Research

A group of scientists tasked with advising the federal government’s investments in particle physics research recommends the U.S. fund a planned expansion of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The panel includes physics professors Tulika Bose and Kyle Cranmer.

Chemistry professor Song Jin and doctoral candidate Rui Wang apart of an interdisciplinary team of scientists have developed a new technique that could help farmers extract useful nutrients such as ammonia and potassium from livestock manure to efficiently make fertilizer and other useful chemical products.

L&S researchers are wrangling with the thorny ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence and computing.

James Li is part of an international consortium looking to upend the way mental health disorders are diagnosed.

The Professor of Geoscience's latest findings focus on fossilized coral reefs in the Seychelle Islands, which show how high sea levels rose centuries ago--and, in an era of climate change, how high they might rise again.

How a warming world is changing the places we love

UW–Madison Professor Kathy Cramer is on a commission looking to put the wellbeing of Americans at the center of economic discussions.

Sissel Schroeder in Undark: Researchers compiling a digital library of the boats show how Indigenous practices persisted as landscapes changed.

Professor of Anthropology John Hawks, who starred in last summer’s hit Netflix documentary Unknown: Cave of Bones, discusses what it’s like to tout science in a modern media landscape.