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Wisconsin Center for Origins Research (WiCOR) “Launches” This Week
Multidisciplinary center combining the research expertise of seven UW departments gets a new home and digs into its first big research project.
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The Hidden Cost of AI
Artificial intelligence offers an enticing array of benefits — but it also requires a growing supply of electricity, potentially straining the nation’s power grid. L&S experts consider how that conundrum is likely to play out.
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Mapping Lyme Disease in Space and Time
Professor John Orrock led a research project to determine how space and time increase hotspots and coldspots for tick-borne disease.
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A Concrete Solution
Concrete has been used as the material of modern cities, but Siddharth Menon investigates how just one material can reveal the larger ripples of environmental and political trends in ordinary lives.
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