A UW-Madison food development team has made it to the finals in a competition sponsored by Disney and the Institute of Food Technologists.

In an effort to reduce those impacts, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched a project to collect and compost food waste from campus eateries. Tthe project aims to compost more than 400 tons of food waste annually when fully implemented.

In recognition of the earth-friendly biofuel technology he helped develop, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has been selected to receive a prestigious national award from the American Chemical Society.

Wisconsin anglers and boaters will get music with a message as the University of Wisconsin-Madison launches a trio of rock, rockabilly and folk songs about preventing VHS fish disease, zebra mussels, and other aquatic invasive species from spreading to new lakes and rivers.

Friends of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers will be pedaling for pledges when they wheel out of Dane County’s Lake Farm Park on June 12 for the 6th Annual Ride to Farm.

Several states recently shifted their policies in favor of civil unions and gay marriage. These policy changes are to some degree shaped by shifts in public attitudes toward gay marriage. Where do these opinion shifts come from? According to a new study, the two main factors are ideology and religiosity, a duo that overpowers the influences of factors such as knowledge, tolerance and media consumption.

Using the same protein molecule that scientists have used for decades to copy genetic material, researchers have developed a molecular motor for propelling DNA.

In a study that drew on both historical and present-day datasets, researchers have quantified and compared the above-ground carbon held in the forest trees of Wisconsin just prior to European settlement and widespread logging, and the total carbon they contain today.

Whether you are cooking at home or enjoying a meal out on the town,

Most Americans want to know more about biofuels, according to a new survey fielded by researchers in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.