For farmers struggling against economic forces and doing everything they can to keep afloat, grassland biodiversity may be the last thing they want to worry about.

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered a way to control the growth of twisting, microscopic spirals of materials just one atom thick.

Bert Paris loves dairy farming. After more than 30 years, he’s beginning to transition the farm he operates near Belleville, Wisconsin, to his daughter, Meagan Farrell, who is excited about moving her family home to run it.

When Adria Brooks was an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, a physics professor offered her the chance to help manage an experimental solar test facility near Tucson.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will purchase half of the energy produced by the largest solar generation facility in Dane County — a 20-megawatt solar array that Madison Gas and Electric will build in Fitchburg in partnership with EDF Renewables.

As a family physician in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, Joel Charles, medical director at the Kickapoo Valley Medical Clinic, has seen more than his share of flooding – and the toll it takes on his patients’ mental and physical health.

The plummeting cost of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic solar and wind has, not surprisingly, prompted more individuals and businesses to rely on them.