Devesh Ranjan, a mechanical engineer and a leader at one of the country’s largest and highest-ranked engineering programs, will be the tenth dean of the College of Engineering at the…
A cell in a crucial heart valve leaflet feels a disruptive stretch, so it produces more of the structural protein collagen—and in extreme cases even produces calcium—to ease its physical…
Mikhail Kats, the Jack St. Clair Kilby and Antoine-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists…
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Whitney Loo, the Conway Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a prestigious 2024 Early Career Research…
The reason generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT or Gemini can fix computer code in just seconds, compose a sonnet in the style of Shakespeare, or explain the physics of…
When it comes to renewable energy, wind and solar are the most prominent technologies. But marine energy—energy harvested from moving water in rivers, tidal channels and oceans—could provide another source…
Every year, millions of tons of human-made garbage ends up in the world’s oceans and major lakes. Some of it sinks to the bottom, while other trash floats out to…
Adrien Couet, an associate professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is creating a platform to speed up development of materials for advanced fission and…
Chemical reactions are not always at the top of people’s minds, but there’s one we all rely on every day without knowing it: the oxidation of hydrocarbons. Add heat and…
Superconductors are already changing the world—for example, they’re powering MRI machines and high-speed maglev trains. New types of superconductors promise even more advances in energy, transportation, computing and many other…
Ultraviolet (UV) light, a powerful type of radiation invisible to the naked eye, has been used for decades to detect counterfeit money; investigate crime scenes; cure coatings, inks and other…