Five years ago, Bucky the Badger took on a multitude of forms and found himself spread across the streets of Madison for the public art project Bucky on Parade. This year, Destination Madison rejuvenated the program for a limited time on its five-year anniversary, introducing...
The Wisconsin program that helped Milwaukee's Dana Guthrie and other first-time venture capital fund managers in the state get their start received another $25 million under the 2023-'25 budget Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed Wednesday, doubling the state's total investment in the fund....
In a June 30 article in the journal Science, the IceCube Collaboration presents this new evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from the Milky Way. The findings indicate that the Milky Way produces far fewer neutrinos than the average distant galaxies....
Shear band formation is not typically a good sign in a material — the bands often appear before a material fractures or fails. But materials science and engineering researchers at the UW–Madison have found that shear bands aren’t always a negative; under the right conditions,...
Madison has morphed from being a cool flyover city, you know, the Berkeley of the Midwest, to what it is today — a serious technology hub, with many thousands of good tech jobs and an accompanying uptick in cultural amenities. Then factor in the pandemic,...
Exact Sciences Corp., a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced positive top-line results from the pivotal BLUE-C study. "Cologuard is a groundbreaking innovation in non-invasive cancer detection. Next-generation Cologuard will set a new performance standard," said Kevin Conroy, chairman and CEO...
Kevin Conroy, Exact Sciences CEO, joins ‘Fast Money’ to discuss Exact Sciences latest trial results for its colo-rectal cancer tests, Cologuard....
“Our findings have broad implications for the field of materials science and will inspire further research in the development of advanced data-driven techniques for materials discovery,” says Ying Li, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UW–Madison....
Two leading companies in semiconductor quantum computing are partnering with researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, itself a long-time academic leader in quantum computing....
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues its streak of entrepreneurial excellence as five startups developed at the university received recognition as part of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, a statewide competition for early-stage tech-based businesses. Five of the final 13 companies participating in the pitch-based...
Why do some people change their mind in an instant, and others not at all, no matter the evidence? One of many questions David McRaney explores in “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion,” the UW Go Big Read selection for...
Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Foundation presented $5 million in support of sustainable agriculture and freshwater studies. The foundation's donation includes $3 million for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Agricultural & Life Sciences and $2 million for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Science....