University of Wisconsin–Madison

Producing plastic from plants with an engineered microbe
Robotic muscle from spider silk
Developing better antibiotics using CRISPR
In laboratory testing, an implantable device helped rats shed almost 40 percent of their body weight
A new bandage leverages energy generated from a patient’s own body motions to speed up healing
New opportunities to slow or even reverse MS
Nanofiber coatings that are sticky, repellant, insulating or light emitting, among other possibilities
Cheaper renewable electricity with a new material and manufacturing process that uses the sun’s heat
Robots helping kids get more excited about reading starts a new chapter in human-robot interaction
Can a video game change the brain and improve empathy?
Artificial intelligence is now so smart that silicon brains frequently outthink people.
New cloaking material hides things from infrared eyes
Wound monitoring app could cut hospital readmissions
A nanovaccine for the flu
New H7N9 influenza is not good