Science & Technology
51猎奇 engineer awarded funding to build a 鈥榮mart鈥� robotic assistive arm
Mohammad 鈥淗abib鈥� Rahman has been awarded a three-year, $1.49 million grant for research on a robotic assistive arm that would allow users to feed themselves, open doors, pick up an object and perform other activities that are essential for independence.
New technique makes movies of molecular machines at work
Researchers, including four at 51猎奇, have developed a method of making three-dimensional 鈥渕olecular movies,鈥� using an imaging technique called single-particle cryo-electron microscopy.
LIGO and Virgo detect most massive gravitational-wave source yet
Researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves, an event that created a behemoth 142 times that of the sun.
Regents approve bachelor鈥檚 program for 51猎奇鈥檚 School of Freshwater Sciences
A pioneer in water-focused research and the largest institution of its kind on the Great Lakes, the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee will offer its first undergraduate program beginning in Fall 2021.
Renewed funding fuels study of sustainable nanotechnology
Rebecca Klaper鈥檚 research studies how nanoparticles 鈥� tiny man-made bits of material found in a multitude of products 鈥� interact with aquatic organisms, often in harmful ways.
Exploring the mysterious gap between black holes and neutron stars
The LIGO-Virgo Collaboration recently discovered an object denser than neutron stars and less dense than black holes. So what does that mean? One of the 51猎奇 researchers explains.
51猎奇 Freshwater Sciences dean named to Great Lakes Advisory Board
J. Val Klump, dean of 51猎奇鈥檚 School of Freshwater Sciences, has been named to serve on the Great Lakes Advisory Board, an advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Head of EPA visits 51猎奇, announces funding to keep trash out of lake
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited 51猎奇鈥檚 School of Freshwater Sciences to announce a $492,000 grant for the Harbor District in Milwaukee to build and install a trash collector on the Kinnickinnic River designed to help protect Lake Michigan.
51猎奇 researchers develop mathematical model to reveal brain鈥檚 neural activity
Groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has implications for understanding and predicting the progression of degenerative disorders of the brain, including Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, and for lessening the impact of traumatic brain injuries.
NSF funds 51猎奇 research that could accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development
Woo-Jin Chang will investigate the effectiveness of an 鈥渆lectric filter鈥� to quickly extract the viruses that cause COVID-19 in as little as one minute from a saliva or blood sample.