by Krista Eastman | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
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: solar textile. “I found myself on a campus full of brilliant people of all disciplines so I just Googled ‘solar...
by Erik Richardson | Aug 26, 2014 | Magazine Article
Imagine what we might see if only we could build a warp field—a bend in the fabric of space-time—that would allow us to peer into the future. Might we see what we will have accomplished, and thereby bring back the knowledge gained from those accomplishments? What...
by Chukuka Enwemeka | Mar 25, 2014 | Videos
Phototherapy can be used to treat a wide variety of ailments and destroy dangerous pathogens. In this Academy Talk at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Dr. Chukuka S. Enwemeka, dean of UW–Milwaukee’s College of Health Sciences, shares the latest medical...
by Laura Otto | Feb 27, 2014 | Magazine Article
What if there was a way to treat debilitating diseases without drugs or surgery? What if chronic injuries could be healed with the application of something as ubiquitous as light? Scientists have known for years that some wavelengths of light in certain doses can heal...
by Jason Smith | Feb 25, 2014 | Magazine Article
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory was built specifically to chase neutrinos, ghostlike fundamental particles formed in the first second of the early universe. Billions of neutrinos pass through every square centimeter of the Earth every second, but the vast majority...
