Science & Technology
UWM and partners awarded $25 million to image proteins with X-ray lasers
UWM and partner institutions have landed a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct work that could transform the study of diseases.
AMP-ing up S.T.E.M. education
Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participationt helps prepare students for the STEM areas by getting them involved in undergraduate research and internship
Super-surfaces suggested by nature
UWM’s Michael Nosonovsky is among those scientists who are approaching Technical problems through biomimicry – borrowing strategies from plants and animals.
Finding the fit for spintronics
An ongoing collaboration between physicists from UWM and the University of York, UK, is focused on tuning the electronic behaviors of new materials called topological insulators.
Green operations thrive across campus
“Sustainability efforts at UWM are where they are right now because of strong, campuswide engagement,” says UWM Sustainability Chief Kate Nelson.
UWM researchers create novel optical fibers
UWM researchers have found the first practical application of a Nobel-Prize-winning phenomenon that was proposed in 1958.
Cracking the ice code
John Isbell, an expert in glaciation from the late Paleozoic Era, is developing a baseline for understanding present-day climate change.
Facebook or phone call? Family dynamics might decide
Families are relying on technology more and more to keep in touch, but family dynamics play a role in choosing which technologies they use for communicating.
Faculty-student team tackles water quality
UWM researchers a have been working with the Milwaukee Health Department to study the health of Milwaukee’s beaches and the surrounding water.
When ‘speech’ is not ‘a voice’
Four UW-Milwaukee researchers will be exploring the issues and challenges faced by those using synthesized speech.