Science & Technology
UWM physicist untangles how new superconductors work
The work of Daniel Agterberg and others could lead to improvements in the electrical grid and produce next-generation computers that can store far more information.
UWM professor to help investigate cause of Arecibo telescope collapse
A UWM engineering professor has been chosen to serve on a committee that will review the failure and collapse of the mammoth radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico last year.
UWM team takes first place in national clean water design challenge
A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently won first place in a national competition to come up with inexpensive and practical solutions to improving drinking water in remote areas.
Student takes an unanticipated path to becoming a water scientist
Tyler Kunze never anticipated a career as a water scientist. Yet in May, he became the first student to earn a bachelor’s degree in water science from UW-Green Bay and is now a graduate student in UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences.
UWM researchers create a breakthrough tool for superfast molecular movies
The new method, which captures action over just a few quadrillionths of a second, sheds light on how proteins work. The study was published in the journal Nature.
The telltale sign of violent events in space
On this episode of Curious Campus, UWM’s new podcast about science, discovery and culture, we talk about gravitational waves with Sarah Vigeland, an assistant professor of physics at UW-Milwaukee, and Xavier Siemens, an associate professor of physics at Oregon State University.
UWM planetarium director and alum explore the fascination of Mars
On the debut episode of Curious Campus, UWM’s new podcast about science, discovery and culture, we look at Mars exploration with guests Jean Creighton and Darian Dixon.
UWM offers new certificate to help professional engineers advance in careers
The new graduate certificate for working civil and environmental engineers with undergraduate degrees is geared toward students who are interested in continuing their education but not yet ready to commit to a master’s program.
Mystery radio wave signal from the heart of our galaxy found
An international team of astronomers that includes one from UWM has discovered unusual radio signals that fit no currently understood variable radio source and could suggest a new class of stellar object.
The love pad: UWM lab tests frog romance in unique ‘arena’
UWM researchers trying to untangle the mystery of the eastern gray tree frog mating rituals found it hard to study in the pond. So they built their own.