Katie Couric: Behind the Scenes of Exact Sciences
“I know a lot of people I love would be here today, if their cancers had been detected early.” – Katie Couric...
04 October, 2021
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UW-Madison enrollment numbers show growing, diversifying freshman class
This year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is welcoming the largest and most racially diverse freshman class in the institution’s history....
04 October, 2021
Early-stage biotech startups find common ground at Forward BIOLABS
Imagine the sort of coworking space we’ve all grown used to, but this time it’s for scientists. It’s a place for cash-strapped research teams that have taken the leap and launched small biotech startups with big implications....
30 September, 2021
IceCube to appear in BBC and PBS documentaries
IceCube staff from the experiment’s headquarters at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), a research center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, captured video footage at the South Pole....
28 September, 2021
Explore over 170 virtual and in-person events at the 11th annual Wisconsin Science Festival
From “magic” mushrooms to a celebration of the stars, the 2021 Wisconsin Science Festival is back in full swing October 21-24. This year’s festival will feature more than 170 events in over 30 counties throughout Wisconsin....
28 September, 2021
As schools reopen, Oregon virus surveillance project helps families navigate complex time
Since 2015 Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS), has been helping Oregon families and schools track and understand seasonal influenza and other respiratory illnesses. With thousands of home visits under their belts and the trust of the community, they were primed to...
27 September, 2021
Resilience: How COVID-19 challenged the scientific world
For this story, we dialed into video calls with scientists and researchers at the Morgridge Institute for Research and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to reflect on what has collectively happened. Those conversations held notes of promise, resilience, and lessons learned from a damaging and challenging...
27 September, 2021
Breast cancer researchers learn how to teach an old drug new tricks to help patients
Paclitaxel, or Taxol, is an old standby drug in the oncologist’s tool belt. Yet only about half of breast cancer patients treated with the drug see their tumors shrink or disappear, and doctors and researchers have no way of knowing which patients will benefit. But...
23 September, 2021
UW–Madison 13th among public universities in Wall Street Journal rankings
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is 13th for the second year in a row among public universities and has risen to 58th overall among 796 public and private colleges in the latest Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings. Last year, the university ranked 65th overall....
21 September, 2021
Taming ‘tubes: For computer chips, new technique puts carbon nanotubes squarely in their place
Researchers have struggled to find techniques to precisely deposit the tubes, but engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered a new method of aligning the nanotubes by turning them into 2D liquid crystals. They described their research in the journal Science Advances....
08 September, 2021
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