‘Smart’ Medical Material Aims to Unfurl at 98.6 Degrees
WID scientists are refining “smart” plastics that change shape based on temperature.
WID scientists are refining “smart” plastics that change shape based on temperature.
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’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.
TreeHugger highlights the green aspects of Biobulb, an idea from the Institute’s Frontier Fellows group.
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.
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.
Kevin Jamieson hits the whiteboard in efforts to make computer algorithms more quick and efficient.
Epigenetics scientist Rupa Sridharan received the Shaw Scientist Award for her work in converting stem cells.
Resembling a dotted, night sky constellation, fluorescent speckled cells help Systems Biology researchers track a viral spread.
Co.Create picks up on a beer app project from WID researchers Kevin Jamieson and Robert Nowak.
The Daily Cardinal newspaper interviews WID researcher Randy Ashton about his work with stem cells.
Optimization researcher Michael Ferris has been honored as a SIAM Fellow for pushing math research into industry.
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.
David Krakauer, WID Director and C4 Co-director, provides insight on a recent study that tracks the shifts of “emotion words” in literary works.
Research led by Epigenetics researcher John Denu has gained two best-of-the-year awards from the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
A recent WID study creates a better understanding of how cells are “reprogrammed” when an organism eats fewer calories.
One WID researcher is searching for a way to better coax stem cells into forming certain tissue types.
A partnership between WID and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center uses data and gaming to crack tough research questions.
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.
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.