For more than a decade Brooke Slavens has led the Mobility Lab, a research hub integrating multiple disciplines with the goal of engineering a manual wheelchair that reduces stress on the body. Now, her focus is on children.

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Scientists at UW–Madison said they are struggling to advance study of a potential new epilepsy treatment after the Trump administration's pause on grant review meetings by the National Institutes of Health.

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Students enrolled in science Ph.D programs are typically paid and have their tuition covered. But with current federal funding uncertainties driven by the Trump administration, faculty scientists said they now have limited funds to offer students.

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A total lunar eclipse is set for Wisconsin skies overnight March 13-14. The "blood moon" returns for the first time since 2022.

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Organizers of the “Stand Up For Science” rally want to draw attention to the scientific work that is happening in Wisconsin, even as the Trump administration takes aggressive steps to halt federal dollars for research.

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