More than half a million Wisconsin workers ? or, one of every five in the state ? would get bigger paychecks if Wisconsin increases the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from the current $7.25 an hour, according to a report released Monday by the UW-Madison?s Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS).
We all know Earth is a pretty cool place, but it?s been cool longer than previously thought. Using two dating techniques, scientists have confirmed that a tiny zircon, a mineral belonging to the group of neosilicates, from Western Australia?s Jack Hills region is indeed the oldest fragment of Earth?s crust, dating back 4.4 billion years.
Field ecologists go to great lengths to get data. Radio collars and automatic video cameras are among their tools for documenting the natural world.
An international team of researchers led by scientists at UW-Madison have revealed new details on how Earth became habitable.
Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery have developed a spongelike material called an aerogel that could become a sustainable way to clean up oil spills. Quoted: Shaoqin “Sarah” Gong, associate professor of biomedical engineering.
Geology professor John Valley and his graduate student have found the oldest piece of Earth’s crust yet discovered.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A new report gives state officials low marks for their lack of control over agricultural and industrial pollution that pose threats to Green Bay.
Chicago has won a $70 million grant from the Defense Department for a research center for digital-manufacturing technology, a new facility that could dramatically raise the city?s profile beyond being a hotbed for startups.
Chicago will be the site of a digital manufacturing institute backed by $70 million in federal money and another $250 million in private and other government funding, giving the city, once a factory town, a better chance to re-establish its credentials as a modern maker of things.
While it?s already possible to wirelessly recharge smartphones in cars, those cars need to be equipped with a special charging pad that the phone has to be placed on. Thanks to a newly-developed “nanogenerator,” however, it might eventually be possible to place the phone anywhere in any car, letting the vehicle?s vibrations provide the power.
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A tiny crystal found in Australia ? the oldest rock yet known ? has been dated to 4.4 billion years old, only 100 million years younger than Earth itself.
LONDON: A tiny fragment of zircon extracted from a remote rock outcrop in Australia has now been designated the “oldest piece of Earth ever found”.
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
The state Assembly is set to take up a bill that allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
The census? preliminary numbers were in disagreement with annual statistics provided by the USDA that have shown a decline over the past five years of state agricultural land that has been diverted to other uses, according to Bruce Jones, an agricultural economics professor at UW-Madison.
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
It has been a long three months since we camped out at the site of the Rising Star caves outside Johannesburg, and the summer growth has erased the signs of our presence. There?s no evidence of the Science Tent, and the paths we wore through the chunks of dolomite are now under grasses and red wildflowers.
A multi-university team of engineers has developed what could be a promising solution for charging smartphone batteries on the go, without an electrical cord, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday.
Farmers have traditionally gathered and saved seeds from one growing season to plant in the next. But this age-old tradition is being threatened by corporations that are increasingly restricting access to seeds through patents.
A funding shortfall that will force the closing of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Synchrotron Radiation Center near Stoughton is an example of how tight federal budgets are causing the United States to fall behind in global scientific research and development to Asian nations, said director Joseph Bisognano, a professor of engineering physics.
Five researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health received a two-year, $100,000 grant each to pursue innovative research and education in health, according to a university press release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold Design Summit 3 Thursday, a forum focusing on ?human-centered design? and innovation, with the intent of fostering conversation between researchers at UW-Madison and associates in the industry, according to a university press release.
A unique particle accelerator housed in a University of Wisconsin physics lab has attracted scientists from across the world and nation for years, but due to federal cuts the lab has officially been slated for closure on March 7.
New solar panels created by Sunpreme and tested at the University of Wisconsin have passed preliminary tests and could be on their way to usage at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in South Pole.
Story highlights research by Dr. Margaret ?Gretchen? Schwarze, a UW-Madison vascular surgeon and bioethicist.
Why does a couple become a couple? Love? Friendship? Security? Someone to talk to? Economics?
A provision to exempt University of Wisconsin System research from open records requests was removed from a bill to allow classified research on campus Monday.
Newly released research from a UW-Madison professor finds income inequality will continue to go up in the years to come.
Newly released research from a UW-Madison professor finds income inequality will continue to go up in the years to come.
