Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has isolated the changes in pain-related brain activity that follow mindfulness training — pointing a way toward more targeted and precise pain treatment. The study, …
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New understanding of ‘superantigens’ could lead to improved staph infection treatments
The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has long been known to cause infections in humans, ranging from mild skin infections to pneumonia to more serious infections of the heart. In high-income countries, it’s the leading cause of …
Hopping atoms help predict how liquid silica cools into good glass
Despite millennia of glass making, the physics of what happens when silica sand is melted and cooled is still something of a mystery to researchers. Now, in a groundbreaking window into what happens on a …
Ashton lab spinoff safeguards developing brain, spinal cord from toxic threats
Amid his usual day-to-day of meeting with students, writing research papers and grant proposals, and overseeing experiments in a productive lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Randolph Ashton …
The whole story: Promising thin film growth technique is the result of microscopic holes
Materials researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have revealed some of the atomic-scale mechanisms behind remote epitaxy, an emerging method for synthesizing extremely thin films and membranes—and the process is very different from what many …
UW innovators, experts and partners spotlight Innovation and Sustainability, Women in Science Entrepreneurship, and Building Financial Projections at Forward Fest
Emerging technologies developed at UW-Madison will receive a funding boost as the result of a $200,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) in support of an on-campus grant program administered by UW’s Discovery to Product (D2P).
WEDC helping farm-related tech startups in Wisconsin
The 2022 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days will run from July 12-14 in Clark County, highlighting Wisconsin companies in the farm technology industry. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has helped many such businesses emerge over …
Ludwig using NIH grant to optimize neuromodulation therapy
Kip Ludwig started his career working for a medical device startup, developing a tool to treat hypertension and heart failure. Now, more than a decade later, the University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of biomedical engineering …
Underground search for dark matter in the universe relies on UW expertise
Nearly a mile beneath the Black Hills, in a gold mine in a South Dakota town called Lead, there is a hunt underway for theoretical particles known as WIMPs. But don’t let the acronym fool …
Power to the People: Three ways our nation’s electrical grid must change for a brighter future
The world is on the cusp of a renewable energy tipping point; with recent technology advances, green energy generation methods like solar and wind are on the rise. That’s great news for efforts to slow …