Eleven promising young members of the UW–Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. Professor John Berry is among the 11 faculty award recipients. Romnes awards recognize exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure …
Feature Stories
High School and Middle School Students Crystallize Science
Organized by the Molecular Structure Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry, the Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition is now accepting registrations for its annual statewide contest among middle school, high school, and home schooled students. …
Novel Catalysts Improve Path to More Sustainable Plastics Production
The second most-produced organic chemical in the world, propene is a key component of plastics found in consumer goods such as electronics, clothing and food packaging. For years, oil refineries have produced an abundance of …
Chemical & Engineering News Recognizes Professors’ Startup Company
Madison-based company Silatronix is among Chemical & Engineering News’ ‘10 ‘Start-ups to Watch’ for 2016. Professor Robert Hamers and Professor Emeritus Robert West founded the company in 2007 to develop better organosilicon solvents for batteries. …
Beyond genes: Protein atlas scores nitrogen fixing duet
Scientific Glassblowing Lights Up Intersection of Art, History, Science
On September 24, red-hot demonstrations of scientific glassblowing at UW-Madison drew a standing-room-only crowd to the meeting of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) Midwest Section. Open to the public, the meeting, hosted by the UW-Madison Glass Lab, showcased the bending …