Stories indexed under: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

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  • With heart cells, middle schoolers learn the hard lessons of science May 2, 2013 The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating.
  • Experience the South Pole in Madison with an exploration of sound, light and images April 30, 2013 Deep in the Antarctic ice, more than 5,000 detector modules sit in frozen darkness, waiting for the blue bursts of radiation released by particle interactions. Optimized to detect signs of neutrinos - tiny, nearly massless particles that can travel from the edges of the universe - these basketball-sized detectors comprise the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, one of the biggest astrophysics projects in the world.
  • Expanded Science Expeditions opens doors to UW-Madison research March 21, 2013 Ana Garic spends her days in a University of Wisconsin–Madison lab studying a public health problem with real impact in Wisconsin communities — which is why it feels so good to invite the public onto her turf for the campus’ annual Science Expeditions open house to be held April 5-7.
  • Wisconsin Science Festival 2013 announces dates, call for presenters March 19, 2013 After more than tripling attendance last year, the Wisconsin Science Festival is coming back for year three with plans for more activities at more sites that reach more people. The organizers announced today the 2013 festival will be held September 26-29 and issued an open call for presenters, communities, organizations and sponsors to get involved.
  • WARF Discovery Challenge seeks to inspire grad student and postdoc research Feb. 28, 2013 Last year more than 125 graduate students and postdocs competed for cash prizes and research grants in WARF’s inaugural Discovery Challenge. But one research associate in the School of Medicine and Public Health received an unexpected distinction.
  • Darwin Day celebrates evolutionary diversity of sex and reproduction Feb. 7, 2013 The annual celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will showcase the evolutionary expressions of sex and reproduction in the natural world.
  • UW faculty dissect growing relationship with China Feb. 1, 2013 In forging connections with China, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created an international model for the university. An upcoming panel of UW-Madison faculty will examine how this partnership with China is evolving and what it means for the future of the university and the student experience.
  • Contest seeks amazing science images Jan. 29, 2013 Doing science can be cool, but seeing science in new ways and using new tools can be transformative.
  • Second Science Café focuses on future fuels Jan. 28, 2013 The new Science Café series being held in the Town Center at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building devotes its second installment to the future of fuels.
  • Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service Jan. 20, 2013 On Monday, Jan. 21, observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will include a number of activities that encourage celebration and collaboration. UW-Madison will again host and support these activities, expressing the Wisconsin Idea through “a day on, not a day off.”
  • Morgridge Institute for Research welcomes new CEO Jan. 14, 2013 The Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced today the appointment of Dr. Brad Schwartz as chief executive officer.
  • Scholars call for new ethical guidelines to direct research on social networking Jan. 11, 2013 The unique data collection capabilities of social networking and online gaming websites require new ethical guidance from federal regulators concerning online research involving adolescent subjects, an ethics scholar from the Morgridge Institute for Research and a computer and learning sciences expert from Tufts University argue in the journal Science.
  • Games+Learning+Society joins the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Dec. 18, 2012 In a loftlike upper level of the purple building on the corner of University Avenue and Randall Street, people dart in and out of cubicles with NERF guns, forgetting deadlines and deliverables to wage playful battles for an hour or two with their colleagues and celebrate new office space.
  • Explore SoundWaves at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Dec. 11, 2012 What do genetics, plant infections, West Nile virus, the human brain and Bach have in common?
  • Virtually healthy: 'CAVE' lets researchers experience patients' behavior Dec. 4, 2012 Every day, patients take prescription medications, monitor vital signs or blood glucose levels, and even administer their own preventative care in the form of exercise and diet choices. It’s important for health care providers to understand how their patients actually perform these activities — yet do so without invading patients' privacy. Virtual reality makes that goal a reality.
  • Talk examines American Indian agriculture and food systems Nov. 20, 2012 American Indian tribes have plenty of challenges when it comes to food and food systems, says Dan Cornelius, ranging from environmental threats to traditional crops to the difficulties of getting fresh food to remote tribal communities.
  • New 'Encounters' series launches at Discovery with multi-sensory collaboration Nov. 13, 2012 What if you could see music or hear a sculpture? A new series, Discovery Encounters, kicks off at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery with the debut of a collaborative exhibit created by a musician and local artist exploring that very question.
  • Photo: WID server platform National cybersecurity effort launched to strengthen software infrastructure Nov. 1, 2012 Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have received a $23.6 million grant as part of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA 11-02) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to address threats arising from the development process of software used in technology ranging from the national power grid to medical devices.
  • Class aims to birth software companies at UW-Madison Oct. 23, 2012 Paul Barford, a UW-Madison professor of computer science, has a proposition, and he's got five minutes to make it.
  • Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery receives innovative green building award Oct. 18, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been chosen for a top sustainability award for the innovative and sustainable design of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building.