Microgrid expertise, major initiative
UWM teams with the National Science Foundation to advance a more reliable, greener and less expensive way to deliver power.
Laura L Otto
Energy help from giant kelp
Researcher Filipe Alberto is searching for the genetic traits in earth’s fastest-growing organism to find strains that are best-suited for mass production of biofuel.
When origami meets chemistry
Jian Chen’s research team took a page from origami and applied it to shape-memory materials, meaning things like plastic can be programmed to have one shape for a specific purpose, then reprogrammed to another if necessary.
Taking a stand helps students
UWM kinesiology researchers find increased physical activity and better concentration among students who use standing desks.
Joachim Frank, 2017 Nobel laureate, speaks at UWM March 9
MILWAUKEE _ Joachim Frank, who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy, will give a public lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday, March 9. His talk centers on the potential of that imaging method in viewing ultra-quick biological processes at the molecular level. Frank also will discuss new methods […]
NIH releases first data from unprecedented study of adolescent brain development
MILWAUKEE _ The National Institutes of Health today released the first data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. The study’s aim: to identify optimal biological and environmental building blocks for raising successful and resilient young adults. The baseline data, […]
UWM research could help electric cars beat the cold
Electric cars are wonders of whiz-bang technology, but they have an Achilles heel – their lithium-ion batteries are less efficient in cold weather. Researchers at UWM have come up with a solution.
No groundhog required: UWM prof helps create tool to predict onset of spring
Who needs Punxsutawney Phil? A new forecasting tool created with models built by UWM climatologist Mark Schwartz just may put the spring-predicting groundhog, who may or may not cast his shadow on Feb. 2, out of work.
Entrepreneur and UWM researcher invent a virus ‘super-sensor’
A water sensor developed by an entrepreneur and the manager UWM’s Water Technology Accelerator is a finalist in a NASA competition that seeks to spur creation of new technology. The sensors could have application in space as well as on Earth.
Water sensor developed by UWM researcher and entrepreneur is finalist in NASA competition
A super-sensor developed by a UWM researcher and a Milwaukee entrepreneur is a finalist in a NASA technology competition. Designed by David Rice of Rice Technology LLC and tested with UWM environmental engineer Marcia Silva, the sensor can quickly and inexpensively measure multiple contaminants in water, including viruses, which are so small they pass through […]