Category: Research

UW-Madison’s national research ranking fell to eighth in the country in the latest figures by the National Science Foundation.

“Some people think we’re crazy,” said Coon Lab staff scientist Ian Miller. “But I think we’re on to something.”

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research are looking at whether the toilet might have the ability to monitor and improve health.

If it calls to mind some of the worst excesses of the Internet of Things — catalogued, perhaps rather aptly, by the “InternetOfShit” Twitter accounts — fear not. The team of metabolism scientists, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research envision, claim that analyzing urine samples could aid care patients and ensure they’re getting proper medical treatment. Their findings were published this week in the journal Nature Digital Medicine.

UW-Madison scientists say ‘smart’ toilets could have the ability to change our health – for the better.

For the study, published in the journal Nature Digital Medicine, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research are working to put the tremendous range of metabolic health information contained in urine to work for personalised medicine.

Scientists from University of Wisconsin-Madison are designing a WC that picks up on warning signs in a user’s urine.

The scientists – from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research – designed the toilet to include a portable mass spectrometer, which can recognise individuals and process their urine samples.

The so-called “injectrode” technology is being developed by biomedical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the heart of their system is a liquid silicone that’s similar to surgical glue, and which contains metal nanoparticles to make it electrically conductive.

Jonathan Patz worked for Congress and climate panel on climate change research.

Espionage, corruption and deceit. We don’t typically associate these words with science, but their use is becoming more common as policymakers and scientists debate how to best protect taxpayer-funded research from foreign influence. The heart of this discussion lies in finding the balance between defending science and preserving international collaboration.

To avoid the problems associated with subjective human application of the Dvorak technique, a computer-automated version of the method calibrated using hurricane hunter data, called the Advanced Dvorak method, was developed beginning in 1998 by a team of scientists led by Chris Velden and Timothy Olander of the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS).

One of those researchers is Bruce Klein, a physician and professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and chief of the pediatric infectious disease division at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Klein’s research includes identifying the molecules within various fungi that elicit an immune response.

Borman and his team looked at more 1,300 sixth-graders at all 11 middle schools in Madison and found one of the main struggles for those students was a need to fit in.

Monkeys’ skulls drilled into and injected with the ADHD drug Ritalin at Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Noted: Some of the drop may be due to a stricter voter ID law, signed into law by former Republican governor Scott Walker, that researchers at the University of Wisconsin founddeterred about 17,000 eligible voters in Milwaukee County and Dane County, which contains Madison. And activists here warn the party has been too quick to take Milwaukee’s black voters for granted.

Researcher says CRISPR gene editing techniques may fix antibiotic resistance issues.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds is testing out a curriculum aimed at teaching kindness to children.

The collaboration includes the UW-Madison transportation operations and safety laboratory.

Scientists at UW-Madison, the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources found the virus while searching for the cause of Wisconsin River Eagle Syndrome.

The Wisconsin Science Festival started Thursday throughout multiple counties in Wisconsin, bringing in more than 1,000 volunteer scientists to share their research.

Panelists describe initiatives for diversity, inclusion in science.

Christina Ciano and Kate Dike walk the perimeter of Ogg Hall, a dorm at Dayton and Park streets, pulling brush back from the side of the building and scanning the ground.

Scientific research follows processes to validate, refute prior evidence.

New machine also helps detect fractures at early stage.

Noted: In California, most of the wildfires over a three-decade period have taken place in so-called wildland-urban areas, according to research published this year by a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service scientist and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Such areas are places with ever-expanding hous

“One discouraging aspect of the study is that they found even tiny pieces of tissue weren’t effectively inactivated by bleach under the conditions they tested,” said Joel Pederson, a soil science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has researched CWD prions.

The senator’s grandfather, David Green, studied at UW-Madison’s Enzyme Institute in the 1950s. His discoveries pioneered research students and facility study today.

Dairy farming produces greenhouse gases in various ways, could cut emissions by half.

University of Wisconsin professor of sociology Doug Maynard spoke on the importance of understanding autism spectrum disorder and making spaces more accessible to those with autism as a part of the Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present lecture series Tuesday night.