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Wisconsin National Primate Research Center shares DEI efforts

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC: https://primate.wisc.edu) is one of seven federally supported National Primate Research Centers and the only one in the Midwest. Thousands of scientists – not only on the UW–Madison campus, but also throughout the nation and the world – have conducted research in primate…

Ice Cube Project

IceCube helps demystify strange radio bursts from deep space

For a decade, astronomers have puzzled over ephemeral but incredibly powerful radio bursts from space. The phenomena, known as fast radio bursts or FRBs, were first detected in 2007 by astronomers scouring archival data from Australia’s Parkes Telescope, a 64-meter diameter dish best known for its role receiving live televison…