Science & Technology
For female yellowthroats, thereβs more than one way to spot a winning mate
Two 51ΑΤΖζ 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
51ΑΤΖζ 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.
51ΑΤΖζ Great Lakes research projects funded through Wisconsin Sea Grant
Four 51ΑΤΖζ research projects have been awarded funding of just over $1 million from Wisconsin Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
51ΑΤΖζ glassblower practices an ancient art to support modern research
Neal Korfhage is one of perhaps 10 university glassblowers in the country, repairing and creating important tools for chemists, physicists and biologists.
51ΑΤΖζ physicist untangles how new superconductors work
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.
51ΑΤΖζ professor to help investigate cause of Arecibo telescope collapse
A 51ΑΤΖζ engineering professor has been chosen to serve on a committee that will review the failure and collapse of the mammoth radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico last year.
51ΑΤΖζ team takes first place in national clean water design challenge
A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently won first place in a national competition to come up with inexpensive and practical solutions to improving drinking water in remote areas.
Student takes an unanticipated path to becoming a water scientist
Tyler Kunze never anticipated a career as a water scientist. Yet in May, he became the first student to earn a bachelorβs degree in water science from UW-Green Bay and is now a graduate student in 51ΑΤΖζ’s School of Freshwater Sciences.Β
51ΑΤΖζ researchers create a breakthrough tool for superfast molecular movies
The new method, which captures action over just a few quadrillionths of a second, sheds light on how proteins work. The study was published in the journal Nature.
The telltale sign of violent events in space
On this episode of Curious Campus, 51ΑΤΖζβs new podcast about science, discovery and culture, we talk about gravitational waves with Sarah Vigeland, an assistant professor of physics at UW-Milwaukee, and Xavier Siemens, an associate professor of physics at Oregon State University.