It began with a question from a yoga instructor, sent to the inbox of horticulture professor Brian Yandell. Now it’s a major collaborative effort, housed at UW–Madison, […]

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is known as a positive-strand RNA virus because of the way it stores and makes copies of its genetic […]

As schools consider when and how to reopen in the fall, they must remain flexible and transparent, says Malia Jones, associate scientist and social epidemiologist […]

Precision medicine has the potential to tailor treatments to a patient’s unique genetic sequence. But achieving this precision — or developing new drugs — requires […]

When Elizabeth McCoy was about to graduate from the University of Wisconsin in 1925, she faced a choice: accept an offer to join the U.S. […]

Coronaviruses come from a large family. It includes four genera and many species that infect a variety of mammals and birds — and sometimes reptiles. There […]

When the coronavirus pandemic started disrupting the nation’s meat supply chains this spring, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s swine program soon found itself among the affected […]

News stories about meat-packing workers succumbing to COVID-19 and meat shortages at grocery stores have caused some consumers to worry that the meat supply chain […]

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which manages intellectual property for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has just been ranked ninth for U.S. utility patents granted in […]

We’re awash in discussion of risks right now. Risks to our health, to our community and to the economy. But how can we think clearly […]