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Wisconsin Center for Education Research wins $15 million grant to improve student achievement
December 27, 2012More than 4,000 students and their families will be better prepared for success in school thanks to the expansion of an initiative developed by UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
One step closer: UW–Madison scientists help explain scarcity of anti-matter
December 26, 2012A collaboration with major participation by physicists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has made a precise measurement of elusive, nearly massless particles, and obtained a crucial hint as to why the universe is dominated by matter, not by its close relative, anti-matter.
UW-Madison’s Trisha Andrew honored for energy research
December 19, 2012Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry at UW–Madison, has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in Energy. The list recognizes talented young innovators whose work holds potential for the energy landscape of the future.
Games+Learning+Society joins the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
December 18, 2012In a loftlike upper level of the purple building on the corner of University Avenue and Randall Street, people dart in and out of cubicles with NERF guns, forgetting deadlines and deliverables to wage playful battles for an hour or two with their colleagues and celebrate new office space.
Botany experiment will try out zero gravity aboard space station
December 17, 2012Gravity: It's the law in these parts. But to reach the stars, humans may have to learn to live outside the law.
Mapping effort charts restoration tack for Great Lakes
December 17, 2012As the federal government builds on its $1 billion investment to clean up and restore the Great Lakes, an international research consortium has developed innovative new maps of both environmental threats and benefits to help guide cost-effective approaches to environmental remediation of the world’s largest fresh water resource.
New form of cell division found
December 17, 2012Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center have discovered a new form of cell division in human cells.
Five graduate students of color to be inducted into Bouchet Society
December 10, 2012Five University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate students of color - Patrick Brown, Sharee Light, Gregory Mosby, Chidi Obasi and Myeshia Price - will be inducted into the UW–Madison chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in a ceremony during its annual conference March 1, 2013. They will also be inducted into the national Bouchet Society at its conference, hosted by Yale University, April 19-20, 2013.
UW-Madison partners in $5 million grant to study philanthropy
December 10, 2012The Science of Philanthropy Initiative (SPI), a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Chicago and Georgia State University, has received a $5 million grant that will be used to explore the motives of philanthropy and lead to new development strategies.
Telephone talks with nurse can reduce hospital re-admissions
December 6, 2012Weekly telephone contact with a nurse substantially reduced hospital re-admissions for high-risk patients, according to results of a University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health study.
Suomi satellite reveals Earth’s dark side
December 5, 2012A remarkable new view of the dark side of our planet from space released today by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is just a peek at the nighttime capabilities of the agencies' newest weather satellite, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.
Virtually healthy: ‘CAVE’ lets researchers experience patients’ behavior
December 4, 2012Every day, patients take prescription medications, monitor vital signs or blood glucose levels, and even administer their own preventative care in the form of exercise and diet choices. It’s important for health care providers to understand how their patients actually perform these activities — yet do so without invading patients' privacy. Virtual reality makes that goal a reality.
McPherson Institute seeks cyclists to raise money for vision research
December 3, 2012Raising money for research into eye disorders is the aim of the McPherson Eye Research Institutes’s “Cycle for Sight” indoor cycling fundraiser Saturday, March 2, 2013 at both the Natatorium and the SERF on the UW–Madison campus.
Key lesson from the first hunt: Harvesting wolves may be easier than anticipated
November 30, 2012One of the early lessons from Wisconsin’s first wolf hunt in decades is that shooting or trapping wolves is easier than wildlife management experts had expected, says Tim Van Deelen, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of forest and wildlife ecology.
Researchers trying to get computers to see as humans do
November 30, 2012How could a few pictures of a dog in the grass illustrate key concepts underlying computer vision, a sophisticated science aimed at teaching machines to perform visual tasks for humans - such as recognizing faces, objects and patterns?
UW–Madison weighs in at No. 4 in research rankings
November 28, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison, with more than $1.1 billion in research expenditures for fiscal year 2011, remains near the top of the class for all U.S. research universities.
State climatologist: Drought continues in Madison area
November 27, 2012Near-normal rains in October did little to alleviate the long-term drought that has gripped the Badger state since the spring, says State Climatologist John Young.
Analytical tool is focus of spinoff firm
November 20, 2012A new company making a high-speed, accurate and user-friendly instrument that reveals the molecular structure of proteins, drugs, and other important materials is the latest spinoff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison chemistry department.
Meditation expertise changes experience of pain
November 15, 2012Meditation can change the way a person experiences pain, according to a new study by UW–Madison neuroscientists.
Public opinion of wolves could influence hunt outcome
November 15, 2012Illegal wolf kills typically spike during gun deer season, says UW–Madison environmental studies professor Adrian Treves, whether due to a sense of competition, fear, or simply increased opportunity.