UW-Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences Galen McKinley: Earth and environmental science informs society about the life support systems upon which we all depend. To ensure future funding, scientists need to show the public how our work contributes to everyone’s health and well-being.
Renewable energy made from the act of walking on a special nanotech wood floor. A “super yeast” that does a lot more than make bread dough rise. A battery that’s charged by the energy from the sun.
People enjoy watching leaves change from green to gold every fall. But researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are hoping to discover how plants know to make these seasonal changes.
The money from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Smart Policing Initiative will pay for a community-wide program in Madison, involving not just police but treatment providers, UW-Madison researchers — to measure and analyze the program’s effectiveness — public health officials, Dane County Human Services, the nonprofit organization Safe Communities Madison-Dane County and other partners. The grant also will buy about $21,000 worth of the overdose antidote Narcan, now provided to police by pharmaceutical company donations.
For years, men suffering from erectile dysfunction were told to reach for the little blue pill. But if that fails, what’s left? An inventive application of elastic “memory metal” is being used to create a penile implant to help men regain control of their bodies. 2016: shitty year for everyone else, actually not a bad year for dicks.
Now, urologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a potentially groundbreaking implant that could become erect on demand – simply by heating it up.
Now scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have come up with a concept for a heat-activated penis implant, which could enable men with ED to perform in the bedroom.
There may be a way to prevent harmful blooms of algae in some lakes or reservoirs, according to a new study.Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology and scientists from three other universities gradually spread phosphorus and nitrogen in a small lake in Michigan.
The research, called “novel” in a medical journal and a “bionic penis” in British tabloids, is being conducted by UW-Madison assistant professor Brian Le. It focuses on a nickel-titanium alloy, a “memory metal,” that is used to create a scaffold, an “exo-skeleton,” activated by heat, according to an article in the current edition of the journal Urology.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher is getting plenty of attention for an implant that has been dubbed the “bionic penis.”
A University of Wisconsin-Madison survey found Independent voters are less likely than Democrats or Republicans to vote for a female candidate.
Budget cuts recently closed North America’s only dairy-sheep research program, at the Spooner Research Station at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nine years ago this month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded its largest single federal grant ever: $125 million to launch a bioenergy research center. Now, bioenergy researchers at UW and their partners at Michigan State University are watching closely to see what the future holds for them under President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee for Energy secretary, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison survey found Independent voters are less likely than Democrats or Republicans to vote for a female candidate.
There may be a way to prevent harmful blooms of algae in some lakes or reservoirs, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology and scientists from three other universities gradually spread phosphorus and nitrogen in a small lake in Michigan.
Noted: After taking on a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison under Dr. Richard Atkinson, Dhurandhar was excited to finally be at liberty to pursue what he loved. He had an intense curiosity about viruses and was eager to get started finding answers. However, when he tried to get samples of the SMAM-1 virus that he had worked with in India, the U.S. Department of Agriculture refused to grant him an import license. He was deeply disappointed.
Before plastic, there was clay. Demonetisation may have made you more dependent on your debit or credit cards for your everyday buys, but such a system was a way of life 5,000 years ago -during the Harappan civilization. So says Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, one of the world’s most reputable experts in Harappan civilization.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, long one of the nation’s most highly regarded research institutions, is a little less well-regarded these days. For the first time in 44 years, UW-Madison fell out of the top five U.S. research universities.
Mother-of-pearl is an iridescent material that’s found in mollusk shells. It forms in layers, which allows it to reflect light and shimmer. But these layers could be useful in another way, according to Pupa Gilbert, a professor with the University of Wisconsin, Madison: They provide a good estimation of the temperatures they grow in.
Includes an interactive map—created by three students at the University of Wisconsin– Madison—that explores the maritime world of the colonial era.
A rare strain of bird flu has infected at least 45 cats in a Manhattan animal shelter, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Dietram Scheufele: Truth seems to be an increasingly flexible concept in politics. At least that’s the impression the Oxford English Dictionary gave recently, as it declared “post-truth” the 2016 Word of the Year. Many scientists and science communicators have grappled with disregard for, or inappropriate use of, scientific evidence for years – especially around contentious issues like the causes of global warming, or the benefits of vaccinating children.
At a time when “post-truth” has been sanctioned as the 2016 word of the year, scientists need to do a better job of talking about their work, said Dietram Scheufele, a professor of science communication.a University of Wisconsin-Madison who served on a national panel that looked at the issue.
Even as it was losing its stature as one of America’s top five research schools, the University of Wisconsin-Madison had begun lobbying aggressively for state funding to attract more of the kind of high-caliber faculty who drive the nation’s greatest research institutions.
At least 4 percent of patients under general anesthesia are conscious after doctors insert their breathing tube before surgery, according to a new study led by a UW-Madison researcher.
Social Security and Medicare reform could be front and center in 2017.
The University of Wisconsin has long been among the best research institution in the nation, but recent rankings have some researchers worried about staying competitive with declining financial support.
Independent voters are more likely to oppose a female candidate than Democrats or Republicans, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor found in a new set of studies.
Professor Ive Hermans has a different philosophy when it comes to running a research group and laboratory full of brilliant students.
An outbreak of flu among 13 cats at an uptown Manhattan animal shelter has veterinary experts across the country scratching their heads — because cats just don’t catch the flu.“ That’s the main question. Where is this flu coming from?” says Dr. Sandra Newbury, director of the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Wisconsin.“This is something new,” she said.
