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Scientists turn exotic stars into a galaxy-sized detector of gravitational waves

By Laura OttoJune 30, 2023Science & TechnologyScience
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Scientists turn exotic stars into a galaxy-sized detector of gravitational waves

By Laura OttoJune 30, 2023Science & TechnologyScience

UWM researchers played an important role as part of an international team that made a scientific breakthrough that could tell us more than ever before about how the very early universe formed.

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NASA scientist to discuss the women who made space discoveries on Sept. 26

By Laura OttoSeptember 19, 2023Science & TechnologyScience

Michelle Thaller will speak at UWM about how discoveries made by largely overlooked women led to our current understanding of dead stars, dark matter and the end of everything.

UWM scientists to contribute to first-of-its kind scientific imaging effort

By Laura OttoMarch 20, 2023Science & TechnologyScience

UWM is a longtime partner on a grant from the National Science Foundation that supports the development of the next generation of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) – novel instruments used to unmask phenomena that have never before been observed. Since 2009, XFELs have enabled scientists to examine how molecules in the human body and […]

For female yellowthroats, there’s more than one way to spot a winning mate

By Laura OttoFebruary 14, 2022Science & TechnologyScience

Two UWM researchers and a collaborator using cutting-edge techniques found a previously unclear link between characteristics in male songbirds that attract females, even as those signals differ in different geographical regions.

UWM physicist untangles how new superconductors work

By Laura OttoJanuary 2, 2022Science & TechnologyScience

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 researchers create a breakthrough tool for superfast molecular movies

By Laura OttoNovember 3, 2021Science & TechnologyScience

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

By Laura OttoOctober 28, 2021Science & TechnologyScience

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

By Kathy QuirkOctober 21, 2021Science & TechnologyScience

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.

Mystery radio wave signal from the heart of our galaxy found

By Laura OttoOctober 12, 2021Science & TechnologyScience

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’

By Laura OttoSeptember 30, 2021Science & TechnologyScience

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.

UWM researchers take a leading role in finding elusive mergers of black holes with neutron stars

By Laura OttoJune 29, 2021Science & TechnologyScience

For the first time, researchers have confirmed the detection of a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. In fact, the scientists detected not one but two such events occurring just 10 days apart in January 2020.

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