Not so long ago, most of us knew that the electricity powering our homes was generated at a power plant down the road and travelled through transmission lines to get to our kitchens and living rooms. The local utility provided the power and we paid the bill.

“The biggest and most complex machine ever built by humankind.” That is how University of Wisconsin–Madison doctoral student of electrical engineering Philip Hart describes the nation’s power grid.

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are currently considering lifting a 1983 moratorium on creating new nuclear power plants in the state.

In January 2015, the U.S.

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.

In 2015, University of Wisconsin–Madison students had not one, but two opportunities to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing energy and environmental issues.

A shared passion for renewable energy technology has brought together two professors with two very different areas of expertise.