University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rather than constantly repainting a new canvas with a picture of the surrounding world each time it takes in information, the human brain appears to build a working model supported by predictions constantly checked and rechecked against…

U.S. News & World Report has ranked UW–Madison’s online master’s degrees in engineering No. 9 in the nation for 2022.This is the eleventh year in a row that the online engineering programs, offered through the College of Engineering’s…

An interactive study at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is looking to answer that question and needs help from the public.Log2Lose, an 18-month research study, aims to help people build habits for a…

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, together with more than 15 partners across the region, will launch the Midwest Climate Collaborative at a virtual gathering on Jan. 28.The MCC is a network of organizations committed to accelerating…

A new study confirms that, compared to earlier versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the omicron variant causes less severe disease in mice and hamsters, which are reliable models for understanding COVID-19.The findings, previously available…

A new website has been launched covering information about the search for the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.The site includes a prospectus for the position, a timeline for the search, details about the Search and…

Viruses can be wily adapters, changing their identities to find new hosts and thwart efforts to stop them. That’s why University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and their collaborators are making progress toward developing universal…

Our gut microbiome helps us out every day by processing the fiber we can’t digest. The bacteria ferment the fiber into key chemicals known as short-chain fatty acids, or SCFAs, that are essential for human health. SCFAs fight…

Is there life on Venus? For more than a century, scientists have pondered this question. Now, there is renewed interest in Venus as a place that could support living organisms.“We are trying to make the case for exploring Venus and to…

Seventeen researchers from UW–Madison were recently recognized on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list, published annually by the analytics company Clarivate using data from Web of Science. The list identifies scientists who have…