Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi has been named a Vilas Associate at UW-Madison. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and on-going research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the Divisional Research Committees …
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Interdisciplinary Team Grows Functional Vocal Cord Tissue in the Lab
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal-cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step towards restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other injuries. …
Studying Vocal Cords
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal-cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step towards restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other injuries. …
Ilia Guzei featured in Wisconsin State Journal’s Blue Sky Science
The Wisconsin State Journal has featured director of crystallography at UW-Madison, Ilia Guzei, in a new piece, Blue Sky Science: How are crystals made? The segment opens up with nine-year old Abby Webb of Mineral …
Mother-of-pearl’s genesis identified in mineral’s transformation
WARF Innovation Award winners take on colon cancer detection, tomorrow’s plastic
Discovery of a highly efficient catalyst eases way to hydrogen economy
Sustainable nanotechnology center lands new $20 million contract
Solar textile collaboration weaves chemistry & design
A new faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Marianne Fairbanks is bringing decades of experience with dyes, fibers and design to the development of a technology she’s been dreaming of for years: the solar …
Molecular Fuel Cell Catalysts Hold Promise for Efficient Energy Storage
In the quest for better, less expensive ways to store and use energy, platinum and other precious metals play an important role. They serve as catalysts to propel the most efficient fuel cells, but they …