Unmanned Seagliders give researchers a long look under the sea
Seagliders, under development since 1995 at the UW’s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory, have repeatedly set world endurance and range records for autonomous underwater vehicles.
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UW researchers tap into tree power
Trees have energy—it sounds like woo-woo mysticism, but it’s now scientific fact. Researchers at MIT discovered electrical currents in trees last year, and now a UW team has built an electronic circuit...
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Record grant connects oceans to internet
Professor John Delaney. The University of Washington is slated to receive its largest-ever federal award—$126 million over 5+ years—to connect the ocean to the Internet, an endeavor that will open a...
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When lightning strikes, UW professor knows about it
Call him the lightning listener. Robert Holzworth, UW professor of earth and space sciences, directs the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN), a series of stations around the globe that...
View ArticleA cure for color-blindness could be just a gene away
Jay and Maureen Neitz, who joined the UW School of Medicine faculty in 2008, reported in the journal Nature that they had cured color-blindness in two squirrel monkeys using gene therapy.
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Fossil find adds 10 million years to dinosaurs’ age
A new fossil find suggests that the roots of the dinosaurs’ family tree are deeper than previously thought. Asilisaurus kongwe, or “ancient ancestor lizard,” belongs to a group of reptiles called...
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UW team creates way to certify sustainable road projects
A UW team has helped develop the world’s first system to rate the sustainability of road construction and maintenance projects. “Roads are a big chunk of the construction industry that has an...
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What are you thinking? It might not be what you think
You might not think what you think you think. That’s the conclusion arising from the Implicit Association Test (IAT), a tool developed by UW Psychology Professor Anthony Greenwald to measure people’s...
View ArticleTwo difficult pregnancies inspired pharmacology researcher’s work
Mary Hebert is head of the UW Obstetric-Fetal Pharmacology Research Unit, which recently received a $5 million grant to continue its work on the clinical pharmacology of medications during pregnancy.
View ArticleBirds vanishing, and UW researchers say elephants are a big factor
Elephants may be the biggest factor in the impending disappearance of a tiny bird.
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Blast waves might injure soldiers’ brains, research shows
Recently, doctors have debated the cause of neurological problems affecting many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Some say symptoms such as memory loss, mood swings and insomnia are due to...
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UW scientists help gauge spread of Deepwater Horizon oil spill
In the past, James Riley and Alberto Aliseda investigated questions including how blood moves through the body’s arteries and veins, and how seawater flows across tidal energy turbines. But blood and...
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Research finds life could be more challenging in other solar systems
Weird neighbors make life more challenging. That’s a well-established principle here on Earth, but it turns out to apply in deep space as well, according to new research by a team including Rory...
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UW research fuels the war on junk food
If ever there was a year the nation’s battle of the bulge reached critical mass, 2010 was it. The country’s new health care law requires chain restaurants to post the calorie counts of menu items....
View ArticleBiology professor works to keep Willapa Bay healthy and productive
Half of the West Coast’s oyster supply and roughly one in 10 oysters harvested in the U.S. comes from Willapa Bay. Ensuring the bay will remain productive, without compromising its overall health, has...
View ArticleFor educators, Elwha Dam removal is a teaching moment
Two UW instructors are using a $200,000 grant to study teaching methods regarding the Elwha River and the upcoming removal of its two dams.
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Researcher seeks to reduce stigma of mental illness in news coverage
To Jennifer Stuber, the stigma associated with mental illness is black and white: that is, it’s right there in the newspaper. Recently, the assistant professor in the UW School of Social Work led a...
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UW biologist went to Galapagos Islands to build a penguin pad
Professor Dee Boersma is behind the effort to build nests with the lava of the Galápagos Islands in order to increase the population of the endangered Galápagos penguin species. Photo courtesy Dee...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial researchers find a market eager for their ideas
Ideas generated in the academy are creating real-world revenue.
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Shattering iceberg plays its notes in undersea symphony
We love the enchanting songs of whales, the clicks and squeals from porpoises. And now, a University of Washington oceanographer has brought us more melodies from the deep. Only this time, the sound...
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