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August 17, 2016
Just days after shepherding their science students out of the classroom and into the less structured days of summer, Cherrie Anne Maner and Lisa Sorlie were already traveling to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to hone their research skills and begin work on new lesson plans for next year.
November 18, 2015
In January 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that a staggering $2.6 billion worth of treated drinking water is lost each year due to leaking water mains and approximately 240,000 main breaks.
November 16, 2015
Inventors of a real-time monitoring platform aimed at making water softeners more efficient took home two top prizes at the Wisconsin and Sustainability Challenge (WESC) on Friday.
November 16, 2015
The world's first dedicated source of synchrotron radiation, an electron storage ring named Tantalus, has been designated a historic site by the American Physical Society.
November 10, 2015
A shared passion for renewable energy technology has brought together two professors with two very different areas of expertise.
November 05, 2015
The Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) held its third annual Energy Summit on October 13th, 2015. This year’s Summit focused on "Air & Energy: The Path Ahead for the U.S. States" and attracted an enthusiastic crowd of 285 attendees.
November 03, 2015
Cities across the nation draw energy from interlinked transmission lines—and coordinating where to send resources at any given moment requires thousands of split-second calculations based upon massive amounts of data.
November 03, 2015
We've come a long way since the first cars trundled onto our roads.
Today, the vehicles we drive are equipped with everything from satellite navigation and automated parking technology to heated seats and hybrid engines.
But now, engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have come up with technology that enables energy to be harvested from moving tires.
October 30, 2015
Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
October 28, 2015
While scientists learn more with each passing study about the way the invisible lives of fungi, bacteria, viruses and other microscopic organisms intersect with much larger plants and animals as well as the planet, Tim Donohue and a group of prominent scientists want to make sure researchers don’t miss the giant forest for the tiny trees.
October 15, 2015
What will it take to make a cross-country drive in a light duty vehicle, the kind of car or truck many of us drive every day, a low-carbon pursuit?