Tag Research
UW employee gambles on new arthritis therapy
Ken Ebbe, director of systems engineering for the Division of Information Technology, has seen his rheumatoid arthritis go into remission after undergoing an experimental treatment at the UW Medical School.
Consortium to bring space age forecasts to farm, forest
A new, NASA-funded research initiative, combining expertise from universities, industry, and state and federal government promises to bring space age technology to farm and forest in the Upper Midwest.
Colds trigger asthma
‘Tis the season for colds and, if you have asthma, a runny nose and watery eyes could signal some serious breathing problems around the…
Scholar extracts cultural clues from everyday objects
Ann Smart Martin, UW–Madison's first Chipstone Professor of Decorative Arts, has spent her professional life gleaning meaning from material objects.
Study reveals cellular quality control
Cells pay even closer attention to quality control of genetic information than scientists previously thought, according to new findings by UW Medical School researchers. Before sending genetic molecules out of the nucleus to sites where they will ultimately function, cells check to see that they are complete and ready to go.
Gifts boost cancer program in veterinary medicine
School of Veterinary Medicine officials have created a $250,000 campaign to create a new Cancer Recovery Ward to accommodate the huge increase in pets being treated and to provide more modern facilities.
Like greenhouse gases, landscape changes may alter climate
Greenhouse gases, the long-standing villains of climate change, may have a significant new partner in crime: wholesale changes to the world's landscapes by humans.
Research Highlights
With 110 faculty affiliates across more than 40 departments, UW–Madison’s Institute on Aging is developing a composite picture of aging in America. A…
Researchers to test methods for helping smokers quit
The UW Medical School is launching two large new studies aimed particularly at those cigaratte smokers who have tried -- and perhaps tried again -- to quit.
UW researcher reports kidney transplant finding
Kidney transplants between siblings with slightly different tissue types are as much as 28 percent more likely to survive long-term when maternal tissue types are used to determine the donor, a new study from the UW Medical School suggests.
Pediatrician nurtures growth of ethics program
Thanks in no small measure to Norman Fost's continuing leadership, medical ethics is widely appreciated as a highly relevant field with the potential to profoundly affect individual lives as well as national policy.
UW research effort bringing emotions into focus
The scientific study of emotion, an area once considered too 'soft' for serious inquiry, is developing a solid future at UW–Madison.
Law professor pursues theology, restorative justice
Bruce Kittle belongs to a select group of lawyers: those with seminary degrees.
Professor finds that in shirts, as well as skin, color matters
Prejudice strikes most people as a learned behavior, but a study of grade school kids exposes prejudice as a much cagier beast, waiting to rear its head at the slightest provocation.
Stem cell research captures world attention
The international spotlight focused on James Thomson with the news Nov. 6 that his team had cultured human embryonic stem cells in the laboratory.
Campus-community project examines childhood asthma
A new Madison project doesn't involve higher taxes or a referendum, but it does require a positive pregnancy test and a history of allergies or asthma.
New UW consortium helping steer electronic commerce
A new consortium developed by UW–Madison engineer Raj Veeramani provides companies with an unbiased resource when navigating the new landscape of electronic commerce.
UW-Madison engineers design new disabled-access bike
What started as a challenge to improve disabled access for a local outdoor recreation club put a team of UW–Madison engineers on the road to a better bike.
UW chemist enters a clash of corporate titans
As far as epic battles go, UW–Madison chemist Charles Casey's work this summer on a high-stakes legal battle between Dow Chemical and Exxon Corp. falls in the realm of Goliath vs. Goliath.
Grant funds study with community organizations
A two-year federal grant will help a team of UW–Madison researchers join forces with community organizations in Dane County to identify the service needs of women with substance abuse and mental health problems who are victims of violence.