Category Science & Technology
Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington’s disease
March 15, 2012Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence.
UW-Madison invention basis for top honor in clean-energy competition
March 15, 2012A new company built to commercialize a green-energy discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison earned the top honor - and a check for $100,000 - at this month's Chicago Clean Energy Challenge.
Nobel laureate, White House advisor to speak about science education
March 14, 2012Carl Wieman, associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and a Nobel laureate in physics, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison Tuesday, March 20 to talk about teaching and learning in science and engineering.
Scientists produce eye structures from human blood-derived stem cells
March 13, 2012For the first time, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from human blood.
Unique art and science project displayed at National Science Foundation
March 13, 2012A series of paintings, quilts and other artworks developed through a collaboration between artists and ecologists in Wisconsin is on display at the headquarters of the National Science Foundation in Virginia.
UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report
March 12, 2012Several UW–Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
Study pinpoints effects of different doses of an ADHD drug; finds higher doses may harm learning
March 8, 2012New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
UW law professor offers look at FDA from the inside out
March 8, 2012UW Law Professor R. Alta Charo was senior policy adviser to the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration from August 2009 until June 2011. Now back on campus, Charo spoke reflects on her time with the FDA.
Office of Sustainability launches at UW–Madison
March 7, 2012The UW–Madison Office of Sustainability, which grew out of the campuswide Sustainability Initiative, will officially launch on Friday, March 9, with an event at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery named 2012 Laboratory of the Year
March 5, 2012The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the innovative 330,000-sqaure-foot public-private facility that opened just more than a year ago on the UW–Madison campus, has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year.
In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion
March 5, 2012Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by UW–Madison psychology and psychiatry professor Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.
Nelson Institute awarded UW–Madison’s first S-STEM grant from NSF
March 2, 2012The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies has been awarded UW–Madison's first-ever National Science Foundation S-STEM grant for undergraduate scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Communicating danger across 10,000 years
March 1, 2012Giant symbols carved into canyon walls might tell the story of a long-ago hunt, a creation myth, or a genocide - but because the cultures who created rock art have vanished, there is no way of discerning their exact meaning.
Daya Bay antineutrino detectors exceed performance goals
February 29, 2012After just three months of operation, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has far surpassed expectations, recording tens of thousands of particle interactions and paving the way to a better understanding of neutrinos and why the universe is built of matter rather than antimatter.
See restored Curry murals at Wednesday Night @ the Lab
February 28, 2012A remarkable University of Wisconsin–Madison research triumph and artful renderings depicting the importance of biochemistry are the subject of a rare occurrence of the popular Wednesday Night @ the Lab series.
Exploring interfaces between science, humanities
February 23, 2012The semester-long, $2,500 Emerging Interfaces Awards were created as a way to explore the different ways thinkers in the humanities and sciences approach discovery.
Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry
February 22, 2012A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place - a single neural connection in the body wall of flies.
Two UW–Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships
February 22, 2012Two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.
Early spring: Good for us, mixed bag for insects, plants
February 21, 2012Madison’s warm weather may have made the outdoors more comfortable for people, but does it spell trouble for overwintering plants and bugs?
Journal boycott gaining steam at UW–Madison
February 21, 2012They are mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore. That describes an emerging response from more than 6,000 scientists to Elsevier, publisher of more than 2,500 scientific journals, including Cell and The Lancet.