University of Wisconsin–Madison

The mechanism for a critical but highly toxic antifungal is revealed in high resolution. Self-assembled Amphotericin B sponges (depicted in light blue) rapidly extract sterols (depicted in orange and white) from cells. This atomic level understanding yielded a novel kidney-sparing antifungal agent.
Killing fungus without toxicity
Breakthrough in Catalysis Research Could Lead to Massive Energy Savings
Researchers at UW–Madison have engineered silicone nanoparticles to cross the blood-brain barrier in mice to deliver brain-wide gene editing therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. PHOTO: JEFF MILLER
Nanoparticles can cross the blood-brain barrier with a range of biological medications and treatments to deliver brain-wide therapy
Tough-to-treat brain tumors may have a new injectable gel treatment
An MIT team has designed an “acoustic fabric,” woven with a fiber that is designed from a “piezoelectric” material that produces an electrical signal when bent or mechanically deformed, providing a means for the fabric to convert sound vibrations into electrical signals. Image: Greg Hren
A new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals
via College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison
A lightweight nanofiber material is better than bulletproof
Is corn ethanol a fuel that may be worse for the climate than the gasoline it replaces?
Muscle-powered electromechanical therapies turn muscle movements into potentially game-changing therapeutic approaches
Fast synthetic biology circuits
A new generation of computing devices called magnetoelectrics could be much faster and use less electricity
A synapse-like phototransistor could eventually help computers process visual information more like the human brain
Heating and cooling all from one system with no electricity needed
A satellite based alert system to help reduce deforestation and mitigate climate change
100 million tons (annual) of multilayer thermoplastics waste could meet their match with a new solvent-based recycling process
A wrist-mounted device that continuously tracks the entire human hand in 3D