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For a planet increasingly ravaged by the effects of climate change, removing carbon from the atmosphere could be part of a desperately needed turn in the right direction.Innovators worldwide participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal…

Combining special, high-energy X-rays with thermal imaging and visible light, engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are looking inside metal items made with a new 3D-printing technique to better understand (and eventually…

New, highly detailed and rigorous maps of bird biodiversity could help protect rare or threatened species.Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison developed the maps at a fine-enough resolution to help conservation managers…

Art inspired and empowered Dawry Ruiz as a teenager. Now he hopes to spread its motivating force to other young people.Ruiz, a UW–Madison junior, will have help in that career goal as the recipient of a 2022 Truman Scholarship, one of the…

Four University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been named winners of 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarships, one of the most prestigious awards in the U.S. for undergraduates studying the sciences.The UW–Madison winners are sophomore Lucy…

A new biodegradable gel improves the immune system’s ability to keep cancer at bay after tumors are surgically removed.The gel, tested in mice, releases drugs and special antibodies that simultaneously deplete immune-blocking cells called…

UW–Madison graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”“UW–Madison has long been a national leader in graduate education,” says John Karl…

Despite their reputation as living fossils, scorpions have remained evolutionarily nimble — especially in developing venom to fend off the rise of mammal predators. A new genetic analysis of scorpions’ toxin-making reveals recent…

The 2022 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards honor University of Wisconsin–Madison innovators and alumni who further the Wisconsin Idea through outstanding accomplishments in entrepreneurship.The four recipients of this year’s…

In 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription medication derived from cannabis sativa: Epidiolex. Used to treat seizures, Epidiolex is purified formulation of cannabidiol (CBD) and has been proven to…