Paul Davies, director of the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, discusses how clashes of opinion and ideas also matter in the grander scheme of things.
Cartoonist and Discovery Fellow Lynda Barry asks kids and adults to envision the schools and campuses of 2113.
A team of WID researchers has developed a way to move virtual objects in an immersive virtual reality environment through the use of muscle activity.
UW–Madison Mathematics Professor and Discovery Fellow Jordan Ellenberg provides perspective on programming in math, Google Hangout and why our brains are the ultimate tool for discovery. Full story »
Track The Art of Conversation workshops and Evening Talk in real time from WID's social media accounts. Weigh in, share, converse. Full story »
WID Frontier Fellows have created “Hangbot,” a stylus-driven robot designed to sketch images and data while suspended on flat surfaces. Full story »
Resembling a dotted, night sky constellation, fluorescent speckled cells help Systems Biology researchers track a viral spread. Full story »
Optimization researcher Michael Ferris has been honored as a SIAM Fellow for pushing math research into industry. Full story »
Co.Create picks up on a beer app project from WID researchers Kevin Jamieson and Robert Nowak. Full story »
Our WID Pick this week: How finding double helix has changed science, 4 the collaborative "better," via @GuardianUS: http://t.co/KFYuo3t6tt
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RT @UWMadScience: Great pair of young researchers from @UWMadisonChem and @WIDiscovery named Shaw Scientist winners by @GrMKEFdn http://t.c…
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Sixty years ago, Watson and Crick discovered the double helix structure to [...]
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