A UW-Madison assistant professor is challenging the notion that blame for the “skills gap” falls solely upon higher education. Matthew T. Hora, research scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and author of “Beyond the Skills Gap,’’ addressed about 60 people at the UW-Madison Education Building today for the launch of the new book.
A new policy brief released Wednesday from a UW-Madison research center shows relatively high rates of students submitting the FAFSA to obtain federal student aid.
Maybe you’ve heard someone say, “My wife has cancer, and her treatment isn’t working.” Or, “I need equipment that performs better in my plant and saves me time and money.” “My child has autism, and I need better ways to help him.”
A November report from the National Science Foundation showing UW-Madison is no longer a top five research university prompted a lot of concern here in Dane County.
As the nation marks the 75th anniversary of the attack that started World War II, a team at UW-Madison is sharing the story of how they found and identified the plane of a service member who was killed in action 72 years ago.
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved complex health care legislation on Wednesday that would increase funding for disease research, address weaknesses in the nation’s mental health systems and vastly alter the regulatory system for drugs and medical devices. The vote sealed a final legislative victory for President Obama, who strongly supported the bill against objections from many liberal Democrats and consumer groups.
Every step you take has the ability to generate energy — if you’re walking on the right kind of floor.
Associate Professor Xudong Wang holds a prototype of the researchers’ energy harvesting technology, which uses wood pulp and harnesses nano fibers. The technology could be incorporated into flooring and convert footsteps on the flooring into usable electricity.
Earlier this year, the Badgerloop team, a group of more than 100 undergrad students at UW Madison, won third place in the world, beating out nearly 1,200 other teams, in a design competition put on by SpaceX. The technology company asked students around the world to bring their Hyperloop travel concept to life.
Anyone interested in catching a glimpse of what entrepreneurs say could be the future of mass transportation should head over to the Discovery Building at 330 N. Orchard St. tonight.
Among the nearly 1000 pages of the 21st Century Cures Act—approved by the House of Representatives last Wednesday and being considered in the Senate today—is a section focused on what the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should do to encourage earlier independence and improve opportunities for junior biomedical researchers.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working to produce flu vaccines in a different way. The goal: better protection from what is a seasonal annoyance for many but a serious health concern for others.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a novel strategy to reprogram cells from one type to another in a more efficient and less biased manner than previous methods.
The Great Lakes have their own miniature version of tsunamis – more than 100 times per year. That’s according to new research led by the University of Wisconsin Madison. The name of these waves – and the danger that comes with them – are relatively unknown to those in the region.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working to produce flu vaccines in a different way. The goal: better protection from what is a seasonal annoyance for many but a serious health concern for others.
Last year, Anita Mukherjee, an assistant professor of actuarial science at the University of Wisconsin, studied Mississippi’s prison system, and found that people in private prisons received many more “prison conduct violations” than those in government-run ones. This made it harder for them to get parole, and, on average, they served two to three more months of prison time.
By mimicking natural molecular pathways in the human body, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed molecular tools that could regulate gene expression.
Jo Handelsman describes herself as a “changemaker.” Judging from her dossier, the incoming director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is not wrong.
Neuroscientist Nathan Rose and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin recently lost track of a memory.
Neuroscientists have long tried to uncover the neuronal connectivity and patterns of activity that explain human cognitive behaviors. The prevalent theory of working memory—using information stored in short-term memory to complete a task—is that the brain’s connections that code for the needed information must fire continuously. Now, in a paper published today (December 1) in Science, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their colleagues provide evidence for a different theory, in which information can be stored in working memory in an inactive neuronal state.
It’s almost a good thing that we’ve never been entirely able to figure out how human memory works, because if we did, we’d probably just forget. Memory has always been that kind of meta-mystery, and one of its greatest puzzles is the question of what’s known as working memory: information we hold in short-term storage, like a phone number we’ll need to call or a face we’ll need to recognize at a meeting, and can then forget.
The study (by cognitive neuroscientist Nathan Rose and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin in Madison) suggests that information can somehow be held among the synapses that connect neurons, even after conventional working memory has faded.
Now, in a paper published today (December 1) in Science, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their colleagues provide evidence for a different theory, in which information can be stored in working memory in an inactive neuronal state.
The House overwhelmingly backed broad legislation Tuesday to increase federal support for medical research, advancing a long-anticipated bill that is expected to clear the Senate soon and get President Obama’s signature.
Representative Tom Price (R–GA), the orthopedic surgeon and six-term congressman who President-elect Donald Trump yesterday picked to be his secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is a conservative spending hawk and fierce opponent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and abortion. But he has also spoken generally in favor of increasing funding for federal research agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which he would oversee if confirmed to the job by the Senate.
Researchers at UW-Madison are keeping a close eye on a weather satellite that’s working its way into orbit.
It’s being hailed as the next big thing in weather forecasting and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are taking part. A satellite now in space will hopefully collect and transmit critical weather information faster, which will mean more accurate forecasts for people back on Earth.
“The gut microbiome influences the host epigenome on a global scale,” said coauthor John Denu, an epigeneticist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “We discovered key communicators, or key molecules that communicate this information, to the host.”
Wearable technology is growing in both the worlds of fashion and medicine, and one University of Wisconsin student is taking an unconventional education path to bring the two together.
Transplant surgeons can finally move out of the ice age.
