Berry’s lab has made a molecule that gains magnetic strength through an unusual way of controlling those spins.
When Dan Ludois was growing up near Beloit, Wis., he drew extension cords for fun. As a graduate student, he daydreamed about power conversion.
By intensively breeding for high yield, say, in Wisconsin, those plants might lose the flexibility to respond to environments that are very different from Wisconsin growing conditions. To test this idea, de Leon and her colleagues at 12 agricultural universities in the U.S.
October saw Wisconsin Energy Institute researchers across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus examining transportation and fuels and the relationship between energy and society through the lens of policy and sustainable agriculture.
At a ceremony honoring several of the year’s most outstanding inventions, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) announced that it has granted the university $61.9 million for the 2017-18 academic year.