WARF Advances – WARF https://www.warf.org Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:35:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.warf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png WARF Advances – WARF https://www.warf.org 32 32 WARF Advances in Engineering and Computer Science | July 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-engineering-and-computer-science-july-2023/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:48:30 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29726 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Power-Saving, Data-Transmitting System for Wireless Remote Sensing A UW team has developed a low-power wireless network system well suited to smart agriculture that could provide up to 82-fold improvement in energy efficiency. Read more Metal Foam Additive Manufacturing with Controlled Pore Patterns Unlike traditional...

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]]> WARF Advances in Health Care | June 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-health-care-june-2023/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:13:11 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29645 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Gene Editing to Treat Pompe Disease and Other Autosomal Recessive Disorders UW-Madison researchers have developed a complexed CRISPR-Cas gene editing approach for treating Pompe disease. Read more Methods to Screen Antifungal Compounds and Treat Fungal Diseases by Inhibiting Spore Germination Four FDA-approved compounds...

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]]> WARF Advances in Clean Tech | May 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-clean-tech-may-2023/ Tue, 09 May 2023 12:02:58 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29507 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Using Power Plant & Industrial Wastes to Sequester CO2 into High Purity Products A team of civil and environmental engineers has developed a method to convert carbon dioxide and industrial wastes such as fly ash from power plants or slag from steel mills into calcium carbonate and other products. Read more UW-Madison...

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]]> WARF Advances in Food and Ag | April 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-food-and-ag-april-2023/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:36:53 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29355 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison “Natural” Antioxidants Prolong Storage Life of Meat This method, which uses very low amounts of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes in combination with rosemary extract, outperformed synthetic antioxidants in a trial comparing color stability. Read more Food Flaw Fighters A team of scientists has developed two novel food...

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]]> WARF Advances in Engineering and Computer Science | March 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-engineering-and-computer-science-march-2023/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:13:00 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29223 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison New, Lightweight Material to Protect Against Bullets and Other High-Speed Impacts A UW engineering physics team is using carbon nanotubes to make armor that’s stronger than Kevlar. Watch a video Biological Sensing and Communication Using Optogenetics and Electronics UW engineers have combined the innate sensing...

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]]> WARF Advances in Health Care | February 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-health-care-february-2023/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:13:34 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29081 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Innovative New Diagnostic Test for Sjögren’s Syndrome Meet the medical team and statisticians making it less painful to diagnose a debilitating autoimmune disorder. Watch a video Improved Cancer Immunotherapy Treatment UW-Madison researchers have engineered a bacterial membrane-coated nanoparticle (BNP) capable of...

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]]> WARF Advances in Clean Tech | January 2023 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-clean-tech-january-2023/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:04:22 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29078 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Efficient Method for Synthesizing Nylon Polymers from Furfural The new electrochemical-driven process developed by UW-Madison chemists utilizes water in place of hydrogen gas, reduces toxic waste and can achieve selectivities nearing 100 percent. Read more ‘Green’ Tylenol: Synthesizing Acetaminophen from Renewable...

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]]> WARF Advances in Food and Ag | December 2022 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-food-and-ag-december-2022/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:58:40 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29076 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Supercharging Photosynthesis to Increase Carbon Storage, Aromatics Production See how a team of botanists is supercharging photosynthesis to absorb more carbon from the atmosphere. Watch a video Soybeans with Increased Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot and Drought Tolerance A team of plant pathologists has developed...

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]]> WARF Advances in Engineering and Computer Science | November 2022 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-engineering-and-computer-science-november-2022/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:52:34 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29074 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison New, Lightweight Material to Protect Against Bullets and Other High-Speed Impacts A UW engineering physics team is using carbon nanotubes to make armor that’s stronger than Kevlar. Read more Making Telecommunications More Affordable These material scientists are using graphene to deliver fiber optics to hard-to-reach...

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]]> WARF Advances in Health Care | October 2022 https://www.warf.org/warf-advances/warf-advances-in-health-care-october-2022/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:48:49 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=29071 Read More

]]> WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nanoparticle to Render Tumors More Susceptible to Treatment This interdisciplinary team is bridging medicine and nanotechnology to confront cancer. The combination of their novel nanoparticle, radiation therapy and a checkpoint inhibitor could render more tumors more treatable by immunotherapy. Watch a video Polyplex...

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