Category Science & Technology
Innovation Days showcases undergrad entrepreneurship
February 4, 2013Displaying more than a dozen inventions that could prove useful for individuals, workplaces or even entire manufacturing processes, University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students will square off in a matchup of creativity, resourcefulness and craftsmanship during the annual UW–Madison Innovation Days competitions, held Feb. 7 and 8 on the UW–Madison engineering campus.
UW–Madison engineer is expert for NOVA chariot documentary
February 1, 2013An epic drama set in ancient Rome, "Ben-Hur" captivated filmgoers in 1959 with its majestic cinematography, powerful musical score, and thrilling, bloody nine-minute chariot race, which has become one of cinema's most widely known sequences.
UW–Madison physicist wins science image challenge
January 31, 2013Close your eyes and picture an ocean reef: vivid violet, cool blue and tropical green intertwining in gentle curves and delicate edges. And that's just the urchin teeth.
Contest seeks amazing science images
January 29, 2013Doing science can be cool, but seeing science in new ways and using new tools can be transformative.
Second Science Café focuses on future fuels
January 28, 2013The new Science Café series being held in the Town Center at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building devotes its second installment to the future of fuels.
Book discussion and exhibit highlight Go Big Read selection
January 28, 2013Even if you don't recall fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills from the 1950s, a book discussion and exhibit will provide a window into that era and this year's Go Big Read selection.
Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain
January 24, 2013Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse.
Waisman Center: Celebrating 40 years of advancing knowledge about developmental disabilities
January 24, 2013From her perch as director of the Waisman Center, and with an insider’s knowledge of its work to advance our understanding of developmental disability and the people it affects, Marsha Mailick sees a hopeful microcosm of the best attributes of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Despite drought, heat and higher costs, state farm income was second highest ever
January 23, 2013Despite the challenges brought on by prolonged drought and record-breaking heat, Wisconsin farmers earned $3 billion in net farm income in 2012, the second highest amount on record.
Wisconsin scientists honored for records of invention
January 18, 2013Four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members - Hector DeLuca, James Dahlberg, Thomas Lipo and Max Lagally - are among 101 innovators elected to the charter class of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Invasive fish enters streams feeding Lake Michigan, but so far, so good
January 18, 2013Invasive species are known for disturbing their new homes. Whether it's the zebra mussels in the Great Lakes or garlic mustard in native woodlands, their rampant multiplication crowds out native species.
Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation
January 16, 2013People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, according to a study by University of Wisconsin–Madison neuroscientists with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center.
Online engineering graduate programs ranked in top 10 by U.S. News
January 15, 2013For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top ten schools offering high-quality online graduate engineering programs.
Zerhouni, former NIH director, to speak at Jan. 22 event
January 15, 2013Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health from 2002 to 2008, will be in Madison Jan. 22 at the invitation of BioForward, the association that represents Wisconsin’s bioscience industry.
Morgridge Institute for Research welcomes new CEO
January 14, 2013The Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, announced today the appointment of Dr. Brad Schwartz as chief executive officer.
In evolution, fossils reveal, ‘Court Jester’ gets last laugh
January 9, 2013The dominant factors in the rise and fall of the diversity of life on Earth has been a point of debate for scientists nearly as long as they have studied the processes of evolution.
Study advances treatment of respiratory failure in ALS patients
January 8, 2013A new study, published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and conducted largely at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, shows the potential for two complimentary treatments - stem cell therapy and intermittent exposure to low oxygen - to preserve and even restore breathing capacity in rats with a condition similar to ALS in humans.
Lead exposure lowers fourth graders’ test scores
January 8, 2013Lead exposure is related to lower test scores among Wisconsin fourth graders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
UW–Madison anthropologist, students featured in NOVA Neandertal documentary
January 8, 2013Perched on a corner of a table in his biological anthropology lab, John Hawks is surrounded by an array of human skulls, jaws and skeletons – and a film crew complete with lights, camera and a microphone dangling over his head.
Study reveals extraordinary glass properties
January 6, 2013Technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours with properties corresponding to those that have been aged for thousands of years, computational and laboratory studies have confirmed.