Tag Federal relations

Forget blizzards and hurricanes, heat waves are deadliest

August 1, 2012

In the pantheon of deadly weather events, heat waves rule. Read More

Thomson lab lands $2.2 million NIH grant

July 24, 2012

With a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, stem cell pioneer Dr. James Thomson, University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor of biomedical engineering William Murphy and School of Medicine and Public Health medical informatics professor David Page will lead a team to derive and assemble the distinct cell types found in the human cerebral cortex. Read More

Translational research institute grant renewed with $41.5 million

July 8, 2012

Following a highly productive first five years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) has received a coveted five-year renewal by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read More

$3 million grant to train new scientists to collaborate on conservation challenges

July 5, 2012

A new type of forest is taking root in Puerto Rico's abandoned sugar cane fields. The new stands are full of invasive trees, but they harbor large numbers of endangered native bird species. From the perspective of conservation science, are these forest parcels good or bad? And how should they be managed? Read More

$27 million award bolsters research computing grid

June 20, 2012

Every day researchers add another sea of data to an ocean of knowledge on the world around us - billions on top of billions of measurements, images and observations of the tiniest subatomic particles up to the movement of planets and stars. Read More

Modeling biofuel fitness for the sea

June 19, 2012

With the help of a $2 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will develop a tool to characterize the performance of a new class of alternative fuels that could be used in maritime vehicles such as submarines and aircraft carriers. Read More

National network innovation program builds on UW–Madison success

June 14, 2012

Suman Banerjee's work finds plenty of happy users every day, but it's not every day the University of Wisconsin–Madison computer sciences professor helps inspire a national program supporting technical innovation. Read More

Fragile X gene’s prevalence suggests broader health risk

June 14, 2012

The first U.S. population prevalence study of mutations in the gene that causes fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability, suggests the mutation in the gene - and its associated health risks - may be more common than previously believed. Read More

New early career awards support biofuels research

May 31, 2012

A young generation of researchers are seeking biofuels in some unlikely-sounding places: toxic algae blooms and cow stomachs. Read More

New stem cell technique promises abundance of key heart cells

May 28, 2012

Cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells that make up the beating heart, can now be made cheaply and abundantly in the laboratory. Read More

In chemical reactions, water adds speed without heat

May 17, 2012

An international team of researchers has discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions-such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis-in which hydrogen is one of the reactants, or starting materials. Read More

In metallic glasses, researchers find a few new atomic structures

May 11, 2012

Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses. Read More

UW-Madison earns DOE funding for nuclear engineering innovations

May 8, 2012

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison more than $2.6 million in grants for nuclear engineering research, fellowships and facilities upgrades. Read More

New round of federal funding received for $85 million medical isotope project

May 8, 2012

The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of U.S. patients daily. Read More

After epic debate, avian flu research sees light of day

May 2, 2012

After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally and fully published today (May 3, 2012) in the journal Nature. Read More

IceCube Neutrino Observatory explores origin of cosmic rays

April 18, 2012

Although cosmic rays were discovered 100 years ago, their origin remains one of the most enduring mysteries in physics. Now, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive detector in Antarctica, is honing in on how the highest energy cosmic rays are produced. Read More