Category: Research

‘We have the potential to make some really clear policy recommendations around this,’ Dr. Kate Walsh says.

From 1990 to 2018, the overall amount of pollen increased by up to 21%; meaning pollen coronas could become a more common occurrence. Texas and the Midwest experienced the largest increases, according to a study by the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

These creatures had some traits in common with modern humans, like legs made for walking upright and hands that could work with objects, said University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks, a member of the research team.

Andrew H. Miller at Emory University and Charles L. Raison at the University of Wisconsin, among others, have demonstrated a relationship between inflammatory processes and clinical depression. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is characterized by multiple neurologic and psychiatric symptoms and is thought to be caused by an overactive autoimmune response attacking a specific neuronal receptor site.

The Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin—Madison is currently providing a map based on satellite data that projects what smoke patterns will look like in the near future.

There is a direct link between self-compassion and happiness well-being and success. The more self-compassion you have, the greater your emotional arsenal. Studies from the University of Wisconsin show that meditation cultivates compassion and kindness, affecting brain regions that make you more empathetic to other people.

The center will be designated as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for research initiatives to advance new prostate cancer treatments. It comes with more than $11 million in federal funding to support new and existing research efforts.

Patients are doing their part. Lee Wilke, an oncologist at University of Wisconsin’s UW Health who is leading a phase 2 study one of Disis’ vaccines, says she has a long list of people who’d like to roll up their sleeve for the trial.

“Ultimately, in 40% of cases surgeons find out that it was a benign lesion and should not have been taken out,” said Pallavi Tiwari, the co-director of Imaging and Radiation Science at UW Carbone Cancer Center.

Between 2018 to 2022, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education found that less than 1% of children’s and young adult books released by US publishers were about Arabs. The only group with less representation was Pacific Islanders.

A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Montana just added chronic wasting disease (CWD) to the long list of infectious diseases that ticks can carry and possibly transmit.

It’s not certain, however, that when outcomes data is presented in a more-personalized fashion, doing so improves its effectiveness. Deciding on a college and then a major is a complicated and sometimes yearslong process for many students. Bleemer, the Yale professor, cites research done in the 2010s by Matthew Wiswall, a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Basit Zafar, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

It’s long been called the “Two Georgias” problem — and according to the latest county health data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, it’s still raging.

Wilke, for instance, is the principal investigator for a breast cancer vaccine trial she’s running with colleagues from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. The team is testing whether people who have received treatment for triple-negative breast cancer — a particularly aggressive form of the disease — respond to a DNA-based vaccine that could boost their immune systems and prevent reoccurrence.

To identify the U.S. metro areas with the highest excessive drinking rates, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data on the percentage of adults 18 and older who reported binge or heavy drinking within a 30-day period across all metro areas in the country from the 2023 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute joint program.

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health says survey results it collected over the course of about a year found young people in the state reported drinking more in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bioengineered plants aren’t exactly new—other companies are using altered greenery to try and suck up more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In February, poplar trees designed by the start-up Living Carbon took root in Georgia in what might have been the first planting of genetically modified trees in a U.S. forest. And researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have experimented with mutated mustard plants that do the same thing.

The University of Wisconsin Insect Diagnostic Lab Director PJ Liesch, also known as the Wisconsin Bug Guy, studies several insect species across the state of Wisconsin.Liesch’s interest in insects stemmed from his childhood experiences.

A recent University of Wisconsin study highlights the FHLBanks’ record of success. Their lending generates an estimated $130 billion of additional mortgage lending each year, while saving consumers $17 billion in interest payments.