Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new smartphone app to help them understand where ticks are active and how people expose themselves […]

Mason Konsitzke is 7. He loves food (especially when he can share it with others) and anything military (both of his grandfathers served). He likes to […]

On June 6, 2018, the Center for Limnology reported that a toxic algae bloomhad begun to spread across Lake Mendota. It quickly led to the closure […]

University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry assistant professor Philip Romero and neuroscience assistant professor Ari Rosenberg are the recipients of 2018 Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The awards […]

The Morgridge Institute for Research is launching the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology, a research effort to understand and […]

It’s a common assumption: Bats are important because they feast upon those pervasive warm-weather pests known as mosquitoes. You want to see bats flying above, […]

Inflammation can be good. It’s part of the body’s innate immune system, our first line of defense against illness and injury. However, if the inflammatory […]

New research out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison has, for the first time, detected prions responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in samples taken from […]

Cheryl Skjolaas, Extension Agricultural Safety Specialist Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 262-0568 skjolaas@wisc.edu 2:57 – Total time […]

People who eat a high-fat, high-sugar “Western” diet typically exhibit physiological changes associated with type 2 diabetes. However, not everyone responds the same way to […]