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  • Chemistry researcher beats stop-and-go traffic

    William Beaty, a research scientist in the chemistry department discovered what he calls "traffic fluid dynamics," while watching drivers interact on the 520 bridge.
    08/11/2013 | NPR
  • Regulating electron 'spin' may be key to making organic solar cells competitive

    According to UW Research, a polymer discovery could make organic solar cells more competitive.
    08/07/2013 | UW Today
  • Fifty years of ecological insights earn UW biologist international award

    The notion of keystone species, the loss of which can reverberate throughout the food web, is a concept taken for granted today but was unheard of when University of Washington biologist Robert Paine pioneered it in the 1960s.
    07/30/2013 | UW Today
  • How Univision became numero uno

    Ratings show that the television network Univision was the most watched network in the coveted 18-45 demographic for July. What does this news say about the growing Latino population in the U.S.? Associate vice provost and political science professor Luis Fraga weighs in.
    07/30/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • Planetary 'runaway greenhouse' more easily triggered

    It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable "runaway greenhouse" stage, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington.
    07/29/2013 | UW Today
  • Natural affinities may have set stage for life to ignite

    The chemical components crucial to the start of life on Earth may have primed and protected each other in never-before-realized ways, according to new research led by University of Washington scientists.
    07/29/2013 | UW Today
  • The big roadblock to China's 'reset'

    Geography professor Kam Wing Chan discusses the little known "hukou," a small document that could have a big impact on keeping China's poor from joining the middle class.
    07/29/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • How to restore the heart of democracy

    Wenatchee World publisher Rufus Woods writes about "a provocative public forum" sponsored by the Seattle City Club and featuring communications chair, David Domke.
    07/25/2013 | The Wenatchee World
  • Why does Huma Abedin put up with Anthony Weiner?

    Former U.S. representative and current New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is embroiled in another sex scandal. UW sociology professor Pepper Schwartz talks about what might motivate his wife to once again support him.
    07/24/2013 | CNN
  • UW among small group of public schools to make Forbes' top 100 list

    Out of the first 100 schools in Forbes' Top Colleges 2013 ranking, only 23 were public institutions. UW's combination of affordable tuition and graduate job prospects secured its spot.
    07/24/2013 | Forbes