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Agency’s aggressive patent management protects public, professors
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has been patenting and licensing UW research for more than 75 years. Today, WARF has one of the most envied file cabinets in science, with about 1,700 active patents ÷ including not one but two patents resulting from James Thomson's stem-cell work.
SSEC aids severe storms study
Two university research centers will support a massive field experiment to better measure humidity, rainfall and overall moisture in the air and how it all changes.
Professor is an advocate for improving end-of-life care
To social work professor Betty Kramer, pondering how you'll leave this world isn't especially morbid or ghoulish. As an expert in the field of end-of-life issues, including grieving and palliative care, she's spent much of her career thinking about how people can prepare for death.
Study reveals anticancer activity
A potential new treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer has demonstrated anticancer activity in some patients in a clinical trial.
New hearing test simulates noise of real world
Researcher Ruth Litovsky has developed a hearing test that simulates the noisy real world, and the results could improve our understanding not only of hearing but also of developmental and learning disabilities among children.
Durand recognized for diversity efforts
Bernice Durand, professor of physics, is being honored for years of leadership in promoting diversity at the university.
New hearing test simulates noise of real world
University researcher Ruth Litovsky has developed a hearing test that simulates the noisy real world, and the results could improve our understanding not only of hearing but also of developmental and learning disabilities among children.
Study: Reckoning at hand
Wisconsin state government may face significant financial problems through 2010, says a government finance expert.
Rare rhino unearthed on campus
A 3,200-pound rare white rhinoceros has been buried near Picnic Point on campus for nearly two decades. Starting today, May 15, staff members from the departments of zoology, geology and wildlife ecology plan to excavate the skeletal remains.
Another huge iceberg departs Antarctica
A new, massive iceberg has broken off from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, according to polar-orbiting satellite imagery taken Friday, May 10, at the Antarctica Meteorological Research Center .
Advances
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Miniature laboratories made easy
Thanks to university biomedical engineers, scientists soon may be able to fabricate elaborate palm-sized "laboratories" more easily and for about a quarter of the cost of current methods.
Innovation increases wireless data rates
University engineers have invented a method of characterizing and managing the multiple channel paths generated when antenna arrays are used at a wireless transmitter and/or receiver.
Device may ease biopsies
A new device developed by UW–Madison students and faculty may bring the cumbersome breast biopsy procedure up to date.
Algorithm improves wireless communication
Engineering researchers have developed novel algorithms that significantly simplify signal processing and improve performance of antenna arrays used in wireless communications systems.
Device makes engine perform better
Mechanical engineering professor Frank Fronczak and his graduate students have hit upon the idea of a "variable valve timing actuator" aimed at making engines work better.
Former official to talk on Argentine economy
Federico Sturzenegger, former secretary of economic policy, Argentina, will visit campus Monday, May 6, to explain Argentina's current economic crisis.
Rehabilitating bridges better
An engineering professor has come up with a way to temporarily strengthen bridges to extend their lifespan.
Advances
Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries. E-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. Asthma…
Emerita’s autobiography places personal history in political context
She fled the Nazis, sought refuge in Communism, helped define feminism and created the field of women's history. Gerda Lerner, professor emerita, discusses her life and struggles in her new memoir, 'Fireweed: A Political Autobiography' (Temple University Press).