Research

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation earned $57.7 million from licensing of research innovations in fiscal year 2011, according to a survey by the Association of University Technology Managers.

No formal investigation is warranted regarding allegations of scientific misconduct against a faculty member’s study that raised doubts about gay parenting, the University of Texas announced today.

Texas State University will expand its research and teaching related to drought, rivers, springs and other water matters under a $10 million plan to be announced today.

Fund will drive inventions into the marketplace.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville has named Dean Smith, who holds degrees from Harvard and Stanford, as interim vice president for research.

Using data from every mouse click a student makes doing online course work, researchers from three University of Wisconsin institutions hope to identify students at risk of doing poorly and potentially dropping out of school.

Patent » School wants scientist Brenda Bass listed as an inventor in “gene silencing” process.

MTSU expects 20 percent less milk production

Benson says free online lectures might not be a good fit

University of Texas Energy Institute Director Ray Orbach has gone on the record to say a controversial study on fracking would have noted that lead author Charles “Chip” Groat is member of an oil and gas company’s board of directors, had he known about it.