Science Archives - 51ÁÔÆæ REPORT /news/section/science/ News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:22:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 51ÁÔÆæ researcher reconstructs ancient landscapes from the Midwest to Mars /news/uwm-researcher-reconstructs-ancient-landscapes-from-the-midwest-to-mars/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:15:53 +0000 /news/?p=150184 Libby Ives earned her PhD in geosciences at 51ÁÔÆæ. Now she studies ancient landscapes to uncover new insights about a planet's environment.

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]]> 51ÁÔÆæ professor wins award for gravitational science work /news/uwm-professor-wins-award-for-gravitational-science-work/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:00:34 +0000 /news/?p=150709 Patrick Brady, director of the Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, was given the American Physical Society’s 2026 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science, announced Wednesday.

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]]> 51ÁÔÆæ physics major is a budding star with an eye on the night sky /news/uwm-physics-major-is-a-budding-star-with-an-eye-on-the-night-sky/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:19 +0000 /news/?p=145945 Ben Lorenz studies ripples in space called gravitational waves. The research could help shed light on the origins of the universe.

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]]> A cosmic mystery: Astronomers find object flashing in both radio waves and X-rays /news/a-cosmic-mystery-astronomers-find-object-flashing-in-both-radio-waves-and-x-rays-2/ Wed, 28 May 2025 15:06:08 +0000 /news/?p=145259 51ÁÔÆæ Professor David Kaplan and graduate student Akash Anumarlapudi are part of an international team that made a startling discovery about a new type of cosmic phenomenon.

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]]> Planetarium hosting eclipse event, teaching 4,300 MPS students this spring /news/planetarium-hosting-eclipse-event-teaching-4300-mps-students-this-spring/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 15:19:58 +0000 /news/?p=131874 On Monday, the 51ÁÔÆæ planetarium will host a viewing party. And all this semester, it will host third-graders to learn about space and the solar system.

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]]> 51ÁÔÆæ alum works to uncover building blocks of the universe at SNOLAB /news/uwm-alum-works-to-uncover-building-blocks-of-the-universe-at-snolab/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:26:11 +0000 /news/?p=126235 Jodi Cooley is executive director of the huge underground research facility in Canada where scientists from around the world are working on experiments to help better understand the building blocks of the universe.

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]]> Citizen scientists can now also use their brains to help find new pulsars /news/citizen-scientists-can-now-also-use-their-brains-to-help-find-new-pulsars-2/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:39:53 +0000 /news/?p=126827 Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role.

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]]> NASA scientist to discuss the women who made space discoveries on Sept. 26 /news/nasa-scientist-to-discuss-the-women-who-made-space-discoveries-on-sept-26/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:00:59 +0000 /news/?p=124738 Michelle Thaller will speak at 51ÁÔÆæ about how discoveries made by largely overlooked women led to our current understanding of dead stars, dark matter and the end of everything.

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]]> Scientists turn exotic stars into a galaxy-sized detector of gravitational waves /news/scientists-turn-exotic-stars-into-a-galaxy-sized-detector-of-gravitational-waves/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:10:35 +0000 /news/?p=122476 51ÁÔÆæ researchers played an important role as part of an international team that made a scientific breakthrough that could tell us more than ever before about how the very early universe formed.

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]]> 51ÁÔÆæ scientists to contribute to first-of-its kind scientific imaging effort /news/uwm-scientists-to-contribute-to-first-of-its-kind-scientific-imaging-effort/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:52:06 +0000 /news/?p=119210 51ÁÔÆæ is a longtime partner on a grant from the National Science Foundation that supports the development of the next generation of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) – novel instruments used to unmask phenomena that have never before been observed. Since 2009, XFELs have enabled scientists to examine how molecules in the human body and […]

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