Research

Anthropologist Mark Kenoyer has spent a lengthy and successful career mapping one of the world’s oldest urban civilizations.

For botanist Ken Cameron, orchids fascinate as well as inspire him to further research in plant evolution and biodiversity.

The number of opioid-related deaths—from both prescription opioids and illegal drugs including heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil—has quadrupled in the last 20 years. At present, the opioid epidemic claims 130 lives every day in the United States.

Telescopes can spot these vibrations as fluctuations in the brightness or temperature on the surface of a star. Understand these vibrations, and we can learn more about the inner structure of the star that is otherwise hidden from view.

The Mueller report dominated news coverage last week. But one thing missing from the headlines? Research cited in the 448-page document was done by a team of graduate students at UW–Madison.

On the first day of an undergraduate Zoology class, Emeritus Professor Bob Auerbach asked his students to write on a note card what they planned to do in the future. Warren Porter, though just a freshman, had known his answer for a long time: he dreamed of being a professor of Zoology.

The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a profound cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our towns and cities cool.

For Terrence (Terry) Millar, UW–Madison professor emeritus of mathematics and former associate dean for physical sciences in the Graduate School and assistant to the provost, science education was always about the excitement of discovery.

University of Wisconsin–Madison evolutionary biologists Jesús Ballesterosand Prashant Sharma hope, then, that their recent study published in the journal Systematic Biology helps firmly plant ancient horseshoe crabs within the arachnid family tree.