The US National Weather Service uses a new fog detection software developed by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to assist with …
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A ray of sunshine: Badgerloop team transitions to solar car competition
Badgerloop, the prize-winning student organization from the UW–Madison College of Engineering, is turning its expertise to a new exciting project: solar-powered cars. The plan is to compete in the Formula Sun Grand Prix, part of …
National science organization AAAS grants fellowship status to 13 from UW
Thirteen University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This year, 564 scientists, engineers and innovators who are members of AAAS were chosen to be AAAS …
Bilen-Rosas wins 2021 Equalize Med Tech pitch competition, encourages others to get involved
Guelay Bilen-Rosas, MD, a UW–Madison assistant professor of anesthesiology, earned a top prize in the 2021 Equalize pitch competition hosted by Washington University in St. Louis and wants to encourage other female faculty to pursue …
UW–Madison alumni among Make48 Madison competition winners
A team from Last Lock, founded in 2019 by UW-Madison graduate and Minnesota native Jack Ryan, as well as the Stainless Steel Badgers, recent Mechanical Engineering graduates from UW-Madison who are currently or previously employed …
UW–Madison researchers lead effort to create a universal coronavirus vaccine
Viruses can be wily adapters, changing their identities to find new hosts and thwart efforts to stop them. That’s why University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and their collaborators are making progress toward developing universal vaccines against …
New Immersive Simulator Lets Game Players Reimagine Land Use Based on Real Science
UW–Madison researchers teamed with New England conservation nonprofit Mass Audubon to create an online learning game that lets players model how different zoning choices would affect the environment, jobs, housing and other real-world factors for …
$600,000 in state matching grants advance 7 innovative small businesses
Seven small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $600,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. [Funded businesses include UW-Madison spinouts Cellular Logistics, Stem Pharm, and Voximetry.] …
Q&A: University Research Park director grows science with real estate
If you’ve driven by University Research Park lately, you might have noticed the huge hole in the ground at the corner of Mineral Point Road and Whitney Way. That’s the future site of Element Labs, …
Clean energy from ammonia: UW discovery a step toward carbon-free economy
UW-Madison scientists have discovered a new way to capture energy from an everyday product that could be a key step to a carbon-free economy. Researchers in professor John Berry’s chemistry lab found that ammonia combined …