Tag College of Letters & Science
Costume designer featured as artist in residence
There’s no denying that clothes say volumes about the person wearing them. This is true, too, on the stage.
Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis
For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence.
Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements
A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions.
Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel
Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.