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UW biology professor is a finalist for top conservation prize
P. Dee Boersma, University of Washington professor of biology and Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science, at Punta Tombo in Argentina.Dee Boersma P. Dee Boersma, a University of Washington...
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UW scientists create ultrathin semiconductor heterostructures for new...
An illustration of the strong valley exciton interactions and transport in a 2-D semiconductor heterostructure.Pasqual Rivera, Kyle Seyler Heterostructures formed by different three-dimensional...
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Caught in the act: UW astronomers find a rare supernova ‘impostor’ in a...
The galaxy NGC 300, home to the unusual system Binder and her colleagues studied. The spiral galaxy is over 6 million light years away.NASA/JPL-Caltech/OCIW Breanna Binder, a University of Washington...
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Four UW scientists awarded Sloan Fellowships for early-career research
Four faculty members at the University of Washington have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 23, include Bingni Brunton,...
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UW joins public-private partnership for flexible electronics
The University of Washington has joined NextFlex, a consortium of 30 academic institutions and industrial partners to develop the next generation of flexible electronic devices. As a founding member of...
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Marine preserve to help penguins in a ‘predictably unpredictable’ place
A Galapagos penguin.Dee Boersma Since the Galapagos penguins can’t clap, P. Dee Boersma will do it for them. Boersma, a conservationist and professor of biology at the University of Washington, is...
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Scientists crack secrets of the monarch butterfly’s internal compass
“Now where was I going?”Flickr/Wikimedia Commons Each fall, monarch butterflies across Canada and the United States turn their orange, black and white-mottled wings toward the Rio Grande and migrate...
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UW researchers secure prestigious MURI grants for self-cooling lasers and...
In April the U.S. Department of Defense announced awards to 23 research teams across the country to support groundbreaking projects at the intersection of engineering and scientific disciplines....
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Skull specializations allow bats to feast on their fellow vertebrates
Vampire mania aside, bats don’t go for a diet that would make for an exciting Hollywood blockbuster. Most are insectivores, chomping on insects. Some large species prefer fruit. And yes, a few like...
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UW researchers unleash graphene ‘tiger’ for more efficient optoelectronics
In the quest to harvest light for electronics, the focal point is the moment when photons — light particles — encounter electrons, those negatively-charged subatomic particles that form the basis of...
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Appeal of ‘genetic puzzles’ leads to National Medal of Science for UW’s...
President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Science to Mary-Claire King.National Science and Technology Medals Foundation In a White House ceremony May 19, President Barack Obama presented the...
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UW researchers illuminate ways to heal defects in solar cells
Katherine B. Turner/UW Electrical energy fuels our modern lives, from the computer screen that keeps us up after sunset to the coffee maker that greets us at sunrise. But the electricity underlying...
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An engineered protein can disrupt tumor-promoting ‘messages’ in human cells
Over a century of research has shined light on the once-murky innards of our cells, from the genes that serve as our “blueprints” to the proteins and other molecules that are our cellular taskmasters....
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Unearthing trackers of the past: UW computer scientists reveal the history of...
Flickr/Creative Commons For over two decades, consumers have used the internet to research, shop, make friends, find dates and learn about the world with the click of a mouse or a few keystrokes. But...
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UW research backs up ongoing efforts to protect the enigmatic Nautilus
Nautilus pompilius in Vanuatu.Peter Ward Biologists at the University of Washington hope September will bring welcome news for a dazzling array of sea creatures that have long been victims of human...
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Follow your nose: UW’s young corpse flower relocates to Volunteer Park...
UW’s Dougsley poses with friends before settling in at the Volunteer Park Conservatory.UW Biology Visitors to Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory are in for a stinking treat, courtesy of the...
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Graduate education in clean energy due for ‘big data’ overhaul
A sunny day at the University of Washington Seattle campus, silhouette of George Washington statue.Katherine B. Turner Automation, advanced instrumentation and high-performance computing have...
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Award for genetic tracking to rein in pangolin poaching
A Sunda pangolin in Indonesia.Yayasan IAR Indonesia A team of conservationists at the University of Washington is among the Grand Prize Winners of the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge, an initiative from...
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UW wins national nanotechnology startup challenge for breast cancer treatment
A sunny day at the University of Washington Seattle campus, silhouette of George Washington statue.Katherine B. Turner Most medical advancements of modern life started in the laboratory. Some, like...
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How natural selection acted on one penguin species over the past quarter century
Biologists of all stripes attest to evolution, but have debated its details since Darwin’s day. Since changes arise and take hold slowly over many generations, it is daunting to track this process in...
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