Researchers solve a materials mystery key to next-generation electronic devices
Lennon and McCartney. Abbott and Costello. Peanut butter and jelly.
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2018
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Bacteria may supercharge the future of wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don't like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets. But for many engineers and microbiologists, these plants are a hotbed of scientific ...
Environment
May 31, 2017
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Cool idea: Magma held in 'cold storage' before giant volcano eruption
Long Valley, California, has long defined the "super-eruption." About 765,000 years ago, a pool of molten rock exploded into the sky. Within one nightmarish week, 760 cubic kilometers of lava and ash spewed out in the kind ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2017
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Honeybee disease investigated through hive microbes research
(Phys.org)—If you spot a honeybee in the UW-Madison's Allen Centennial Gardens and are wondering where it came from, look up.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2012
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New nanoparticles deliver therapy throughout the brain and edit Alzheimer's gene in mice
Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, but they face a common barrier—the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 19, 2023
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Lifelike chemistry created in lab search for ways to study origin of life
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of life.
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2019
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Putting the 'smart' in manufacturing
"Although smartphones and tablets are ubiquitous, many of the companies that make our everyday consumer products still rely on paper trails and manually updated spreadsheets to keep track of their production processes and ...
Engineering
Apr 6, 2018
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Models present new view of nanoscale friction
(PhysOrg.com) -- To understand friction on a very small scale, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers had to think big.
Nanophysics
Feb 25, 2009
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Surprising communication between atoms could improve quantum computing
A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison physicists has identified conditions under which relatively distant atoms communicate with each other in ways that had previously only been seen in atoms closer together—a development ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 26, 2020
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Scientists firm up origin of cold-adapted yeasts that make cold beer
As one of the most widely consumed and commercially important beverages on the planet, one would expect the experts to know everything there is to know about lager beer.
Biotechnology
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