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The Biotron

March 9, 2016

For the Biotron Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, varying temperatures and humidity levels are a g...

A New Kind of Wood Chip

May 28, 2015

Collaboration could lead to biodegradable computer chips.

High-Power Laser Spinoff Proves Versatility is Strength

May 18, 2015

Since lasers were invented in 1960, they have penetrated countless scientific, industrial and recreational fields: from eye s...

Science Meets Art: 2015 Cool Science Images Unveiled

May 16, 2015

Whether a close-up of a leafcutter ant, or a micrograph of the neurons derived from marmoset stem cells, or an MRI of the hid...

Engineered Softwood Could Transform Pulp, Paper and Biofuel Industries

April 23, 2015

Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorpor...

Faster, Smaller, Cheaper: Technique Could Speed Biologic Drugs

April 22, 2015

Antibodies are specific molecules that can lock onto a particular cellular structure to start, stop or otherwise temper a bio...

Solution-Grown Nanowires Make the Best Lasers

April 15, 2015

Take a material that is a focus of interest in the quest for advanced solar cells. Discover a "freshman chemistry level" tech...

Ebola Whole Virus Vaccine Shown Effective, Safe in Primates

April 4, 2015

An Ebola whole virus vaccine, constructed using a novel experimental platform, has been shown to effectively protect monkeys ...

Discovery Could Yield More Efficient Portable Electronics, Solar Cells

March 25, 2015

By figuring out how to precisely order the molecules that make up what scientists call organic glass — the materials at...

Could Squirmy Livestock Dent Africa’s Protein Deficit?

February 28, 2015

As a cheap and easy source of protein for humans, it might be hard to beat the mighty mealworm.

Chemistry Thesis Transmuted into Comic Book

January 30, 2015

As thesis writing approached, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Veronica Berns faced a conundrum. She knew how...

Professor's Retirement, not Animal Rights Groups, Closes Sound Localization Lab, University Says

January 27, 2015

The University of Wisonsin-Madison said in a statement that the lab was not closed due to animal rights activists....

Scientists Find how Many Cancers may Evade Treatment

January 19, 2015

The drugs were designed to keep cancer cells at bay by preventing their growth, survival and spread. Yet, after clinical tria...

New Studies Power Legacy of UW-Madison Mitochondrial Research

December 13, 2014

It was the yellow color of the solution, pulled from cauliflower, that set Frederick Crane’s hallmark achievement into ...

Computer Equal to or Better than Humans at Cataloging Science

December 3, 2014

In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat chess wizard Garry Kasparov. This year, a computer system developed at the Unive...

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