University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kelly April Tyrrell

A panel of etched stone honoring John Bardeen's development of the transistor, an electrical device that earned Bardeen the first of two of his Nobel Prizes, is one of many graphics and informational displays featured at Alumni Park at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Aug. 26, 2017. — On June 10, researchers around the world undertook deliberate efforts to challenge systemic anti-Black racism in science and academia. In light of recent events, which follow patterns going back to the earliest days of our nation, people are seeking, with renewed vigor, ways to elevate and support the voices and […]

Addressing racism, equity and diversity in the sciences

June 10, 2020 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Adapted from original story by Brita Larson, Center for Healthy Minds: We can feel stress in the body through common sensations: sweaty palms, racing heart and shallow breathing. Some people cope with signs of stress in their lives by ignoring it. Some may not recognize these as signs of stress. […]

Greater well-being when awareness of stress aligns with the heart

May 10, 2019 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Ice crystals form on the orb of a soapy bubble that froze during subzero weather atop Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Jan. 8, 2014. — The post office suspended mail delivery. Schools and campuses across the Midwest closed down. Temperatures in Chicago, Madison and other Great Lakes cities dipped lower than those in Antarctica. We’re ok. There’s nothing to see here. How’s everyone doing? pic.twitter.com/g0VuDIiU6q — UW–Madison Science (@UWMadScience) January 30, 2019 Surely that means […]

The polar vortex should kill bugs, right? Not so much.

January 30, 2019 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Legos - building blocks — A study published today (Jan. 8) in eLife, led by University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Biochemistry and Bacteriology Robert Landick and his research team, reveals for the first time the elemental mechanism behind transcriptional pausing, which underlies the control of gene expression in all living organisms. It also provides new understanding […]

New insight into gene expression in all living things

January 8, 2019 by Kelly April Tyrrell

By Bekah McBride, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies A study published Wednesday, November 14 in Science Advances by The Nature Conservancy and 21 scientific partners in the United States and Europe highlights the power of natural landscapes to resist climate change in the U.S.. Because grasslands, wetlands, forests and other ecosystems naturally […]

Grasslands among the best landscapes to curb climate change

November 15, 2018 by Kelly April Tyrrell

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) observed sand dunes in the north polar regions of Mars. — By Jim Lattis, Director of UW Space Place at the University of Wisconsin–Madison You may have heard that Mars reached opposition on 27 July 2018. But what does that mean? It means that Mars is bright and easy to find in the night sky. It’s called opposition because that’s when Mars is […]

Mars is at opposition, so what does that mean?

July 31, 2018 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Today is Mandela Day. It is a worldwide event to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela, a once-political prisoner in South Africa who went on to become the president of that nation and help it cast aside its system of racial oppression called apartheid. Mandela passed away in 2013 but […]

In Madison, honoring Nelson Mandela

July 18, 2018 by Kelly April Tyrrell

A vacuum tube holds a blood-fed strain of Aedes aegypti mosquito in place under a microscope. — Between 2004 and 2016, the number of people who acquired diseases from mosquitoes, ticks and flea bites tripled in the United States. These include Lyme disease, West Nile and dengue fever. Nine new diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks, including Zika virus, were discovered or appeared here during that time. These statistics were […]

Combating ticks and mosquitoes in the Midwest

May 1, 2018 by Kelly April Tyrrell

The following story comes from Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, science writer at the UW–Madison Waisman Center: There’s a saying in the autism community: If you have met one person with autism, you have met one person with autism. That’s because “as the name implies, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exists on a […]

Moving forward in the search for genetic clues to understand ...

March 20, 2018 by Kelly April Tyrrell