Mining the Mind: High Throughput Computing and the Future of Brain Research
WID and Morgridge Institute for Research’s high throughput computing allows scientists to look at brain data in new ways.
Featured Science
Stories about discoveries, advancements, and forward-thinking ideas from WID’s research areas, hubs, and key collaborators.
A Shift in Stem Cell Research
WID scientists are developing more efficient ways to culture pluripotent stem cells and study disease.
Printing without Boundaries: Transdisciplinary Partnerships Expand Uses for 3D Printers
Four different disciplines, four different uses of 3D printers. WID collaborators provide a glimpse into the revolutionary, unusual and downright cool ways 3D printing is influencing all types of research.
Fatty Acids Like Omega-3 Play a Role in Our Genes
How do fatty acids such as omega-3 play a role in human health? WID researchers are looking to the genome for answers.
Miron Livny: Collaborative Spirit Supports Nobel Prize-Winning Science
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics is a point of pride for scientists at UW–Madison and WID.
Closing the Loop on Big Data… One Beer at a Time
WID researchers develop algorithms for many applications and industries, but one side project boasts a more playful goal: Mapping brew preferences.
‘Smart’ Medical Material Aims to Unfurl at 98.6 Degrees
WID scientists are refining “smart” plastics that change shape based on temperature.
WID Team Probes Home Health Environments with Virtual Reality
How do everyday objects in the home influence a person’s ability to follow a medical regimen? To find the answer, a diverse group of researchers at WID has developed a new approach that combines real household data and virtual reality technology.
WID Collaboration Builds Video Games Aimed at Teaching Pro-Social Skills
WID’s Games+Learning+Society research group and the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds have developed a new approach to gauge children’s ability to learn pro-social skills while engaged in entertaining video game play.
Computation Research Unearths Math Behind Consensus in Some Groups
Algorithms live well beyond cyberspace, with human and animal social groups using them in hierarchies and power structures. In a new analysis, C4 researchers have started to explain why certain algorithms are successful at measuring consensus in groups.
The Next Bright Idea: Microbe-Powered ‘Biobulb’ Earns WID Students Spot in Popular Science Magazine Competition
Creating energy solutions for communities throughout the world poses serious challenges, but a group of WID Frontier Fellows thinks its alternative idea has a bright future.
WID Researcher Locates “Virtual Eyes” to Enhance 3D Experience
Are your “virtual eyes” and real eyes located in the same spot? Probably not, says WID researcher Kevin Ponto, who’s focusing on how to make 3D visualization more intuitive and realistic.
MIP Workshop Promotes Synergies among Optimization Experts
National and international experts convene at the annual Mixed Integer Programming Workshop, co-hosted by WID this year. Learn how this research affects energy and water networks, traffic flow, and even health care systems.
WID and Morgridge Institute for Research Scientist Miron Livny Earns Distributed Computing Award
WID and Morgridge Institute for Research scientist Miron Livny has received a prestigious honor in distributed computing.
Graduate Student Refines Formulas to Optimize How Computers “Think”
Kevin Jamieson hits the whiteboard in efforts to make computer algorithms more quick and efficient.
WID Researcher Looks to Break Conversion Rate of Stem Cells
Epigenetics scientist Rupa Sridharan received the Shaw Scientist Award for her work in converting stem cells.
‘Starry Night’ or Viral Infection?
Resembling a dotted, night sky constellation, fluorescent speckled cells help Systems Biology researchers track a viral spread.
Optimization Researcher among 2013 SIAM Fellowship Class for Complementarity Research
Optimization researcher Michael Ferris has been honored as a SIAM Fellow for pushing math research into industry.
‘Virtual Exertions’ Research Uses Muscle Activity to Move Virtual Objects
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.
Scientists Create Road Map to Metabolic Reprogramming for Aging
A recent WID study creates a better understanding of how cells are “reprogrammed” when an organism eats fewer calories.
The Language of Stem Cells, Decoded
One WID researcher is searching for a way to better coax stem cells into forming certain tissue types.
Student Computer Game Simulates Biofuel Production
A partnership between WID and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center uses data and gaming to crack tough research questions.
Tackling ‘Netflix Problem,’ WID Researcher Snags Lagrange Prize
What do math and movies have in common? WID researcher Ben Recht explains how incomplete data sets and the “Netflix problem” aren’t that different after all.
Multidisciplinary Team Maps Costs of Participating in Health Information Exchanges
A group of WID experts crunched the numbers for Health Information Exchange participation in one Wisconsin area and found a price that could save hospitals money in the long-run.
WID Scientist Laurence Loewe Receives NSF Career Award
Laurence Loewe is making it easier to add computer modeling to biologists’ scientific toolkit through an award from the National Science Foundation.