Category: Research

Professor Michael Draney debunks myths, explores spiders biology.

The gene for CIS was identified in 2010 by Jiang and his team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They have since worked at Michigan State University to modify this gene to prevent CIS from occurring.

Source: GOES imagery analysis by University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)

The latest Wisconsin Youth Risk survey revealed that LGBTQ+ students, particularly those identifying as transgender or questioning, often feel safer confiding in teachers and staff than in their own parents.

In a recently published study on the effects of visual art on emotions, interest and social media engagement, assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin’s Life Science Communications department Nan Li and a team of researchers discovered a positive correlation.

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center have done something that sounds like a science fiction movie. They’re the first to 3-D print living brain tissue.

A new study by the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention claims low-nicotine cigarettes and vapes are both solid substitutes for regular cigarettes.

The committee responsible for the report was co-chaired by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Robert E. Kahn professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University Edward W. Felten.

You can 3D print a lot of things that remain lifeless objects, but no one’s 3D-printed living brain tissue — until a team of scientists here in Madison did. And living means operating, growing, and a whole lot more.

“One example is planting corn when oak leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ear,” notes an article on phenology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “You know that planting corn has nothing to do with oak leaves or squirrels. However, Native Americans made the observation centuries ago that the soil was warm enough to prevent seeds from rotting, yet it was still early enough to reap a suitable harvest if corn was planted at this time.”

University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW-Madison) researchers have successfully 3D-printed brain tissue that grows and functions like a typical brain.“This could be a hugely powerful model to help us understand how brain cells and parts of the brain communicate in humans,” said Su-Chun Zhang, the study’s corresponding author. “It could change the way we look at stem cell biology, neuroscience and the pathogenesis of many neurological and psychiatric disorders.”

The grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund neuroimaging, particularly PET scans, to better understand Alzheimer’s and other dementias in living people. The hope is that by identifying how Alzheimer’s affects the brain, future researchers will be able to eventually prevent, slow or delay the onset of the disease and better treat its symptoms.

Elizabeth Emch studies Lake Wingra while doing outreach on winter salting around Madison through her master’s program in the Department of Limnology.

The researchers, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, also found that dogs may be attracted to watch TV by the sound of a familiar song, voice or jingle.

Researchers with the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health found that there is likely a link between gut inflammation, changes in the brain, and declines in memory.

Wants research on aging defunded at Wisconsin, even reached out to Florida governor for help

The primate lab has been under scrutiny since PETA brought forth allegations of animal cruelty. But scientists told The Daily Cardinal they follow humane guidelines to the much-needed field.

Research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Financial Security tells us that 99% of domestic violence cases have a financial element. Signs of abuse include a victim depositing money into a joint account that the abuser later empties without warning. Or the abuser racks up debt in the victim’s name.