A large, population-based study shows that while most Wisconsin residents have some "forever chemicals" known as PFAS in their blood, those who have the highest levels are higher income, older white men who have eaten locally-caught fish. The new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health analyzed serum from 605 adults who donated blood between 2014 and 2016 as part of the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin.

As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking.

An invasive fungus that colonizes the skin of hibernating bats with deadly consequences is a stealthy invader that uses multiple strategies to slip into the small mammals' skin cells and quietly manipulate them to aid its own survival.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Tuesday announced $49 million in Phase 2 funding to the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub , a groundbreaking initiative set to drive transformative medical innovation, workforce development and critical job growth across Wisconsin.

In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that the effects of wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary.

The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life.

On a hot summer day, nothing hits the spot quite like ice cream, especially here in the Dairy State.

A unique influenza vaccine candidate that's inhaled and based on technology developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers is safe and could bolster protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza for people vuln

People with Parkinson's disease are receiving a new treatment in a clinical trial started after University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists demonstrated the safety and feasibility of the therapeutic delivery method in a study of non-human primates.

Lake and river foams study reveals high PFAS levels, even though underlying water may be less contaminated According to a new study of rivers and lakes in Wisconsin, natural foams from these bodies of

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed low-cost sensors that allow for real-time, continuous monitoring of nitrate in soil types that are common in Wisconsin.

Street-level mobilization, an outreach strategy aimed at making participatory budgeting more inclusive, can only partially achieve its goal for marginalized groups, according to a multiyear ethnograph

Clouds of gas in a distant galaxy are being pushed faster and faster - at more than 10,000 miles per second - out among neighboring stars by blasts of radiation from the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's center.

A surprising yellow haze of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of a gas "dwarf" exoplanet about 96 light years away from our own solar system makes the planet a prime target for scientists trying to understand how worlds are formed.