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Research

Greener plastic production

Posted on December 6, 2016

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.

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Research, Waste

Zebra mussels invade Lake Mendota

Posted on November 6, 2016

Between July and November, populations of the invasive species zebra mussels exploded in Lake Mendota, say researchers at UW’s Center for Limnology.

Posted in NewsTagged Research, Water

“Super yeast” may improve biofuel economics

Posted on October 14, 2016

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” …

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Research

Institute for Research on Poverty receives national award

Posted on September 27, 2016

The award comes as IRP marks its 50th year of examining the causes of poverty and inequality in the United States and approaches to reduce them.

Posted in NewsTagged Research

What does “local food” mean to Wisconsin consumers?

Posted on July 1, 2016

Wisconsin consumers widely agree that “local” food means food grown in Wisconsin, according to a new statewide survey conducted by faculty affiliated with UW–Extension, UW–Madison, and UW–River Falls.

Posted in NewsTagged CALS, Faculty, Food, Research, Wisconsin Idea

Preserving the Preserve for education and research

Posted on June 12, 2016

July 12, 2016 | by Madeline Fischer If you’ve spent much time at UW­–Madison, chances are you have enjoyed some time in the campus’ largest laboratory. This lab, however, cannot be found within a building.

Posted in NewsTagged Education, Nature, Office of Sustainability, Research, Staff

Better diversity training is built on research, not intuition

Posted on February 5, 2016

Throwing your cans and bottles in the recycling? Avoiding aimless Internet browsing during work hours? Offering your seat on the bus to someone less able to stand in the aisle? Brauer’s research explores how to …

Posted in NewsTagged Faculty, L&S, Research

Student honored for approach to insuring agriculture losses

Posted on December 16, 2015

Adolph Okine, a first-year Ph.D. student studying actuarial science at the Wisconsin School of Business, took an innovative statistical approach to predicting the negative effects of climate change on agriculture, and it paid off.

Posted in NewsTagged Agriculture, Business, Climate, Economy, Research

Grad student research recognized in Japan

Posted on December 15, 2015

December 15, 2015 | by Sarah Olson University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student Eleanor Bloom presented her research on sustainable systems for residential heating and cooling at a conference last month in Kashiwa, Japan, where she earned second …

Posted in NewsTagged Academics, Energy, Engineering, Research, Students

Professors utilize Northern Wisconsin as a lab

Posted on March 20, 2015

For the past decade, professor Ankur Desai has been working with collaborators from across the country to study the uptake and emission of carbon in northern Wisconsin’s forests, wetlands and lakes.

Posted in NewsTagged Climate, Faculty, Research
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