Research

Three finalists in the DreamUp Wisconsin Initiative, administered by the Institute for Research on Poverty, have exciting ideas to share, according to IRP’s Lawrence Berger.

Physics professor Victor Brar and colleagues research potential new form of space travel called laser sailing.

A new study suggests the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet is less stable than researchers once thought.

Professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences John Kutzbach shares his finding in a recently published study tracing changes in climate and vegetation thousands of years ago.

"Tenacity," a game designed by the Center for Healthy Minds, affected the areas of the brain associated with attention.

Can snow cover help predict the impact and trajectory of big storms?

The Departments of Botany and Geography’s Ken Keefover-Ring had the right training to help analyze plant compounds that could potentially slow prostate cancer.

For more than half a century, the UW Institute for Research on Poverty has built a national reputation for policy guidance, trend-spotting and cutting-edge research into one of society’s most intractable problems.

Political scientist Erica Simmons reveals that threats to people’s sense of identity are often what drive protest movements that change the course of politics—around the world and here in Wisconsin.