The University of Wisconsin-Madison will play a central role in Microsoft’s newest artificial intelligence initiative, joining Princeton University as one of only two universities in the world partnering on the company’s Discovery Platform — a …
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SLAC and Wisconsin-Madison scientists develop an attosecond atomic x-ray laser
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(at Stanford University), and others have created what they describe as “the first attosecond atomic x-ray laser”. In a new study …
Weinert Center Hall of Fame: Ross Freedman
Ross Freedman is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of 367 Ventures, a Chicago-based investment firm known for advising, mentoring, and investing in visionary founders of early-stage companies. Ross fundamentally believes that every company—regardless of its …
With DOE early career award, Whitney Loo is engineering the heart of next-gen batteries
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Whitney Loo, the Conway Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a prestigious 2024 Early Career Research Program award. Loo’s project is …
With focus on personalized medicine, Wisconsin vying to be one of nation’s elite tech hubs
Wisconsin’s biohealth industry, named one of 31 regional tech hubs by the Biden administration in October, plans to apply this week for the next phase: to become one of five to 10 hubs that will …
UW-Madison’s Big Bet on AI
As one of the leading research universities in the country, UW-Madison marshals more than a billion dollars in research money annually. And the way Provost Charles Isbell sees it, the university’s scale and its public …
Insect Eavesdropper: Digital Monitoring of Crop Pests Via Vibrational Signals
Last November at Entomology 2023 saw the return of the Antlion Pit, an innovation competition for entomology-related products and services. Six teams were selected to compete out of nine applications, with the “Insect Eavesdropper” team …