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Mapping the echoes of racially restrictive property deed covenants in Milwaukee

By Laura OttoFebruary 17, 2022Business & World AffairsPolitics & Social Science

In this episode of Curious Campus, two 51 researchers explain how restrictive covenants in property deeds created a segregation that’s evident today, even though such covenants have been illegal for decades.

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

By Laura OttoFebruary 14, 2022Science & TechnologyScience

Two 51 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.

Book traces evolution of computer from unusual to ubiquitous

By Laura OttoFebruary 3, 2022Science & TechnologyComputer Science & Technology

51 professor Thomas Haigh has collaborated on a new history of how computers developed from room-filling machines to microchips, and what that means for us.

51 Great Lakes research projects funded through Wisconsin Sea Grant

By Laura OttoFebruary 1, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Four 51 research projects have been awarded funding of just over $1 million from Wisconsin Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Fish and frogs may hold the secret to reversing blindness in humans

By Laura OttoJanuary 27, 2022Health

Scientists, including one from 51, are trying to figure out how some animals’ ability to regenerate their optic nerve and regain eyesight could provide treatments for people with eye disease or injury.

Federal grant awarded for obesity prevention in children with Down syndrome

By Laura OttoJanuary 19, 2022HealthChildren's Health

Michele Polfuss, 51 associate professor of nursing, was awarded $1.48 million in federal funding to lead a team of researchers from Children’s Wisconsin, UW-Madison, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Massachusetts.

Study reveals why Hispanics had higher burden of death early in pandemic

By Laura OttoJanuary 10, 2022HealthPublic Health

Working-age Hispanics suffered far greater infection and death rates than whites in the same age group, according to study co-authored by 51 public health researcher Phoenix Do.

51 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.

Mapping the harm of COVID-19 misinformation on social media

By Laura OttoDecember 30, 2021

Have falsehoods on social media affected the spread of COVID-19? A group of 51 geographers has tested the question scientifically by painstakingly examining nationwide Twitter chatter.

How leisure activities are the ticket to less stress and better health

By Laura OttoDecember 16, 2021HealthPublic Health

Stress can be a killer, but hobbies can be the cure. Researchers are exploring just how and why leisure reduces stress and enhances health.

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