Science and Technology

Advocates for patients with spinal cord injuries are raising alarm over a $40 million research program they said was quietly cut from a Department of Defense office that funds medical research. 

More than $12 million in research grants destined for UW-Madison have been cut by the Trump administration, according to a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin and 15 other states.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have shown a new AI tool was successful at flagging patients at risk of opioid addiction and at reducing hospital readmissions.

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.