Three finalists have been selected to be interviewed to lead Discovery to Product (D2P), a new venture at UW-Madison to boost the entrepreneurial efforts on campus.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher is piloting an Australian exercise program designed to help reduce falls among the elderly — the leading cause of injury for that age group.
A controversial measure to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests died a sudden death Monday morning before its first scheduled legislative hearing.
A bill that would allow University of Wisconsin System campuses to conduct classified research that would be exempt from state open records law was taken up in committee Monday.
MADISON, Wisconsin ? The head of the state Assembly?s colleges committee said Monday he won?t allow the panel to vote on a bill that creates sweeping open record exemptions for University of Wisconsin System research.
Scientific research at University of Wisconsin campuses would be shielded from public records requests until it?s published or patented under a controversial bill scheduled for a first hearing on Monday before the state Assembly?s higher education committee.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation isn?t the only organization accusing Apple Inc. of infringing on a high-tech patent. A few days after WARF filed suit against the technology giant, a Texas-based company did the same based on a different complaint.
A bill to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests, scheduled for a first hearing Monday morning, has hit turbulence.
Scientists say tests to put extra strong solar panels in the Antarctic have been successful.University of Wisconsin researchers simulated freezing weather conditions to put ?double glass? solar PV panels through their paces, including sub-zero temperatures for lengthy periods of time.
Related to recent UW research.
Early farmers boosted Earth?s temperature by 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.9 degrees Celsius) over a period of 8,000 years, a new study suggests.
MADSION, Wis. — The foundation that manages patents for the University of Wisconsin-Madison has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., alleging the electronics and software giant infringed on one of its patents.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation sued Apple on Monday, claiming that the gadget giant infringed on one of WARF?s computer technology patents.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison study challenges the benefits of all-boys or all-girls education in public schools.
The Great Lakes share a surprising connection with Wisconsin?s small lakes and aquifers ? their water levels all rise and fall on a 13-year cycle, according to a new study. But that cycle is now mysteriously out of whack, researchers have found.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, has launched a lawsuit against Apple. WARF?s lawsuit alleges that the iPhone maker infringes on a patent held by the University of Wisconsin – Madison, US Patent No. 5,781,752.
By following 1,500 subjects for 25 years, a landmark study at the University of Wisconsin helped reinvent sleep science and proved that sleep apnea causes more than snoring. Scientists now link the sleep disruption to health risks ranging from high blood pressure and stroke to cardiovascular disease and early death. Is your aging brain a risk too?
trollAnna Bialkowska via FlickrCalled patent trolls or non-practising entities (NPE), companies that make most of their money from licensing patents don?t have the best reputation. WARF is listed as #5.
Even though thousands of schools have adopted single-sex classrooms, there is little evidence of any benefit to the practice, according to a study done at UW-Madison.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist, internationally renowned for his groundbreaking research on how flu viruses in animals can adapt to humans, has received the 2014 Excellence in Research Award from the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.
A University of Wisconsin, Madison physics lab will close on April 5, after a decision from the Department of Energy came down in late January.
STOUGHTON WKOW — A University of Wisconsin, Madison physics lab will close on April 5, after a decision from the Department of Energy came down in late January.
Noted: In Wisconsin, the company already has a research partnership with the University of Wisconsin, funding construction of labs at both UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison.
Noted: Similar research is underway by researchers at University of California at Irvine; a group from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas at Austin; another group from MIT, Yale and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and a fourth from Stealth Software Technologies, a Los Angeles-based technology company.
Two University of Wisconsin, Madison scientists have put forward a new hypothesis on why we sleep. During sleep, they say, the brain weakens — not strengthens — the connections among brain cells to allow the brain to reset, and strangely enough, the result is better memory.
Despite this harsh winter, researchers at UW-Madison are predicting changes for the future.
Do less snow, warmer temperatures and more rain in winter sound pretty good right now?That?s the possible weather scenario Wisconsin and the Great Lakes states could see in the latter part of the 21st century, according to researcher Michael Notaro at UW-Madison.
Despite this harsh winter, researchers at UW-Madison are predicting changes for the future.
Spare a minute from your frenetically busy day to consider the quite different life of the three-toed sloth.
Around 700 people took a much-needed break the cold on Saturday night to at least pretend they were in more tropic climes by attending a luau.
