| Kelly April Tyrrell

Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a study today (April 2, 2015) that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts

| Kelly April Tyrell

When is a wetland a sink and when is a wetland a source?

Environmental Studies

| Krista Eastman

Researchers at the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) at the University of Wisconsin—Madison are developing an industry partnership that promises to create jobs here in Wisconsin.

Industry

| David Tenenbaum

When you discover a new organism, you get to name it — but not for yourself. There are rules to the naming business in biology. You can, however, name it for the sponsor of your research.

Environmental Studies

| Libby Dowdall

In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion, Electricity Systems, Solar, Water

| Krista Eastman

Scientists at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) reported today the discovery of a chemical compound called poacic acid that could eventually be used as a fungicide in both sustainable and conventional farming.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Sustainable Agriculture