Natural & Physical Sciences

The finding has important implications for the way we approach invasive species control and management, says Jake Vander Zanden, director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Limnology.

A new partnership with Johnson Controls makes it possible to determine which new HVAC technologies will work best at making viruses like the one that causes COVID-19 less likely to spread.

Physics professor Victor Brar has been named a 2021 Sloan Research Fellow, a competitive award given to researchers in the early stages of their careers.

The value and importance of a liberal arts education has never been more critical.

Erika Marin-Spiotta received the Ambassador Award from the American Geophysical Union, in recognition of her efforts to diversify the field of geoscience, one of the least diverse disciplines in the U.S. The AGU also recognized her for teamwork with a Presidential Citation.

As part of a series, L&S is taking a look at how professors and students are adapting to teaching and learning during the global coronavirus pandemic. Graduate teaching assistants in an animal anatomy class create an on-the-fly video library.

W.L. Kraushaar Professor of Astronomy and Physics joins the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for her contributions to quantifying the role of magnetic fields in shaping the cosmos.

"You have to be prepared to live in a world where strange things happen, and you can’t immediately and totally explain them.," says professor of math.

It’s not at all unusual for Stephen R. Meyers to teach his Geoscience 100 course while standing on a chair. Or a desk. Or, during remote learning forced by COVID-19, on the roof of his house using a drone. Meyers is always finding new ways to make learning about rocks a lot more fun.