Stories indexed under: Research

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• Innovation marks UW-Madison contribution to vitamins, drugs, medical supplies July 6, 2011 With a long tradition of exploration of medicine and biology, and a research budget that has passed $1 billion, University of Wisconsin-Madison builds on a rich history of discoveries related to drugs and nutrition: Vitamin A and B were discovered here in 1914.
• Johnson Controls teams up with UW in energy storage research June 30, 2011 Johnson Controls, Inc., the world's leading automotive battery supplier, is helping to position Wisconsin as a worldwide leader in energy storage. The company today announced it is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Andy North helps raise more than $900,000 for cancer center June 16, 2011
• Stem cells from patients make 'early retina in a dish' June 15, 2011 Soon, some treatments for blinding eye diseases might be developed and tested using retina-like tissues produced from the patient's own skin, thanks to a series of discoveries reported by a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell researchers.
• Four finalists identified for top UW-Madison research job June 10, 2011 Four individuals - a social scientist, an engineer, a biologist and a medical physicist - have been identified as finalists for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's top research job, it was announced today (June 10).
• UW-Madison chemists devise better way to prepare workhorse molecules June 9, 2011 In chemistry, so-called aromatic molecules compose a large and versatile family of chemical compounds that are the stuff of pharmaceuticals, electronic materials and consumer products ranging from sunscreen to plastic soda bottles.
• UW-Madison scientists create low-acrylamide potato lines June 9, 2011 What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? Not much-but perhaps we love them more than we ought to. Fat and calories aside, both foods contain high levels of a compound called acrylamide, a potential carcinogen.
• Research establishment spawns research-supply spinoffs June 9, 2011 For a century, Wisconsin's traditional metal-working industries spawned a broad and profitable series of tool-and-diemaking firms that marketed nationwide.
• Researchers solve membrane protein mystery June 8, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has solved a 25-year mystery that may lead to better treatments for people with learning deficits and mental retardation.
• Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies receives $9.5 million grant to help older adults June 8, 2011 A five-year, $9.5 million grant has been awarded to a collaborative research program led by the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Census shows significant increase in Wisconsin’s single-father households June 2, 2011 The number of single-father households in Wisconsin is increasing, according to Census 2010 figures released in mid-May.
• Children of divorce fall behind peers in math, social skills June 2, 2011 Divorce is a drag on the academic and emotional development of young children, but only once the breakup is under way, according to a study of elementary school students and their families.
• Livestock risks from Wisconsin wolves localized, predictable June 1, 2011 It's an issue that crops up wherever humans and big predators - wolves, bears, lions - coexist.
• Unique cooperative class gets national view of popular conservation technique May 31, 2011 Using a national approach to studying a complex question of environmental policy, Adena Rissman, a professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, guided a graduate seminar that examined the use of conservation easements in Wisconsin.
• Human impacts of rising oceans will extend well beyond coasts May 31, 2011 Identifying the human impact of rising sea levels is far more complex than just looking at coastal cities on a map.
• New approach simplifies Parkinson's surgery May 24, 2011 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has become the second academic medical center in the country where neurosurgeons can perform deep-brain stimulation in an intra-operative MRI suite.
• Human brain’s most ubiquitous cell cultivated in lab dish May 22, 2011 Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system.
• Liquid crystal droplets discovered to be exquisitely sensitive to an important bacterial lipid May 19, 2011 In the computer displays of medical equipment in hospitals and clinics, liquid crystal technologies have already found a major role. But a discovery reported from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that micrometer-sized droplets of liquid crystal, which have been found to change their ordering and optical appearance in response to the presence of very low concentrations of a particular bacterial lipid, might find new uses in a range of biological contexts.
• Wound-dressing idea enters international business-plan competition May 17, 2011 Having been selected from 78 competitors from around the world, two University of Wisconsin-Madison students will travel to London for the finals of the LES (Licensing Executives Society) Foundation international business plan competition, held June 4.
• Students organize summer fundraiser to benefit cancer research May 11, 2011