Tag Research
Buckets, Bucky and brains: A look back, a Duke link
History and more about the NCAA championships Read More
Advancing engineering for a better society: Los Alamos leader named UW–Madison Grainger Institute director
In June, Dan Thoma will become the first director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Funded in 2014 with $25 million from The Grainger Foundation of Lake Forest, Illinois, the institute is an incubator for transdisciplinary research in the UW–Madison College of Engineering. Read More
Final Four brings together research powerhouses
The university communities of UW–Madison, Duke, Kentucky and Michigan State may have basketball foremost on their minds this weekend, but year-round those minds are performing extraordinary research. Read More
Plowing prairies for grains: Biofuel crops replace grasslands nationwide
Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers show in a study today (April 2, 2015) that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of grasslands. Read More
Q&A with Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Marsha Mailick
Marsha Mailick talks about the challenges and opportunities the research enterprise faces during this time of transition and budgetary uncertainty. Read More
Model helps Wisconsin city planners prepare to weather large storms
How society should respond to climate change may be a global-scale debate, but University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers know that preparing for climate change's impact on weather is a profoundly local problem. Read More
Mailick to Lead UW–Madison Research, Graduate Education
Marsha Mailick, the former long-time director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Waisman Center, was named today by Chancellor Rebecca Blank as the university's first vice chancellor for research and graduate education. Read More
Ready, aim, fire! Cancer-targeting mechanism underlies promising UW–Madison spinoff
For all their lethality, cancer cells don't look much different from healthy cells, a simple fact that causes endless pain and suffering. Finding cancer cells that have spread and threaten to grow into metastatic tumors is often a life-and-death matter. Read More
Hormone known for mother’s milk also fosters bond between parents
Research has discovered a role for prolactin, the hormone that stimulates milk production in nursing mothers, in the bond between parents. Read More
UW-Madison cancer research showcased in Wisconsin Public Television series
Next week, cancer research by University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists will be featured in a series of programs airing on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT). Read More
Ebola whole virus vaccine shown effective, safe in primates
An Ebola whole virus vaccine, constructed using a novel experimental platform, has been shown to effectively protect monkeys exposed to the often fatal virus. Read More
Researchers aim to broaden understanding of how toxins affect the body
Even in an era in which there is increased emphasis on living "green," humans are constantly exposed to a wide range of toxins in everything from our air, food and water to the goods we buy. Read More
Automation offers big solution to big data in astronomy
It’s almost a rite of passage in physics and astronomy. Scientists spend years scrounging up money to build a fantastic new instrument. Then, when the long-awaited device finally approaches completion, the panic begins: How will they handle the torrent of data? Read More
Discovery could yield more efficient portable electronics, solar cells
By figuring out how to precisely order the molecules that make up what scientists call organic glass — the materials at the heart of some electronic displays, light-emitting diodes and solar cells — a team of chemists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison has set the stage for more efficient and sturdier portable electronic devices and possibly a new generation of solar cells based on organic materials. Read More
For UW–Madison scientists, Northern Wisconsin serves as a lab and a classroom
For the past decade, Ankur Desai has been working with collaborators from across the country to study the uptake and emission of carbon in northern Wisconsin’s forests, wetlands and lakes. Read More
Science Expeditions opens doors to UW–Madison research March 20-22
Science Expeditions, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s 13th annual science open house, will open the doors of dozens of campus attractions — and the expertise of scores of researchers — to thousands of curious visitors March 20-22. Read More
UW mascot Bucky Badger is namesake for newly discovered yeast
When you discover a new organism, you get to name it - but not for yourself. There are rules to the naming business in biology. You can, however, name it for the sponsor of your research. When Chris Hittinger and his group of yeast researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison found a rather aggressive yeast, it was natural to name it for the fierce carnivore that is the mascot of his home institution: Bucky Badger. Read More
Researchers develop new approach that combines biomass conversion, solar energy conversion
In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy. Read More