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Newly Described Ancient Reptile Named In Language Of First Nations Where Fossils Were Found

Beesiiwo cooowuse was a squat, herbivorous relative of modern crocodiles and birds that had a beak-like mouth and roamed the globe between 250 and 227 million years ago. Its name, pronounced “Bah-se-wa’ ja’ aw-wu sa,'” speaks to the modern-day location where its fossilized remains were unearthed: “big lizard from the Alcova area” of central Wyoming.

Brain-Penetrating Drug Candidate Effective Against Deadly Encephalitis Viruses

A new antiviral compound designed and synthesized by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Pharmacy is highly effective in mice against two types of devastating encephalitis viruses that are harmful to humans.

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New Drug Delivery Method Harnesses Clotting To Target Anti-Cancer Drugs At Tumors

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a new method for targeting tumors with cancer drugs by exploiting the clotting propensity of blood platelets.

How A Small, Unassuming Fish Helps Reveal Gene Adaptations

At first blush, sticklebacks might seem a bit pedestrian. The finger-length, unassuming fish with a few small dorsal spines are a ubiquitous presence in oceans and coastal watersheds around the northern hemisphere.

Despite Commitments, Brazil’s Beef Sector Tainted By Purchases From Protected Lands In Amazon Basin

Depending on where it’s from, your next steak could come with a side of illegal deforestation.

Wild Primate Virus Has Pandemic Potential Should It Jump The Species Barrier, Shows Study

In a world still reeling from COVID-19, infectious disease researchers are eager to head off the next pandemic before it has the chance to spill over from animals to humans

New Drug Delivery Method Harnesses Clotting To Target Anti-Cancer Drugs At Tumors

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a new method for targeting tumors with cancer drugs by exploiting the clotting propensity of blood platelets.

Wisconsin Cave Holds Tantalizing Clues To Ancient Climate Changes, Future Shifts

Even in their dark isolation from the atmosphere above, caves can hold a rich archive of local climate conditions and how they’ve shifted over the eons

UW Researchers Working To Improve And Simplify Models For How PFAS Flows Through The Ground

Cancerous tumors that aren’t candidates for surgery or chemotherapy sometimes respond well to alternatives like immunotherapy, but even cutting-edge cancer treatments that harness the immune system have their limits.

New Approach Could Push Limits Of Immunotherapy For Difficult-To-Treat Cancers

Cancerous tumors that aren’t candidates for surgery or chemotherapy sometimes respond well to alternatives like immunotherapy, but even cutting-edge cancer treatments that harness the immune system have their limits.

New Approach Could Push Limits of Immunotherapy for Difficult-To-Treat Cancers

Cancerous tumors that aren’t candidates for surgery or chemotherapy sometimes respond well to alternatives like immunotherapy, but even cutting-edge cancer treatments that harness the immune system have their limits.

UW Researchers Working To Improve And Simplify Models For How PFAS Flows Through The Ground

As a growing number of communities are forced to confront PFAS contamination in their groundwater, a key hurdle in addressing this harmful group of chemicals lies in unraveling how they move through a region of the environment called the unsaturated zone — a jumble of soil, rock and water sandwiched between the ground’s surface and the water table below.