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Researchers modify yeast to show how plants respond to a key hormone
This image shows two thale cress plants (Arabidopsis thaliana), common weeds that are distant cousins of mustard and other cruciferous vegetables. The one on the left is wild-type, capable of...
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New protein bridges chemical divide for ‘seamless’ bioelectronics devices
Life has always played by its own set of molecular rules. From the biochemistry behind the first cells, evolution has constructed wonders like hard bone, rough bark and plant enzymes that harvest light...
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UW Professor Emeritus David J. Thouless wins Nobel Prize in physics for...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that David James Thouless, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, will share the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics with two of his...
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In new book, UW’s Estella Leopold revisits childhood at the family shack,...
Estella Leopold, a University of Washington professor emeritus of biology, spent her career immersed in field botany and fossilized pollen grains. But this professional legacy sprouted from a childhood...
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Research in complex computational problems snares Packard honors for UW’s...
A sunny day at the University of Washington Seattle campus, silhouette of George Washington statue.Katherine B. Turner The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a prestigious fellowship to...
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New NSF initiative to bring ‘real-world’ mathematics to elementary education
Julia Aguirre, associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Washington Tacoma.Eric Wilson-Edge The National Science Foundation will fund a three-year, $1.5 million research...
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Tricking moths into revealing the computational underpinnings of sensory...
The hawkmoth, Manduca sexta.Rob Felt/Georgia Institute of Technology Our nervous systems are remarkable translators, channeling information from many sources and initiating appropriate behavioral...
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In one-two punch, researchers load ‘nanocarriers’ to deliver cancer-fighting...
A conundrum of cancer is the tumor’s ability to use our bodies as human shields to deflect treatment. Tumors grow among normal tissues and organs, often giving doctors few options but to damage, poison...
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For the first time, scientists catch water molecules passing the proton baton
Water conducts electricity, but the process by which this familiar fluid passes along positive charges has puzzled scientists for decades. But in a paper published in the Dec. 2 issue of the journal...
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Fossilized evidence of a tumor in a 255-million-year-old mammal forerunner
Sketch of a gorgonopsian head, in side view.CCA 3.0/Dmitry Dogdanov When paleontologists at the University of Washington cut into the fossilized jaw of a distant mammal relative, they got more than...
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Studies of vulnerable populations get a ‘bootstrapped’ boost from statisticians
A hallmark of good government is policies which lift up vulnerable or neglected populations. But crafting effective policy requires sound knowledge of vulnerable groups. And that is a daunting task...
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In Stockholm ceremony, UW professor emeritus David Thouless receives Nobel...
Days of festivities for the 2016 Nobel Prizes culminated on Dec. 10 with an award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm hosted by the Nobel Foundation and the Swedish Royal Family. On stage at Stockholm...
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UW researcher pursues synthetic ‘scaffolds’ for muscle regeneration
The word “engineering” can bring to mind images of bridges, spacecraft and even particle colliders. But the human body could use assistance from engineers as well, especially when the natural processes...
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Researchers model how ‘publication bias’ does — and doesn’t — affect the...
Arguing in a Boston courtroom in 1770, John Adams famously pronounced, “Facts are stubborn things,” which cannot be altered by “our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion.” But facts,...
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When it comes to mating, fruit flies can make rational choices
NASA/Dominic Hart Humans make rational choices — though perhaps not all the time. But does the ability for rational decision-making extend to other members of the animal kingdom? If so, how far are...
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Prized fossil find — the oldest, most complete iguanian in the Americas —...
An illustrated life reconstruction of Magnuviator ovimonsensis at the Egg Mountain site as it may have appeared in the Cretaceous Period 75 million years ago. One Magnuviator eats a wasp, and on the...
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‘Protective’ DNA strands are shorter in adults who had more infections as...
New research indicates that people who had more infections as babies harbor a key marker of cellular aging as young adults: the protective stretches of DNA which “cap” the ends of their chromosomes are...
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Artists in the lab: Talk will highlight a creative partnership between art...
Jennifer Nemhauser leads a research laboratory of scientists, all immersed in the complex world of plant hormones. But last year, the University of Washington professor of biology boosted her lab’s...
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Immune cell serves as an essential communications link for migrating cells
An adult zebrafishDae Seok Eom/David Parichy/University of Washington Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered that a common type of cell in the vertebrate immune system plays a...
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In times of plenty, penguin parents keep feeding their grown offspring
Humans are not alone in continuing to support offspring who have “left the nest.” It happens in Galapagos penguins, too. In a paper published online March 13 in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, a...
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