch their backs. A new weather forecasting tool could soon find itself part of the day-to-day operations of the National Weather Service, and UW-Madison researchers are testing it.
The prospect of creating artery “banks” could transform treatment of many common heart and vascular ailments. But it’s a big leap from concept to reality.
Botany Professor Edgar Spalding spotted a white-tipped black moth in the UW-Madison Botanical Garden, the first recorded observation in Wisconsin of the tropical species.
“It’s always good when people take an interest in astronomical objects, but I wouldn’t wake the kids up at 3 a.m.” says UW-Madison Space Place Director Jim Lattis.
A group composed mostly of UW-Madison student engineers has come up with a design to better cool organs before transplantation.
It is a development the researchers say could enable these tools to be targeted for use in precision medicine, developing therapies and treating disease.
Researchers say forest managers may want to consider promoting this natural variability to help protect forests from the insects.
In the last four months, UW-Madison researchers have started to find zebra mussels congregating in large numbers all over Lake Mendota.
The sensors could be used for detecting explosives, industrial pollutants or even the chemical markers of disease in a patient’s breath.
Leaders of the University of Wisconsin-Madison lab that first transformed human stem cells into brain cells have started a company that produces and sells specialized neurons to drug researchers.
Two UW-Madison seniors and a professor have been recognized by the Alliant Energy Foundation and the University of Wisconsin System for their outstanding achievements.
The Wisconsin Science Festival passed a milestone this year, says organizer Laura Heisler of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation at UW–Madison. “For the first time, we had more activities and events outside Madison than inside Madison.”
What is clear, the study authors say, is that society should safeguard freshwater ecosystems for the sake of both fish and people.
The plant faces multiple threats: habitat loss, diminished genetic diversity, predators and outbreaks of disease.
A UW-Madison team’s inexpensive, simple method to make flooring from wood pulp converts footsteps into usable electricity.
The problem was simple: Buckthorn kept resprouting in Matthew Hamilton’s backyard after he cut it back. His patent-pending cure annihilates the weed tree once and for all.