A study from UW's Carbone Cancer Center found non-Hispanic Black patients in Wisconsin were half as likely than white patients to get any treatment for pancreatic cancer.
An annual fundraiser is hoping to raise $30,000 for the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in support of radiation therapy research.
MADISON, Wis. - UW researchers are working with mice to find a new potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Officials said a study, published Monday, showed that high activity of the gene Nrf2 slowed cognitive and physical decline in mice. The…
MADISON, Wis. -- Spotting "fake news" is often easier said than done, even when you work in the journalism industry. Researchers from UW-Madison want to help, and they're…
MADISON, Wis.-- One in nine Americans over the age of 65 is currently living with Alzheimer's. But…
Year after year, Rhonda Hilmershausen tops the list as Susan G. Komen's biggest fundraiser, routinely raising tens of thousands of dollars for breast cancer research. But even she didn't feel comfortable asking for money during a pandemic.
MADISON, Wis.-- Every 65 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer's disease. This weekend, you can help make that fight a…
By the time many people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, it's 'too late.' The disease is not curable, only manageable.
Complex societies were thought to only exist among mammals, including humans, other primates, elephants, giraffes and dolphins.
Once you land a job interview, you know you're qualified for the position.
Oh, this guy? Don't mind him, he's just a normal fish, blending in with his normal fish friends. He's definitely not a robotic yellowfin tuna designed to mimic unique swimming movements.
China is building a laboratory up to 560 meters (1,837 feet) underground in the middle of the Gobi desert to carry out tests on nuclear waste, officials have confirmed.
Squirrels are capricious little creatures. And aside from taunting the neighborhood dogs and using your gutters as water slides, it appears they also eavesdrop on bird chatter to gauge their safety.
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a new blood test that can detect most major cancers and have launched a startup company to bring the technology to doctors and patients.
For as long as it's been diagnosed, rare pediatric brain cancer Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG, has been a death sentence.
Climate change is having a serious impact on economic growth across the world — and it's worse for poor countries that already had a lot of catching up to do, according to a new study.
After examining the brains of former professional football players, researchers might be a step closer to diagnosing the devastating brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the living, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Duke University will pay the US government $112.5 million to settle allegations of falsifying research in order to obtain millions of dollars in federal grants, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
UK researchers have developed a test they say might quickly identify sepsis, a potentially fatal complication from an infection.
A USB thumb drive has been found inside frozen leopard seal feces by marine researchers in New Zealand -- and it still works.
If you're the kind of person who'll willingly pay extra for guac and thinks avocado toast is life, four universities are looking for you.
If you think burning calories is the best strategy to preserve you from extinction, well, we may have bad news.
Delta Faucet and Goodyear Tire want to give you a better shower and a smoother car ride here on Earth by experimenting with their products in space.
Hurricanes took a big toll on people last year, but what about the effect on wildlife?
