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Scout’s legacy continues at the School of Veterinary Medicine.
UW–Madison scientists are on the leading edge in fighting the pandemic.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank finds reasons to hope in challenging times.
A 50-year perspective on the Sterling Hall bombing from alumni who lived through it.
UW researchers are unlocking the secrets to growing food in outer space.
Despite bleak environmental news, the UW’s Nelson Institute finds reasons to hope.
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center transforms publishing by championing diversity.
Arthur Hasler made UW–Madison a world-renowned hub for limnology.
New technology analyzes urine to improve your health.
UW patents a way of making Tylenol’s active ingredient from plant material.
UW research tracks Twitter’s reaction to mass shootings.
Philanthropist Mary Lasker x1922 was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century medical research.
Volunteers develop a course to help students help themselves.
The Big Red Ball lets scientists study solar phenomena from the comfort of Earth.
It would recognize images without any power sources.
New technology can capture complex hidden scenes.
Our story on the MIA Project’s search for a missing World War II pilot was a labor of love.
Pregnant women who travel long distances to work face increased risks of adverse birth outcomes.
An innovative study looks to man’s best friend for answers on prevention.
The winners of this year’s UW Cool Science Image contest were announced in March.
Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi PhD’03 believes that if efforts to control nuclear fusion pay off, it will provide unlimited energy that will change the world.
Born in war-torn Hong Kong to a prominent but absent father and his sixth concubine, UW physicist Sau Lan Wu has overcome stunning obstacles on her path to three major scientific discoveries.
A UW–developed portable weather lab journeys to the Philippine Sea.
Experts use math to better understand a sea creature’s defense mechanism.
The #MeToo movement reaches far beyond Hollywood and Capitol Hill. The sciences are also grappling with how to address sexual harassment. This past year, the American Geophysical Union adopted a policy that added sexual harassment as a form of scientific misconduct, saying that it willfully compromises the integrity of…
Bacteriologist Elizabeth McCoy ’25, PhD’29 joined the UW faculty in 1930, and in 1943, she became the second woman at the…
3D printing seems like science fiction come to life.
“It’s kind of Star Trek–like,” says Dan Thoma MS’88, PhD’92, director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering, who has researched the technology for 25 years.
Remember when Captain Picard commanded the replicator on the…
Wrestling bears, a soaring eagle, and curious fawns are among the 22 million images captured by a first-of-its-kind network of volunteer-run trail cameras in Wisconsin.
The project — called Snapshot Wisconsin — was launched in 2016 by the state’s Department of Natural Resources to monitor wildlife and to help…