Highly Foamed Plastic Parts Are Stronger and Cheaper to Produce
ppointer2024-11-14T22:18:11-06:00Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng and Xiaofei Sun have developed a new method of fabricating highly foamed, injection-molded plastic parts.
Phenotypic variability and community interactions of germinating Streptomyces spores
ppointer2025-01-27T14:21:01-06:00Systems Biology researcher Kalin Vetsigian and graduate student Ye Xu recently published findings in Nature's Scientific Reports about the stochasticity of growth within Streptomycetes spore communities.
Experiments Test How Easy Life Itself Might Be
ppointer2024-11-14T22:19:00-06:00WID scientists are combining theory with experiment to try to understand how life could arise from lifelike chemical reactions under the right conditions.
As The Seasons Change, So Do Our Color Preferences
ppointer2024-11-14T22:19:23-06:00In a paper forthcoming in the journal Cognitive Science, Living Environments Lab professor Karen Schloss and her colleagues investigated whether and why color preferences change according to the season.
Virtual Reality Goes Hyper-speed with Badgerloop
ppointer2025-01-27T14:24:40-06:00Two students from WID's Living Environments Laboratory are a part of the Badgerloop team that recently won an innovation award at the SpaceX Hyperloop competition, thanks in part to their work on Badgerloop VR.
High-tech humor
ppointer2024-11-14T22:20:21-06:00UW program powers New Yorker contest featuring Rob Nowak and NEXT software
Handelsman Brings Expansive Vision to WID’s Future
ppointer2025-01-27T14:09:16-06:00Jo Handelsman began her tenure as Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on February 1. Shortly before her start date, we sat down with her to talk about the future of WID and the course she intends to set.
Superior Plastic Parts
ppointer2024-11-14T22:20:48-06:00Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng and Xiaofei Sun have developed a new method to create foamed, injection-molded plastic blends with significantly increased toughness and ductility compared to conventional foamed parts.
How Does Virtual Reality Work?
ppointer2024-11-14T22:21:13-06:00Kevin Ponto, PI in the Living Environments Lab, explains virtual reality for Blue Sky Science.
Million-dollar initiative looks to help revolutionize microbiome research at UW
ppointer2024-11-14T22:21:27-06:00Microbiome researchers bring $8 million in awards annually, which initiative looks to increase through grants.
Watching gene editing at work to develop precision therapies
ppointer2024-11-14T22:21:43-06:00Kris Saha illuminates the inner workings of gene editing.
Gut bugs affect DNA expression
ppointer2024-11-14T22:22:02-06:00The podcast "Is DNA the Basis for all Life in the Universe?" produced by The Naked Scientists, an affiliate of the BBC at Cambridge University features John Denu speaking of his recent findings on how the gut microbiome affects DNA expression.
Can Artery ‘Banks’ Transform Vascular Medicine?
ppointer2024-11-14T22:23:12-06:00BIONATES Lih-Sheng "Tom" Turng works in tandem with Morgridge Institute for Research scientist James Thomson to create scaffolds for small diameter arteries.
Smart Cancer Therapies: Teaching the Body’s Own T-cells to Attack Tumors
ppointer2025-01-27T14:13:35-06:00Kris Saha with colleagues David Beebe and Christian Capitini aim to develop improved methods for making CAR T-Cells with a two-year grant from the NSF.
The Warp and Weft of Discovery
ppointer2025-02-20T11:02:38-06:00The Weaving Lab will be open Monday - Thursday from 9am - 4pm through August 25th.
And the Winner Is…
ppointer2025-01-27T13:33:18-06:00From undergraduate Hilldale Fellows to national and international scholar awards, WID students and faculty gained significant recognition for their efforts and contributions.
LEL’s Brennan Named to Lead National Library of Medicine
ppointer2026-02-05T13:36:35-06:00Expert in the area of digital health information and communication begins new position August 15th.
Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng: Advancing Microcellular Polymers
ppointer2025-02-18T10:44:29-06:00Thanks to the research of Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng, plastics can have applications in products ranging from eyeglass lenses to engineered tissues.
LEL and CAVE Featured on Big Ten Network Video Profile
ppointer2024-11-14T22:27:39-06:00Patti Brennan and Kevin Ponto illuminate the CAVE for a B1G television audience.
Educational Innovation: ISyE junior design course uses blended learning and lego kits to teach fundamental skills of design
ppointer2025-01-27T13:54:10-06:00Discovery Fellow Rob Radwin uses blended learning and LEGO kits to solve real world problems.
Virtually real
ppointer2024-11-14T22:28:55-06:00UW Living Environments Lab takes sci-fi concept into the physical world
Imagining a Healthier Future
ppointer2025-01-27T10:12:35-06:00Patricia Flatley Brennan seeks to utilize imagination to optimize patient healthcare outcomes.
Digging into a Biological Tool Patent
ppointer2025-01-27T13:42:27-06:00Patent secured by the Systems Biology Theme members enhances single cell research.
Beyond genetics: Ideas from a flowering plant
ppointer2025-01-27T13:41:57-06:00Xuehua Zhong, Assistant Professor in WID's Epigenetics Theme studies the epigenetic connections mammals share with plants.
Cracking the (Zip)code of Neural Cells
ppointer2026-02-05T13:35:53-06:00Published today in Stem Cell Reports, researchers led by Randolph Ashton and Ethan Lippmann present a unifying protocol to create neural stem cells from diverse regions of the hindbrain and spinal cord.
