Tag Research
Gene regulatory mutation linked to rare childhood cancer
This basic knowledge of a specific cancer is essential to start drug testing, says researcher Peter Lewis.
UW journal of undergraduate research publishes first issue
The Journal of Undergraduate Science and Technology (JUST) hopes to make scientific achievement accessible beyond academia while fostering awareness of exceptional undergraduate research.
Carrot genome paints picture of domestication, could help improve crops
The crop's full genetic code was just deciphered by a team of researchers led by UW–Madison horticulture professor and geneticist Phil Simon.
Blowing glass in class
Few departments on campus use as much glassware as the Department of Chemistry. So it makes perfect sense to have a master glassblower within the department to help design and build innovative equipment.
Researchers track critical development in the young brain
The study is an important first step toward understanding a vital stage of early human development.
Brenner’s simpler fertility test is basis for promising UW–Madison spinoff
BluDiagnostics co-founder Katie Brenner says the idea came directly from her own difficulty with conception.
Experimental drug cancels effect from key intellectual disability gene in mice
"We are a long way from declaring a cure for fragile X, but these results are promising," says researcher Xinyu Zhao.
Antenna design turns entire vehicles into broadcasting equipment
UW–Madison engineers are working to increase the effective size of antennas by turning the military vehicles that carry them into transmitters.
Academic Staff Excellence Awards honor nine campus professionals
Nine members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's academic staff have been selected as recipients of the 2016 Academic Staff Excellence Awards.
New material combines useful, typically incompatible properties
A team of engineers and physicists has created an entirely new material in which completely contradictory properties can coexist.
With simple process, engineers fabricate fastest flexible silicon transistor
The transistor can transmit data wirelessly, which could unlock advances in applications ranging from wearable electronics to sensors.
Built-in shades may protect delicate sensors from blinding light
Even commonplace laser pointers can fry the optics of sensitive cameras. Optical limiters may be able to shade those eyes.
Scientists describe new model to enhance Zika virus research
The model will allow researchers to better understand how the virus causes disease and aid in the development of vaccines.
Forensic botany course covers legal side of wood, pollen, contraband logging
The new course focuses on science as problem solving, but also fills utterly practical needs.
When inhaling media erodes attention, exhaling provides focus
For people who text while watching TV or listen to music while reading, sharpening their focus may be as simple as breathing.
UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative proposals selected
Reviewers identified ambitious, early stage research ideas and infrastructure investments in an effort to jump-start innovative interdisciplinary research.
In these microbes, iron works like oxygen
Two new studies can shed some light on the perennial question of how life arose, but they also have practical applications in the search for life in space.
Q&A: Scholar-scientist Keven Stonewall is motivated by passion
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Keven Stonewall discovered a love for science at an early age.
Feds renew big IceCube Observatory contract with UW–Madison
IceCube, consisting of 5,000 optical sensors buried deep in the ice beneath the South Pole, reported the first detection of high energy cosmic neutrinos in 2013.