A new grant from the USDA will support UW research on the relationships among dairy farm operations, water use and quality, and energy use.
Research
Using satellite data for public health
The drumbeat calling scientists to share their work with the public is as loud as ever, and Tracey Holloway is happy to answer. Holloway leads a group of researchers drawn together as NASA’s Health and …
Mapping agriculture’s impact on the Amazon
Professor Holly Gibbs leads a team that is creating the world’s first database documenting the soy and cattle industry’s evolution in Brazil and how it relates to deforestation and land management decisions.
Paul Robbins’ statement on climate change
The Nelson Institute director’s statement upholds the value and integrity of climate research at UW–Madison and partner institutions.
Making rain gardens more effective
Through a combination of outreach, sampling and detailed watershed modeling, UW–Madison researchers are trying to remove some of the obstacles that prevent more widespread use of green infrastructure, and, more importantly, evaluate which green infrastructure …
Clean energy for sustainable manufacturing
Researchers in the new REMADE institute will focus on improving sustainable manufacturing and on an education and workforce development program to fill identified gaps.
Harnessing foot power
Researchers at UW–Madison and the USFS Forest Products Lab are perfecting a way to turn tiny cellulose fibers in wood pulp into a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that can harvest electricity from the environment.
Greener plastic production
UW–Madison chemists have enabled a new way to make a common plastic ingredient that uses less energy, reduces waste carbon dioxide, and creates more useful byproducts.
Zebra mussels invade Lake Mendota
Between July and November, populations of the invasive species zebra mussels exploded in Lake Mendota, say researchers at UW’s Center for Limnology.
“Super yeast” may improve biofuel economics
Scientists at UW–Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) have found a way to nearly double the efficiency with which a common yeast converts plant sugars to biofuel. The newly engineered “super yeast” …