Year: 2022

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – December 19, 2022

UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 19 December 2022 UW Science meetings are on holiday hiatus.  We next meet on Monday January 9 at 10 am in hybrid mode, both in Room 1120 Wisconsin Energy Institute and by zoom. Coming Up This Week and This Coming Month 1.  The UW–Madison …

“What the Heck is X-Ray Astronomy, and Why Do We Bother?” And then we go dark til the New Year.

“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 14 December 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, The road to this last presentation of the year started back on April 9 when my son Will and I stopped …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – December 12, 2022

UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 12 December 2022 Hi Everyone, I think of the winter solstice as the shortest day of the year, a day to celebrate our sinusoidal bottoming out, the date to mark when the sun starts to linger longer in the late afternoon. …

Pulling Viruses Out of Thin Air; What the Heck is X-Ray Astronomy, and Why Do We Bother?

“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 7 December 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, I was astonished when I first learned that a potato slice bent the arc of microbiology.  I could see how a …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – December 5, 2022

UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 5 December 2022 Hi Everyone, December brings the start of winter, the bottoming-out of our six-month stretch of shortening daylength, and the end of the academic semester. On Sunday University Bay hosted migrating arctic swans and coots and, most surprising to me, laggard robins.  Some …

Sun Power for Making Electricity Greener & Cheaper; Pulling Viruses Out of Thin Air; What the Heck is X-Ray Astronomy, and Why Do We Bother?

“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 30 November 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, Not everything in US science traces back to Benjamin Franklin, but much does, especially science done with a sparkle.  Franklin is …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – November 28, 2022

UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 28 November 2022 Hi Everyone, I hope your Thanksgiving holiday was splendid, with good food, even better wine, and the bestest conversations. I returned yesterday from my Thanksgiving week road-trip to New England with my daughter to visit family and to …

 UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – November 21, 2022

 UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 21 November 2022 No meeting today for Science Alliance. We meet next on November 28 at 10am. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! === Coming Up This Week and This Coming Month 1.  The UW–Madison Science Alliance meets on most Mondays at 10:00 am by Zoom. …

Inflation, the Global Economy, & the MidTerms; WN@TL Goes Dark for Thanksgiving; The Sun for Making Electricity in Wisconsin; Pulling Viruses Out of Thin Air

“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 16 November 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, Few events drive home the pivotal roles of social sciences in public policy quite like a pandemic, as we recently have …

Can X-Rays Trace the Origins of Printing?; Inflation, the Global Economy, & the Midterm Elections; WN@TL Goes Dark for Thanksgiving; Photovoltaics

“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 9 November 2022     Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s a good thing to make a good impression the first time, but to make a good impression over and …