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‘Starry Night’ or Viral Infection?
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‘Starry Night’ or Viral Infection?

May 14, 2013 October 5, 2018  complex biological systems

Resembling a dotted, night sky constellation, fluorescent speckled cells help Systems Biology researchers track a viral spread.

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Beer Mapper App Allows for Beer Discovery Across the Beer Space
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Beer Mapper App Allows for Beer Discovery Across the Beer Space

May 14, 2013 August 10, 2020

Co.Create picks up on a beer app project from WID researchers Kevin Jamieson and Robert Nowak.

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Visual Weight Lifting
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Visual Weight Lifting

May 14, 2013 August 10, 2020

The National Academy of Engineering showcases a pilot study led by WID’s Living Environments Laboratory.

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Lynda Barry Helps Us Imagine the Future of Education
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Lynda Barry Helps Us Imagine the Future of Education

April 17, 2013 February 12, 2019

Cartoonist and Discovery Fellow Lynda Barry asks kids and adults to envision the schools and campuses of 2113.

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Researchers Work to Use Stem Cells to Build New Body Parts
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Researchers Work to Use Stem Cells to Build New Body Parts

April 17, 2013 August 10, 2020

The Daily Cardinal newspaper interviews WID researcher Randy Ashton about his work with stem cells.

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Optimization Researcher among 2013 SIAM Fellowship Class for Complementarity Research
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Optimization Researcher among 2013 SIAM Fellowship Class for Complementarity Research

April 9, 2013 January 19, 2021  optimization

Optimization researcher Michael Ferris has been honored as a SIAM Fellow for pushing math research into industry.

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Drawing Jam with Lynda Barry [photos]
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Drawing Jam with Lynda Barry [photos]

April 6, 2013 April 24, 2019

Last call for the future! Discovery Fellow leads Counterfactual Drawing Jam workshop to help kids imagine the future.

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A Muscle-Controlled Virtual Reality System
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A Muscle-Controlled Virtual Reality System

April 3, 2013 August 10, 2020  virtual reality

Popular Science magazine calls out virtual exertions research from WID’s Living Environments Laboratory.

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‘Virtual Exertions’ Research Uses Muscle Activity to Move Virtual Objects
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‘Virtual Exertions’ Research Uses Muscle Activity to Move Virtual Objects

March 26, 2013 October 5, 2018  software, virtual reality

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.

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Text Mining Uncovers British Reserve and U.S. Emotion
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Text Mining Uncovers British Reserve and U.S. Emotion

March 21, 2013 August 10, 2020

David Krakauer, WID Director and C4 Co-director, provides insight on a recent study that tracks the shifts of “emotion words” in literary works.

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Tools for Discovery: Carrie Roy
Tools for Discovery

Tools for Discovery: Carrie Roy

March 18, 2013 July 25, 2022

Carrie Roy, a postdoctoral researcher at WID and coordinator for the Humanities Research Bridge, shares the tools — digital, design and otherwise — she uses to transcend disciplines in her work.

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Epigenetics Group Grabs Two Best-of-Year Papers

January 15, 2013 August 10, 2020  epigenetics

Research led by Epigenetics researcher John Denu has gained two best-of-the-year awards from the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Scientists Create Road Map to Metabolic Reprogramming for Aging
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Scientists Create Road Map to Metabolic Reprogramming for Aging

November 29, 2012 October 5, 2018  -omics, epigenetics

A recent WID study creates a better understanding of how cells are “reprogrammed” when an organism eats fewer calories.

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The Language of Stem Cells, Decoded
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The Language of Stem Cells, Decoded

September 26, 2012 September 14, 2017  tissue engineering

One WID researcher is searching for a way to better coax stem cells into forming certain tissue types.

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Student Computer Game Simulates Biofuel Production
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Student Computer Game Simulates Biofuel Production

September 25, 2012 July 25, 2022  -omics, outreach, software, soil science

A partnership between WID and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center uses data and gaming to crack tough research questions.

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Tackling ‘Netflix Problem,’ WID Researcher Snags Lagrange Prize
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Tackling ‘Netflix Problem,’ WID Researcher Snags Lagrange Prize

September 12, 2012 October 5, 2018  big data, optimization

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.

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Multidisciplinary Team Maps Costs of Participating in Health Information Exchanges
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Multidisciplinary Team Maps Costs of Participating in Health Information Exchanges

August 30, 2012 May 1, 2019  health care, optimization

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.

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WID Scientist Laurence Loewe Receives NSF Career Award
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WID Scientist Laurence Loewe Receives NSF Career Award

August 2, 2012 September 20, 2021

Laurence Loewe is making it easier to add computer modeling to biologists’ scientific toolkit through an award from the National Science Foundation.

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