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The world of networked objects explored

April 28, 2014

All of us are used to our Internet tethers. Increasingly, however, the inanimate objects we encounter in our daily existence are both smart and wired, and they portend the future.

Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium to focus on blood

April 24, 2014

World stem cell leaders will converge on Promega's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center in Fitchburg on April 30 for the 9th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium: From Stem Cells to Blood.

Bridging the uncanny valley between humans, robots

April 18, 2014

There might be a day in the not-so-distant future when, instead of cat photos and selfies, we humans are showing off our robots.

Made-in-Wisconsin atom probe assisted dating of oldest piece of earth

April 17, 2014

It's a scientific axiom: big claims require extra-solid evidence. So there were skeptics in 2001 when University of Wisconsin–Madison geoscience professor John Valley dated an ancient crystal found in Australia to 4.4 billion years ago. The date, after all, was only 100 million years after Earth started to solidify from a ball of molten rock.

Six appointed to WARF professorships

March 27, 2014

Six members of the UW–Madison faculty have been appointed to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation named professorships in 2014.

Startup focuses on reliable, efficient cooling for computer servers

March 20, 2014

In a dark, windy room on the top floor of Engineering Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, racks of computers are processing information for a college that relies, like all technical fields, on massive computing power. The noise comes from multiple fans located inside each computer case and from the large air conditioner that drives currents through the room to remove waste heat from the processors.

UW-Madison student innovators win Desire 2 Learn grand prize

March 5, 2014

An idea that began as a homework assignment for two UW–Madison sophomores living in Sellery Hall's Entrepreneurial Residential Learning Community, has since grown into a fully functional, award-winning website that serves hundreds of UW–Madison students.

Stem cell advance yields mature heart muscle cells

March 3, 2014

A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers has induced human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to differentiate toward pure-population, mature heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes.

Vibration energy the secret to self-powered electronics

February 20, 2014

A multi-university team of engineers has developed what could be a promising solution for charging smartphone batteries on the go - without the need for an electrical cord.

Innovation Days marks 20 years of undergrad entrepreneurship Feb. 13-14

February 10, 2014

University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates are greeting the 20th anniversary of the Innovation Days competition with inventions that range from healthcare to agriculture to exercise for amputees.

Two UW–Madison faculty members named to National Academy of Engineering

February 6, 2014

The National Academy of Engineering has named two University of Wisconsin–Madison professors to its 2014 class of members.

Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up

January 16, 2014

Using a plant-derived chemical, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that’s ripe with possibility for biofuels.

A shift in stem cell research

January 10, 2014

A team of engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has created a process to improve the creation of synthetic neural stem cells for use in central nervous system research.

Online engineering graduate programs third in latest U.S. News rankings

January 8, 2014

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is ranked third by U.S. News & World Report among schools offering high-quality online graduate engineering programs. This is the third year in a row UW–Madison has ranked in the top ten.

Control theorist Barmish challenges need to model financial markets

December 10, 2013

B. Ross Barmish hopes his research will build a bridge between control theorists and financial scholars. Barmish, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW–Madison, posits that not only are predictive models of financial markets unreliable, but also that stock traders can do without predictive models, simply by applying control theory to the markets.

Wisconsin engineer honored for ongoing innovation

December 10, 2013

Corn may be a dietary staple for humans and animals around the world, but in Jim Dumesic's eyes, the plant "waste" left after the harvest holds even more potential as a renewable bio-based source of fuels and important chemicals. On Dec. 10, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) named Dumesic, the Steenbock professor and Michel Boudart professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, among 143 leading innovators elected to its 2013 class of fellows.