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The Future of Health

July 7, 2025

Researchers across the College of Letters & Science are focused on critical topics that will change the way the world looks at medicine, health policy and personal wellness. Read More

Meet the ‘weird’ sea spider that’s mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures

July 2, 2025

UW–Madison researchers and their international colleagues have published the first high-quality genome of a sea spider species, providing a key reference point for the evolutionary traits of many related animals. Read More

UW–Madison scientists are pushing the boundaries of mass spectrometry and molecular imaging

July 1, 2025

Their newest game-changing discovery has potential in areas like cancer research and pollution management. Read More

Fossil corals point to possibly steeper sea level rise under a warming world

June 13, 2025

Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals found on an island chain in the Indian Ocean suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming world than previously thought.   Read More

Measuring gases around young stars, astronomers unlock major clues to planet formation

June 13, 2025

UW–Madison astronomers and international collaborators have produced the most accurate measurement of the gases swirling around young stars and their changing mass over time. The discovery offers clues to how different types of planets form. Read More

UW innovations are helping farmers produce crops with less fertilizer. A pause in federal funds is threatening the research.

June 11, 2025

Thanks to federal support, UW researchers are engineering beneficial bacteria and breeding more-resilient crops with the aim to minimize farmers’ reliance on synthetic fertilizers, increase their cost savings and help protect the environment. Read More

Protecting our Great Lakes

May 30, 2025

The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and Division of Extension’s Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve are working to protect our Great Lakes Read More

The real costs of research funding cuts

May 19, 2025

UW–Madison could lose tens of millions of dollars in annual research support due to a proposed change in federal funding. But what’s really at stake? The university’s ability to advance life-saving research and innovation. Read More

UW biochemists engineered a poplar tree that produces a high-demand industrial chemical. It was a surprise discovery only made possible by sustained investment in research.

May 15, 2025

Professor Brian Fox has engineered a genetic alteration to poplar trees to help them produce an industrial chemical commonly used as a preservative and an ingredient for synthetic fibers. Read More

A UW biochemistry researcher is studying effective treatments for the next pandemic. Federal funding changes are slowing the work.

May 13, 2025

UW–Madison biochemistry professor Robert Kirchdoerfer is studying the structure of coronaviruses like COVID-19 to better understand how they work and to help develop drugs that protect against them. Read More

Beyond the weather forecast: 5 ways UW satellite technology helps save lives

May 1, 2025

The University of Wisconsin–Madison may be the birthplace of satellite meteorology, but scientists on campus have never stopped developing new ways for space-based instruments to protect and improve the lives of people back on Earth. Read More

AAAS members elect UW researchers new fellows

March 27, 2025

Seven UW–Madison researchers are among the 471 scientists, engineers and innovators honored in this year's awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read More

New discovery on how plants detect light and grow could result in more resilient crops

January 10, 2025

UW researchers isolated the effects of certain photoreceptors through genetic manipulation editing and photographed the growth of tiny sprouting seedlings with highly sensitive cameras. Read More

Why do birds make so many different sounds? A new UW–Madison study gets at the underlying factors 

January 8, 2025

Ecological and evolutionary traits like body mass and beak size influence the vocalization frequency of bird species, such as the white-rumped shama (Copsychus… Read More