A historic $75 million gift will fuel construction of a much-needed new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With their lead gift—the largest single gift in college history—brothers and…
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineers has developed a thin, patterned, silicon-based component that excels at trapping non-visible light and could open up low-cost manufacturing possibilities for biochemical…
An interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research initiative led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be the first program in the world to comprehensively investigate how pulsed microwaves might injure the brain. PANTHER,…
During a September 2024 makeathon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab @ Wendt, dozens of volunteers from across the UW-Madison community created assistive mobility devices for…
For years, cancer researchers have noticed that more men than women get a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. They’ve also found that these tumors are often more aggressive…
Collagen is the most prevalent protein in the human body, keeping our joints healthy, our bones strong and our skin stretchy. However, studies increasingly show that collagen in the extracellular…
A doctor repairs a patient’s knee cartilage and bone using a 3D-printing process, driven by ultrasound, that occurs inside the patient’s body. And the procedure is minimally invasive. Xiao Kuang…
Modern medical technology is pretty good at making damaged organs and tissues last longer or function better. However, with the exception of organ transplants, it’s not possible to replace damaged…
While cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, there are barriers to studying and modeling heart disease in the laboratory. The specialized muscle cells that…
When you hear the term ultrasound, you likely think of pregnancy and fuzzy images of developing babies. And the technology, which relies upon reflected soundwaves to generate images, is indeed…
Even as racial disparities in screenings for colorectal cancer have narrowed, the discrepancies in outcomes between Black and white Americans remain stubbornly wide. Black adults are 23% more likely to…