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Study: Orcas’ failed pregnancies linked to scarce food
Improving salmon runs could help the endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state.
07/06/2017 | The Washington Post -
A better way to make drinks and drugs
Alshakim Nelson, a chemist at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and his team, have developed a new type of bioreactor.
07/06/2017 | The Economist -
Art & Science of Performing Voice
A recent voice conference at the UW brings together doctors, therapists, voice coaches and performers.
07/06/2017 | UW 360 -
Q & A: Janelle Taylor on 'exemplary friends' of people with dementia
Anthropology professor, Janelle Taylor, started researching dementia about 10 years ago, after her own mother's diagnosis of dementia.
07/03/2017 | UW Today -
How Yellow affects your state of mind
Ever heard that if you looked at the color yellow for too long, you might begin to feel anxious or irritated?
07/03/2017 | CNN -
Japan is building out its own satellite network that could replace GPS
International Studies Professor, Saadia Pekkanen, on how Japan is targeting independence in space-based information.
06/30/2017 | Forbes -
By teaching computers to track asteroids, UW scientists may save the Earth
In five years, a sky-scanning telescope in Chile will begin hunting the heavens for asteroids on a collision course with Earth, scientists at the UW work to spot them.
06/29/2017 | The Seattle Times -
As metro areas grow, whites move farther from the city center
In an era when the growth in the population of blacks, Latinos and Asians outpaces that of whites nationwide, a new study of who lives where provides insight into the geography of race.
06/29/2017 | UW Today -
Study shows high pregnancy failure in southern resident killer whales; links to nutritional stress and low salmon abundance
A multi-year survey of the endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014.
06/29/2017 | UW Today -
Orca researchers need all the poop they can get. These dogs help them find it
A research dog smells the sea air for orca excrement as its handler directs the boat. The researchers are from the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington.
06/28/2017 | The News Tribune