Science and Technology

WPR’s “BETA” talks with author Sara Sligar, who has written a suspenseful, gripping narrative that raises several questions about the nature of truth in our digital age.

For more than a decade Brooke Slavens has led the Mobility Lab, a research hub integrating multiple disciplines with the goal of engineering a manual wheelchair that reduces stress on the body. Now, her focus is on children.

UW-Madison’s Lisa Cadmus-Bertram said her research is focused on improving our understanding of how physical activity is related to chronic disease risks. 

Scientists at UW–Madison said they are struggling to advance study of a potential new epilepsy treatment after the Trump administration’s pause on grant review meetings by the National Institutes of Health.

The Raptor Resource Project’s golden eagle research is tracing what the eagles do in their summering and wintering grounds.

On a swath of ex-farmland slated for future phases of the project in Mount Pleasant, Microsoft’s preliminary work was paused in January — then restarted — and now paused again.

Students enrolled in science Ph.D. programs are typically paid and have their tuition covered. But with current federal funding uncertainties driven by the Trump administration, faculty scientists said they now have limited funds to offer students.

A total lunar eclipse is set for Wisconsin skies overnight March 13-14. The “blood moon” returns for the first time since 2022.

Organizers of the “Stand Up For Science” rally want to draw attention to the scientific work that is happening in Wisconsin, even as the Trump administration takes aggressive steps to halt federal dollars for research.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering is building a $76.5 million artificial intelligence learning center, which will house its new center for applied artificial intelligence.