Gaming for Good: Students Catch Summer Vacation Virus
G+L+S video games spur STEM education for Madison-area Boys and Girls Club students
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Digging into a Biological Tool Patent
Patent secured by the Systems Biology Theme members enhances single cell research.
A great place to work at play
Madison game developers aim for critical mass to compete with the coasts
Peter Lewis Explores the Epigenetic Pathways of Disease
Short circuiting tumors via Epigenetics drives Lewis Lab’s research.
Tools for Discovery: Laurent Lessard
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
More playing, less memorizing: Milwaukee teachers learn to teach game creation
The goal is to untether them from memorization-style learning.
Beyond genetics: Ideas from a flowering plant
Xuehua Zhong, Assistant Professor in WID’s Epigenetics Theme studies the epigenetic connections mammals share with plants.
3D Scanning Technology at UW is Helping with Crime Scene Investigations
Technology designed to study homes and health with UW’s school of nursing is now being used at crime scenes.
Astrobiology Conference Finds Life at Discovery Building
Transdisciplinary science was on display in the Discovery building July 19-23 at the Astrobiology Graduate Conference, where graduate students and post-docs from disparate disciplines and various universities came together to discuss life in our Universe.
CSI: Discovery
An emerging collaboration between the Living Environments Lab at WID and the Dane County Sheriff’s office is bringing crime scene investigation into the 21st century with 3D scanning technology.
Celebrate Summer and Raise Your App…Um…Glass!
With the aid of entrepreneur Joe Sheahan ’04, Discovery Fellow Rob Nowak, ’90, MS’91, PhD’95 and Kevin Jamieson, PhD ’15 poured their thought experiment into the iPhone marketplace.
RPRG Rollout Connecting the Dots in the Research Project Roadmap
The Research Project Resource Guide is an elegant new roadmap for researchers on the UW-Madison campus, connecting them to the materials, information, contacts, and assets available for every stage of the research process.
Meet the New Common Core
Jordan Ellenberg, Discovery Fellow, assesses the “new” Common Core math standards in this op-ed piece for the New York Times.
25 Years of Drawn & Quarterly, Champion of Female Cartoonists
New York Times Art and Design Section features our very own Lynda Barry in a recent article.
Tools for Discovery: Michael Mauboussin
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Sound Engineering: UW-Madison’s burgeoning optimization community
Discovery Fellow, Jim Luedtke, discusses the growing field of Optimization and addresses some criticism of the discipline in this June 8, 2015 edition of UW College of Engineering podcast.
Discovery Fellow Aims to Predict Healthcare Outcomes
David Page tackles relational databases and algorithms to predict and improve patient health.
John Wiley: UW has put Wisconsin on the world map
Former WID director, John Wiley, weighs in on UW budget challenges and beyond in a Wisconsin State Journal guest column
Catalyzing UW-Madison’s neuroengineering community
Discovery Fellow Rebecca Willett co-organizes first ever UW-Madison Neuroimaging, Computational Neuroscience, and Neuroengineering Workshop
Microbial Diversity: Waging War for Coexistence
Kalin Vetsigian’s paper published today in Nature sheds light on how antibiotic production and degradation contribute to diversity in microbial communities.
Tools for Discovery: Max Salick
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Superabsorbent, Sustainable Aerogels
Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, Zhiyong Cai, Qifeng Zheng have developed organic aerogels with excellent absorbent properties.
Living Environments Lab Seeks Youthful Innovators for “Model This!”
Youth in grades 6-12 become the designers in a virtual reality contest.