Humanity has exceeded 4 of 9 ‘planetary boundaries,’ according to researchers

Jan. 15, 2015 | by: Adam Hinterhuer An international team of researchers says climate change, the loss of biosphere integrity, land-system change, and altered biogeochemical cycles like phosphorus and nitrogen runoff have all passed beyond levels that put humanity in a “safe operating space.” Jan. 15, 2015 | by: Adam Hinterhuer An international team of researchers …

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Carbon nanotube finding could lead to flexible electronics with longer battery life

Jan. 14, 2015  | by: Adam Malecek University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers have made a significant leap toward creating higher-performance electronics with improved battery life — and the ability to flex and stretch. Jan. 14, 2015  | by: Adam Malecek University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers have made a significant leap toward creating higher-performance electronics with improved battery …

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UW grant program seeds promising ideas, like safer batteries

UW grant program seeds promising ideas, like safer batteries

Jan. 8 2015 | by: David Tenenbaum Batteries are bundles of energy, and the more, the better. But bad things can happen when something goes wrong with that bundle of energy, as Boeing learned when its 787 Dreamliner planes were grounded due to two backup-battery fires in one week in 2013. Jan. 8 2015 | …

In its first year, BioHouse brings opportunity for students in science

Jan. 6, 2014 | by: Kelly April Tyrrell Rachel Brunner laid the old notebooks out on the black lab table. Frayed around the edges, pages yellowed, the notes they contain are a treasure trove for the University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student, who studies the effects of climate change in the cloud forests of Maui. Jan. …

In its first year, BioHouse brings opportunity for students in science

Deer account for almost half of forest change

Project cuts phosphorus levels in river