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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has announced 24 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured …

By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created a new way to improve our understanding of the origins of life on Earth and possibly …

UW–Madison researchers have discovered a mechanism that could one day help people at risk of developing the metabolic disease.

The Journal of Virology (JVI) is proud to introduce the early-career virologists selected for the inaugural New Voices in Virology program. Chosen from more than 275 applicants, these individuals were recognized for the strength and novelty …

Botanists Hiroshi Maeda and Soyoung Jung collaborated with Ray Collier, Shawn Kaeppler and Heidi Kaeppler at the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center to develop soybeans that produce high levels of betalain, a natural red pigment found …

Using fruit flies, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a new model for investigating the genetic drivers of a rare but aggressive brain tumor in children. The work has already identified potential treatment targets for …

Andrea A. Putnam, a University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health assistant professor of biomolecular chemistry, has been named a 2025 Packard Foundation Fellow in Science and Engineering.  

Located in Wisconsin’s aptly named Central Sands region, Hancock Agricultural Research Station might just usher in a new era for corn growers in Wisconsin and around the world. As one might guess, ample watering is necessary in …