Mosquitoes, thriving in Wisconsin after recent rains, could someday be combated with repellent made from bacteria instead of chemicals, according to UW-Madison researchers. Two compounds from a bacterium found on worms prevented mosquitoes from feeding …
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Madison’s growing tech industry is making it a top destination for millenials
When Tobi Silgman first moved to Madison 20 years ago, the city epitomized life in a college town. Yet to step outside of the palatial presence of the Capitol on State Street, or beyond the …
Trio of faculty startups earn SEED funding awards
Three startup companies led by College of Engineering faculty members have received funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) unit as part of the state of Wisconsin’s State Economic Engagement and Development …
UW–Madison and WARF again rank high in patents
A survey of the world’s top universities placed the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the seventh-greatest source of U.S. patents. The ranking, by the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association, attests to UW–Madison’s …
Blexx Technology seeking to improve hypodermic needle sterilization and disposal
Noted: Erin Tenderholt founded Blexx Technology three years ago at age 19, early in her college career at UW-Madison. A recent business school graduate, Tenderholt is looking to continue her role in the company, with …
Four UW teams are finalists in the 2019 Governor’s Business Plan Competition
Four UW–Madison innovators will compete in the final round of the statewide Governor’s Business Plan Competition. Badger startup companies that are part of what’s known as the “Diligent Dozen” include Blexx Technology, DarkAero, Voximetry, and …
‘DarkAero’ creating new ways to fly with personal aircraft kits
Noted: A group of UW-Madison alums have invented a two-seat kit aircraft designed to carry up to 750 pounds. Their startup company DarkAero ships the kits to customers in parts that are assembled in the …
UW Changes Lives: Campus-born fertility company seeks to improve women’s health care, Wisconsin economy
What started as a side project in a laboratory in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry is now a successful Wisconsin startup that’s closer than ever to giving women a way to easily track …
Four UW–Madison entrepreneurs share lessons learned
As the University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to gain recognition for fueling Wisconsin’s high-technology economy, we wondered what some pioneers had learned during their transition from scientist to corporate leader. Four experienced entrepreneurs with UW–Madison roots shared …
Pioneered by UW professor, microgrids enable energy independence, resiliency
Noted: UW-Madison professor Bob Lasseter helped pioneer microgrid technology after seeing a small natural-gas-powered generator with a system to capture heat given off by the engine. Instead of going to waste, this energy could be …