Professor Emilia Kilpua heads a multinational network project in heliophysics, which educates doctoral researchers in the field.
A collaboration between the Weizmann Institute in Israel and Harvard University developed a mathematical model to test the safety of a class of anti-viral drugs that accelerate the mutation rate of the virus, causing “death by mutagenesis.”
Professor Ole Wæver has explored what happens when we turn traditionally non-military issues into security threats.
The seminars bring together Finnish researchers who are active in COVID-19 research and the general audience who are interested in COVID-19 related research.
A new survey summarizes scientific recommendations for conservationists and land managers tasked with managing biodiversity in a changing climate
Isaac Newton is renowned for renovating the foundations of mathematics, optics, and mechanics in the 17th century.
Science communication expert Dietram Scheufele and chemist Shannon Stahl have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
If you weren’t looking for it, you might not suspect there’s a place to fix a flat tire on your bike where most people notice only a gated campus parking garage.
Parents play a major role in whether teens’ use of digital technology is healthy or puts their mental and physical health at risk, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Researchers and clinicians are sounding the alarm as the fatal rabbit hemorrhagic disease, RHDV2, spreads across the U.S. In response, the UW Veterinary Care Special Species Health Service at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine has begun offering an emergency-authorized vaccine against the disease for rabbits.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences is adding three new degree programs to its growing portfolio to meet mounting interest from employers and students and increase access to technology curriculum at the university.
As lakes across the upper Midwest grow warmer year after year, cool-water species of fish are finding it harder to thrive.
As a kid, Justin Boutilier would sometimes get roped into helping his dad, a paramedic and firefighter, perform automated external defibrillator demonstrations in and around his hometown of Niagara Falls, Canada.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use.
Frontotemporal dementia begins relatively early compared to other forms of dementia.
Extreme stress can change cell dynamics in humans, animals and bacteria. In the case of Rhodobacter sphaeroides bacteria, a German-based research group discovered extreme heat stress caused production of lots of transcripts, but prevented translation from almost all of them.
Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease.
Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden.
The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation.
In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues.