According to the US Census, only 15 percent of engineers identify as female despite women making up nearly half of the nation’s workforce. Marina Bloomer, a 2022 graduate of the Center for Brand and Product …
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Multiscale Photonic Structures for Complete Opto-Electronic Control of Light
This research project will lead to creation of a crucial electrical component that would enable the creation of holographic displays, high resolution biomedical imaging, and laser-based range finders that would be valuable for self-driving cars. …
Programmable, Pro-Regenerative Immune Cell Therapies for Neurodegeneration and Brain Injury
This project develops a new concept to treat brain disorders, injuries and aging via cell therapy. Because dysfunctional cells in the brain can frequently be distinguished from healthy cells by unique antigens on their cell …
UW-Madison’s “Vicar of Vegetables” on harvest, hubris and a beet born to be raw
It has starred in Forbes and stormed Austin, Texas. It even charmed a wary podcaster. It is the Badger Flame beet, a charismatic vegetable with pyrotechnic color and breakthrough flavor. It took UW–Madison breeders 15 …
With $10B in potential funding, UW-Madison among group driving military healthcare solutions
As key members of a consortium of university and industry partners, University of Wisconsin-Madison investigators can compete for funding—from an overall pot of $10 billion—to catalyze innovative medical solutions for military applications and rapidly migrate …
A Low-Cost, Scalable Device for Monitoring Pollinators and Pollination Services Using Deep Learning
Insect pollinators are critical to food production and conservation globally. Currently, yields of many crops are limited by insufficient pollination, a problem that declining pollinator populations threaten to accelerate. Despite mounting concern over insect declines, …
New injectable gel offers promise for tough-to-treat brain tumors
Like the hardiest weed, glioblastoma almost always springs back — usually within months after a patient’s initial brain tumor is surgically removed. That is why survival rates for this cancer are just 25 percent at …
Collaborative Innovation: Isthmus Project’s Experience in the WAVE Practicum Course
The Innovate Network brings together a group diligently focused on being a resource to help guide entrepreneurs through the many steps of the innovation process. Each Partner specializes in different areas, contributing different resources, perspectives, …
A Sunny Future: WARF Project is Changing Solar Energy
Solar energy is the way of the future — powering our homes, businesses and even our cars. This sustainable, renewable energy source is being studied extensively at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in May of …
From virtual to reality: Novel material identified by computers makes fuel cells more efficient
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison materials scientists have shown that a material they discovered via advanced computational simulation can, in real life, improve the performance of electrodes in solid oxide fuel cells. While the …