Search and destroy
UW-Madison scientist Jamey Weichert and his company Cellectar Biosciences have created a tiny molecule with huge cancer-fighting potential. It’s been fast-tracked by the U.S. Food and Drug...
View Article#IRL
Reddit is a hugely popular online community, but many of its users post anonymously. Once a year, they meet IRL (in real life) for the Global Reddit Meetup Day.
View ArticleIsthmus on WORT: Exact Sciences’ risky business
Exact Sciences has generated a lot of buzz lately, with a colon cancer screening test that could save millions of lives. As Joe Tarr reported, the company is not without risk. He spoke with WORT-FM...
View ArticleStartingBlock names Scott Resnick executive director
The nonprofit entrepreneurial hub makes a final push for funding.
View ArticleDavid Krakauer moves on
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director had hoped the multi-disciplinary institute could bring about systemic change at the UW-Madison. But now he’s giving up.
View ArticleFreeing the airwaves
Low-power FM community radio is growing in popularity, but technical and regulatory hurdles remain. Wisconsin’s Phantom Machine Works helps communities establish new radio outlets.
View ArticleReclaiming the land
About 80 acres at the Dorn Creek Wildlife Area have become overrun with black locust and box elder, invasive trees that colonize and reduce animal habitat. Now Dane County, the state and federal...
View ArticleWhere have all the women gone?
Director Robin Hauser Reynolds’ new documentary, “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap,” explores the dearth of women in tech.
View ArticleDouble-duty
Now in its sixth year, Madison’s Forward Festival offers a special focus this year on “parentpreneurs” — those who do double-duty by raising young families and newborn businesses.
View ArticleA great place to work at play
Games developers say with collaboration and critical mass they can compete with the coasts
View ArticleMining the data
Doctors often don’t have a good picture of which of their patients are healthy or sick. A Madison company is trying to give them to tools to figure that out.
View ArticleCultivating a hit
A gorgeous new mobile app about pruning and growing trees has become a surprise hit for Madison’s Joel McDonald. Adam Powell talks to him about the inspiration for his unique creation.
View ArticleRevolutionary routers
Madison’s Paradrop is trying to revolutionize how people interact with the Internet. But it’s gotten more support in Tennessee than in Wisconsin.
View ArticleTransformative power
American Transmission Company is among many grappling with a sea change in the utility industry. One of the company’s executives will speak on a panel about the changes during the 2015 Energy Summit,...
View ArticleNordic accused of sexual harassment, retaliation
A former Nordic employee alleges she was sexually harassed by the company’s president and then fired when she complained. Madison’s Equal Opportunities Division is scheduled to hold a hearing on her...
View ArticleIt’s still a man’s world
Madison may be a boomtown for tech and science industries. But women remain a minority in these fields.
View ArticleChecking out 3D
3D printers are increasingly finding a home inside public libraries. But how are they being used, and do they belong there?
View ArticleCanid relations
When coyotes move into an area, they typically force out (or kill off) the foxes living there. But in Madison, the two canid species appear to be coexisting. UW researchers want to know how.
View ArticleA dorm of their own
Women remain a minority in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. The UW-Madison’s WISE Hall gives women studying these fields a space of their own.
View ArticleA happening hackathon
Hackathons are booming in popularity, and the MadHacks annual event has made a splash by focusing on novice hackers. Organizers look ahead to hosting the second event next fall.
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