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Bryce Richter/University of Wisconsin-MadisonNo risk, no reward. And the reward for UW-Madison physicist and professor Francis Halzen, after almost 40 years of studying the "ghost particle," is the Nobel Prize. -
Jimmy Gutierrez/WUWMOver the past five years, at least nine full-service grocery stores have closed in Milwaukee. The majority of those are on the city's north side. Community members came together to talk about what can be done
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A UW-Madison entomologist answers your wasp-related questions. -
Hunger is rising in Wisconsin and there’s not enough emergency food to meet the need. -
New research shows that a commonly used measles antibody test may incorrectly suggest that previously vaccinated adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not protected against the disease. Dr. Freddy Caldera, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to reassure patients that they most likely are protected. -
As of Sept. 2, there were 110 confirmed cases in Wisconsin. All but one of those sickened are unvaccinated. -
A program in Milwaukee gathers excess produce from local farmers' markets, enlists volunteers to chop it up, cooks it into vegetarian meals and delivers them to places like homeless shelters. -
UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium Director Jean Creighton presented at this year's International Planetarium Society conference in Fukuoka, Japan. -
Dr. Ashley Lemke helped discover an ancient caribou hunting site beneath Lake Huron. Now, she's looking for similar sites beneath Lake Michigan. -
Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski speaks with Scott Marshall — the CEO of Community Smiles Dental, a local nonprofit that provides dental care for underserved children, pregnant women and individuals with special needs in the community who are on Medicaid. -
More than 5,000 athletes are descending on Milwaukee for the 2026 USA Triathlon. They’ll be jumping into Lake Michigan for the swimming portion of the race. -
Canadian wildfire smoke led to days of terrible air quality in Milwaukee in July. A local man created an app that helps folks understand wildfire smoke where they live.
