UWM Research magazine

Decoding consumer behavior

In a world flooded with customer data, Purush Papatla looks to psychology to interpret what it all means

Research News

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Features

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Inside the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center

The center will make entrepreneurship an integral part of the UWM experience for all students and faculty members.

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From trauma to healing

UWM researchers have developed tools to help families and communities.

String theory

Rene Izquierdo has built a world-renowned guitar program at UWM and saved some bygone music of his Cuban homeland from being lost to history.

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Rehab with robots

UWM researchers are designing exoskeletons and artificial intelligence to help patients regain their former mobility.

Food for thought on sustainable agriculture

A UWM microbiologist is exploring how farmers could use less chemical fertilizer and still produce more food.

Fatherly love

Emmanuel Ngui explores the role fathers can play in reducing infant mortality and improving maternal and child health.

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Why women leave engineering

After learning the reasons behind this steady exodus, UWM researchers are exploring how diversity can impact innovation in engineering work teams.

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Tiny changes, big impact

As nanoparticles grow ever more common, Rebecca Klaper plays a key role in exploring ways to keep them from harming our freshwater ecosystems.

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Decoding consumer behavior

In a world flooded with customer data, Purush Papatla looks to psychology to interpret what it all means.

Frontiers

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Learning with a virtual reality table

Lab director Jian Zhao says UWM’s hologram table takes group planning, design and research collaborations to a new level.

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Cataloging the aquarium

Fascinated by his childhood aquarium, Mike Pauers has devoted himself to documenting new varieties of the popular ornamental fish called Labeotropheus.

A better understanding of blood flow and brain aneurysms

Methods borrowed from meteorologists could help doctors more accurately predict ruptures in weak blood vessels.

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The battle against fake news

Maria Haigh and Wonchan Choi are developing better ways to spot and expose bogus news by exploring fact-checking methods in the United States, Korea and Ukraine.

Spotlight : Public Health

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Marijuana impairs young brains, but fitness may help

A new study shows aerobic exercise can help counter the harmful effects of marijuana on teens’ ability to think.

Liquid biopsies could lead to better cancer treatments

Tumors shed fragments of DNA into the blood, which Spencer Huang believes could help doctors diagnose cancer earlier and provide more effective treatment.