Tag Research
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director search narrows to 5
“The level of interest in the WID director position was outstanding and generated a strong pool of applicants,” says search committee chair Paul Ahlquist. Read More
Alumnus’s startup seeks more precise screening for prostate cancer
Success will take years, but if the noninvasive screening test works, it could aid in early detection of a cancer that kills about 26,000 American men every year. Read More
UW-Madison ranked highly among global universities by U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 29th by U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best Global Universities. Last year, UW–Madison was ranked 26th. Read More
Smart cancer therapies: Teaching the body’s own T-cells to attack tumors
The therapies have already shown tremendous potential in treating blood-based cancers such as leukemia. Now, researchers are investigating ways to make them more versatile and practical. Read More
Report reveals a big dependence on freshwater fish for global food security
What is clear, the study authors say, is that society should safeguard freshwater ecosystems for the sake of both fish and people. Read More
Study links changes in collagen to worse pancreatic cancer prognosis
The study reinforces growing evidence that collagen, which forms fibrous networks in skin, tendons and muscles, is intimately involved in several cancers. Read More
Move over, solar: The next big renewable energy source could be at our feet
A UW–Madison team's inexpensive, simple method to make flooring from wood pulp converts footsteps into usable electricity. Read More
Madison startup advances three-in-one cancer drug rooted at UW
The first target for Co-D is angiosarcoma, a rare and lethal cancer that arises from blood vessels. Read More
La Follette School’s Smeeding, others offer proposal for reducing child poverty in U.S.
The researchers estimate that the monthly allowance would reduce the child poverty rate by more than 40 percent and the rate of deep poverty among children by approximately 50 percent. Read More
‘Super yeast’ has the power to improve economics of biofuels
Scientists have found a way to nearly double the efficiency with which a commonly used industrial yeast strain converts plant sugars to biofuel. Read More
With designer lignin, biofuels researchers reproduced evolutionary path
As one of the researchers put it, 'Nature was already doing what we thought we’d laboriously taught her to do.' Read More
Engineers reveal fabrication process for revolutionary transparent sensors
The researchers are seeking to expand the technology's applications from neuroscience into areas such as research of stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, cardiac conditions, and many others. Read More
UW getting electron beam lithography system for nanotech research
Researchers from four UW campuses around the state will benefit from the new system, which uses a specialized technique for creating patterns 5,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Read More
UW–Madison teacher pay study informs policymakers
School districts and policymakers across Wisconsin exploring teacher pay alternatives have new information to help guide them: a recently released study from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research in the UW–Madison School of Education. Read More
Mentors sought for science-minded middle schoolers
UW-Madison’s Adult Role Models in Science (ARMS) is seeking campus volunteers to help Madison area middle school students learn about careers in science, how science works and why it is important in their daily lives. Read More
OVCRGE welcomes Research and Sponsored Programs
The move formally recognizes the need to more closely align research administration with research infrastructure at UW–Madison. Read More
UW2020 funds projects to enhance research and infrastructure
The initiative seeks to fund research projects that have the potential to fundamentally transform a field of study, as well as projects that require significant development prior to the submission of applications for external funding. Read More
Some brains are blind to moving objects
As many as half of people are blind to motion in some part of their field of vision, but the deficit doesn’t have anything to do with the eyes. Read More
Life in ancient oceans enabled by erosion from land
As scientists continue finding evidence for life in the ocean more than 3 billion years ago, those ancient fossils pose a paradox that raises questions about whether there was more land mass than previously thought. Read More
Yeast knockouts peel back secrets of cell protein function
The study provided a level of detail not available even five years ago. Improved technology cut the time to analyze all the proteins in a yeast sample from four hours to one hour. Read More