The science of self-management

Children with special needs face two to three times the risk of obesity than other children. Michele Polfuss, an assistant professor of nursing, helps those children and their families better manage their weight.

Energizing the future of batteries

UWM scientists are creating more powerful and longer-lasting batteries that can be used in everything from electronics to electric cars.

Making anything possible

Professor Roger O. Smith’s commitment mirrors that of UWM’s occupational therapy program, which is marking its 100th year.

A win-wind proposition

The same high wind gusts that produce power can crack wind turbines’ giant blades. Ryo Amano has found a way to get the blades to heal themselves.

Seeking answers to opioid deaths

UWM researchers interview the children of overdose victims in an effort to learn more about the impact of this national crisis.

Helping African-Americans beat breast cancer

African-American women are 42 percent more likely than white women to die of breast cancer. Alice Yan is changing that by encouraging survivors to be more active.

Wellness programs worth the weight

College of Health Sciences scholars discover it takes more than money to get employees to maintain healthier lifestyles.

Microgrid expertise, major initiative

UWM teams with the National Science Foundation to advance a more reliable, greener and less expensive way to deliver power.

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.

Taking a stand helps students

UWM kinesiology researchers find increased physical activity and better concentration among students who use standing desks.

When Lake Michigan burps

Harvey Bootsma studies, among other things, the yearly discharge of carbon dioxide from from the lake into the atmosphere. The event could offer insights into maintaining a healthy food chain and the role of lakes in climate change.

Answering parents’ question of when

UWM physicists are working to help physicians by accurately pinpointing fetal conception.

A GPS for grav waves 

UWM is leading an effort to turn 54 pulsars into a massive observational array.

Proteins show their true colors

New imaging equipment developed at UWM gives scientists previously impossible glimpses of life’s building blocks.

LIGO looks ahead

UWM physicists were crucial to the world-renowned discovery of Einstein’s predicted gravitational waves. One year later, here’s what else they hope to find.

Reviving Green Bay’s dead zones

Pollution runoff creates oxygen-deprived pockets in the waters of Green Bay, and UWM researchers are helping to resuscitate them.

Aqua detectives

Freshwater scientists discovered a Lake Michigan mystery, and meticulously documented data to solve it.

Beachcomber

A UWM-constructed buoy observes Milwaukee’s Bradford Beach to ensure public health.

English prof helps “unexpected writers”

Poor writing costs companies time and money. UWM’s Dave Clark has a solution — software that will guide “unexpected writers” in producing reports and other documents.

‘Light’ approach to healing wounds moves closer to market

Two UWM researchers enrolled in I-Corps training to learn how to make a breakthrough research discovery available to health care providers.