Osorio to lead UW Global Health Institute
Jorge Osorio, an expert in epidemiology, virology and vaccines, has been named the next director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Global Health Institute....
03 May, 2022
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Game-changer: New tech could transform biotechnology
The Joshua Coon Lab has united the power of two major tools in biotechnology. In research published April 27 in Nature Communications, the lab describes a game-changing advance that marries mass spectrometry and electron microscopy (EM)....
29 April, 2022
InsideWis: Exact Sciences story grows globally while remaining intensely local
Tom Still, Wisconsin Tech Council: "For those people who live in the Madison area or often pass through, the evolution of Exact Sciences in a physical sense has been nothing short of dramatic."...
28 April, 2022
In-person science returns to the Discovery Building
After two years of virtual-only science programs, the Discovery Outreach team welcomed back more than 500 people for Saturday Science on April 9. The free, family-friendly monthly series explored insect diversity, electromagnetism, particle physics, and dozens of other topics at interactive exploration stations....
26 April, 2022
UW–Madison again scores high in world university rankings
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked 27th worldwide and 20th nationally by the Center for World University Rankings. Nearly 20,000 institutions were ranked, and those that placed at the top made the Global 2,000 list. Last year, UW–Madison ranked 25th overall and 19th nationally....
25 April, 2022
UW–Madison’s ultra-efficient carbon capture tech earns top 60 spot in global XPRIZE challenge
Innovators worldwide participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition are racing to develop technologies that can harvest that carbon dioxide efficiently and lock it away. Now, from an initial field of more than 500 entries, competition judges have chosen a University of Wisconsin–Madison team’s solution...
22 April, 2022
Four honored with UW Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards
The 2022 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards honor University of Wisconsin–Madison innovators and alumni who further the Wisconsin Idea through outstanding accomplishments in entrepreneurship. A ceremony honoring the recipients was held March 23 at the Discovery Building....
20 April, 2022
UW–Madison, industry partners run quantum algorithm on neutral atom quantum computer for the first time
A university-industry collaboration has successfully run a quantum algorithm on a type of quantum computer known as a cold atom quantum computer for the first time. "There’s a race to build a useful quantum computer, and there’s a handful of different approaches that are being...
20 April, 2022
A penetrating gaze: System allows world’s first X-ray look at electron-beam 3D-printing process
Combining special, high-energy X-rays with thermal imaging and visible light, engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are looking inside metal items made with a new 3D-printing technique to better understand (and eventually refine) the promising manufacturing method....
18 April, 2022
Jason Cantor Receives Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award
Assistant professor Jason Cantor has received a 2021 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. His was among the ten award-winning proposals that represent early-stage, innovative and cutting-edge technology in medicine and biomedical engineering....
14 April, 2022
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