Category Science & Technology
Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form
Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right.
Teeth of Columbus’s crew flesh out tale of new world discovery
The adage that dead men tell no tales has long been disproved by archaeology.
Evolution, ecosystems may buffer some species against climate change
Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems.
Going green, one moped at a time
Sixteen UW–Madison engineering students spent last fall figuring out how to make the Vespa scooter more green.
Models present new view of nanoscale friction
To understand friction on a very small scale, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers had to think big.
How do you mend a broken heart? Maybe someday with stem cells made from your skin
A little more than a year after University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists showed they could turn skin cells back into stem cells, they have pulsating proof that these "induced" stem cells can indeed form the specialized cells that make up heart muscle.
Sequences capture the code of the common cold
In an effort to confront our most familiar malady, scientists have deciphered the instruction manual for the common cold.
Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy
The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).