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Adrian Raftery receives Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Medal for contributions...
UW professor Adrian Raftery (left) with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.Nick Crettier On March 15 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland honored Adrian Raftery, a...
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Hans Dehmelt — Nobel laureate and UW professor emeritus — has died at age 94
Hans Dehmelt with one of his early traps.Davis Freeman/University of Washington Hans Georg Dehmelt, Nobel physics laureate and professor emeritus at the University of Washington, died in Seattle on...
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15 years of success for UW center in recruiting, supporting female STEM faculty
Late last year, the University of Washington’s ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change quietly marked its 15th birthday. But now, with thriving programs for early-career faculty and record numbers of...
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UW, Tohoku University establish Academic Open Space partnership for...
The University of Washington and Japan’s Tohoku University have agreed to create an Academic Open Space to foster collaborations and academic exchanges between these two leading research institutions...
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Remembering Ernest Henley, physicist and UW College of Arts & Sciences dean...
Katherine B. Turner/University of Washington Ernest Mark Henley, a celebrated nuclear physicist and University of Washington administrator, died on March 27, 2017, at age 92. Henley’s research career...
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Research team tracks complex web of monetary sanctions in 9 states
The phrase “criminal justice system” may conjure images of courtrooms, juries and prison. But “when justice is doled out, it increasingly impacts the pocketbook,” according to Alexes Harris, a...
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Scientists discover a 2-D magnet
Side view of the latest 2-D material.Efren Navarro-Moratalla Magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today, including sensing and hard-disk...
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To connect biology with electronics, be rigid, yet flexible
The problem is a fundamental incompatibility in communication styles. That conclusion might crop up during divorce proceedings, or describe a diplomatic row. But scientists designing polymers that can...
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UW-led scientists ‘closing the gap’ on malaria in India
Pradipsinh Rathod, left, and Laura Chery, right.Dennis Wise/University of Washington The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research...
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Study shows high pregnancy failure in southern resident killer whales; links...
A multi-year survey of the nutritional, physiological and reproductive health of endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from...
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UW team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes for...
Supercapacitors are an aptly named type of device that can store and deliver energy faster than conventional batteries. They are in high demand for applications including electric cars, wireless...
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Material from shellfish delivers a boost to bioassays and medical tests
Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered a simple way to raise the accuracy of diagnostic tests for medicine and common assays for laboratory research. By adding polydopamine — a...
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Dark matter is likely ‘cold,’ not ‘fuzzy,’ scientists report after new...
Dark matter is the aptly named unseen material that makes up the bulk of matter in our universe. But what dark matter is made of is a matter of debate. Scientists have never directly detected dark...
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UW professor Franziska Roesner named one of world’s top innovators under 35
MIT Technology Review has named University of Washington professor Franziska Roesner one of 35 “Innovators Under 35” for 2017. Roesner is a faculty member in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer...
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Computer scientists use music to covertly track body movements, activity
As smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart devices become more prevalent in our lives, computer scientists have raised concerns that these network-enabled devices, if not properly secured,...
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Catching a diversity of fish species — instead of specializing — means more...
For people who make a living by harvesting natural resources, income volatility is a persistent threat. Crops could fail. Fisheries could collapse. Forests could burn. These and other factors —...
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UW to host $15.6M NSF-funded center for innovation, education in materials...
The University of Washington is home to a new national center of excellence for research, education and training in materials science. The Molecular Engineering Materials Center is funded by a $15.6...
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UW alumnus Jeffrey C. Hall awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute has awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall — an alumnus of the University of Washington — along with Michael...
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UW researchers mark first detection of gravitational waves from collision of...
About 130 million years ago in the distant galaxy, two neutron stars spiraled toward each other and merged. This violent event initiated ripples in the fabric of spacetime — gravitational waves — which...
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With climate change, Mount Rainier floral communities could ‘reassemble’ with...
Central to the field of ecology is the mantra that species do not exist in isolation: They assemble in communities — and within these communities, species interact. Predators hunt prey. Parasites...
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