If you have seasonal allergies, you might be used to taking medication for months each year to stave off the sniffles and sneezing. But when it’s your four-legged friend with allergies, sometimes the paw-licking, scratching …
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Three Questions with Miona Short ’18
It was the fall of 2016, it was midterms week, and Miona Short ’18 was grieving the devastating loss of her grandfather — the last thing she wanted to do was her hair. As both …
Four projects selected for WARF Accelerator Oncology Diagnostics Challenge
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has announced that four projects have been selected to receive development funding through the WARF Accelerator Oncology Diagnostics Challenge Grant. The grant invited submissions for new technologies focused on biomarkers …
30 Under 30 Energy 2024: Meet The Young Entrepreneurs Leading The Charge Toward A Greener Planet
From electric school buses to swanky carbon credit platforms, these under 30s are using their talents and ideas to shape the future of energy. On this year’s list is Grace Stanke, a 21-year old nuclear …
Studies find methods for removing carbon dioxide must develop faster to meet climate goals
UW researchers say novel carbon dioxide removal technologies only make up 0.1 percent of emissions removed from the atmosphere. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say new technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere …
Madison startup harnessing quantum sensors wins Wisconsin Tech Council’s Pitch Olympics
A Madison startup building quantum sensors to help the mining industry accurately locate rare-earth metals like copper, nickel and cobalt won the Wisconsin Technology Council’s recent Elevator Pitch Olympics. The startup, Dirac Labs, was among …
Alumni Spotlight: HappiCo
It all began with a Belgian waffle, a seemingly humble origin for HappiCo, a company founded by Sam Rockwell (CEO), Justin Samuels (COO) and Jeremy Reich (Chief Strategy Officer), all graduates of the Wisconsin School …
AI Revolution In Diabetes Care: How Technology Is Beating This Silent Killer
Invisible and deceptive, this health condition is a silent killer affecting millions worldwide. For many, it begins as a growing fatigue, with a persistent weight gain leading to a fog gradually enveloping the mind. Before …
Building a smarter shunt for hydrocephalus patients
Despite modest improvements since their invention in the 1950s, today’s shunts remain highly prone to failure. Madison Scientific plans on using a SmartShunt System to change that reality. Read more here: https://www.isthmusproject.com/story/building-a-smarter-shunt-for-hydrocephalus-patients/
Move Your Tech out of Academia Recap!
On September 28th the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) in partnership with Discovery to Product (D2P) hosted an event called Moving Your Tech Out Of Academia during UW Innovate Week. At this lunch & learn, …