Stories indexed under: Chemistry

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• Two researchers named Shaw scientists May 24, 2013 The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has chosen two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers for 2013 Shaw Scientist Awards.
• Chemists find new compounds to curb staph infection May 22, 2013 In an age when microbial pathogens are growing increasingly resistant to the conventional antibiotics used to tamp down infection, a team of Wisconsin scientists has synthesized a potent new class of compounds capable of curbing the bacteria that cause staph infections.
• Shakhashiri receives prestigious award for public education May 3, 2013 Bassam Shakhashiri, a chemistry professor and William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received the 2013 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science.
• New ‘green’ method to help upgrade biomass waste into valuable chemicals April 23, 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin, a byproduct of biofuel production, into a form that could allow it to replace fossil fuels as a source of chemical feedstocks.
• Ten faculty selected for Distinguished Teaching Awards March 12, 2013 Ten University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards.
• Analytical trick may accelerate cancer diagnosis Feb. 24, 2013 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a new way to accelerate a workhorse instrument that identifies proteins. The high-speed technique could help diagnose cancer sooner and point to new drugs for treating a wide range of conditions.
• High-level commission discusses future of graduate education in the chemical sciences Feb. 5, 2013 Members of an American Chemical Society commission will discuss the need for radical changes to graduate education in the chemical sciences at a colloquium in Madison Feb. 7.
• UW-Madison’s Trisha Andrew honored for energy research Dec. 19, 2012 Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in Energy. The list recognizes talented young innovators whose work holds potential for the energy landscape of the future.
• Analytical tool is focus of spinoff firm Nov. 20, 2012 A new company making a high-speed, accurate and user-friendly instrument that reveals the molecular structure of proteins, drugs, and other important materials is the latest spinoff from the University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry department.
• Noted chemistry educator delivers Christmas ‘Science is Fun’ lectures Nov. 8, 2012 Chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri will give his 43rd Christmas "Science is Fun" presentation Dec. 1 and 2 on the UW–Madison campus.
• In static friction, chemistry is key to stronger bonds Nov. 6, 2012 Inspired by phenomena common to both earthquakes and atomic force microscopy, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials engineers have learned that chemical reactions between two silicon dioxide surfaces cause the bonds at that interface to "age," or strengthen gradually over time.
• "Carbon playground" converts atoms into fun Oct. 30, 2012 A new playground that opened Oct. 25 at the Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Ill. is the first in the world built around unique structures formed by the element carbon.
• Compounds shown to thwart stubborn pathogen's social propensity Aug. 21, 2012 Acinetobacter baumanni, a pathogenic bacterium that is a poster child of deadly hospital acquired infections, is one tough customer.
• High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts May 25, 2012 Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.
• High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts May 25, 2012 Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.
• UW-Madison chemists win awards at American Chemical Society April 12, 2012 Four of the most significant awards in chemistry were awarded to University of Wisconsin-Madison professors in a ceremony at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.
• Two UW-Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships Feb. 22, 2012 Two members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.
• Mother of pearl tells a tale of ocean temperature, depth Feb. 16, 2012 Nacre -- or mother of pearl, scientists and artisans know, is one of nature's amazing utilitarian materials.
• Howard Zimmerman, pioneer in organic chemistry, dies at 85 Feb. 16, 2012 Howard Zimmerman, a professor of chemistry from 1960 until his retirement in 2010, died on Saturday, Feb. 11 as a result of a fall.
• Christmas Lecture, a Madison holiday tradition, returns Nov. 17, 2011 Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will celebrate a 42-year tradition with his holiday demonstration, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.”