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UW prof nominated for top conservation prize
Prof. P. Dee Boersma is nominated for the 2016 Indianapolis Prize, the biggest award in the field. -
Nat Geo Explorers Nominated for Top Conservation Prize
UW Biology Professor Dee Boersma named a finalist in recognition of her work documenting the impacts of climate change on penguins. -
UW researchers model tsunami hazards on the Northwest coast
Recent press and social media coverage have reminded residents of the Pacific Northwest that they live in a seismically active region. -
Astronomers in Bremerton coming to film ‘greatest movie ever made'
UW astronomers and friends come together for one of the most ambitious research endeavors. -
‘Scarface,’ an ancient cousin to mammals, unearthed in Africa
A team of scientists has identified a new species of “pre-mammal” based on fossils unearthed in Zambia’s Luangwa Basin. -
UW has so many biology students it has to build a new $160M life sciences building
The commercial life sciences industry in the Seattle area isn't the only part of the sector that's booming. -
Annual Perseid Meteor Shower peaks Wednesday night!
The University of Washington Astronomy Department has compiled a list of their favorite places to watch meteors. -
Washington Joins the Dinosaur Club
Researchers have identified a fossil found in the San Juan Islands as a dinosaur bone dating back 80 million years.
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In Praise of Sabbaticals
Faculty have the rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in a scholarly or pedagogical project during sabbaticals. -
Using DNA to track elephant poachers
How elephant dung and ivory tusk samples can help save the African elephant -
What the world looks like with a bionic eye
A UW study offers new insight on restorative vision and the human experience. -
What the world looks like with a bionic eye
The University of Washington has shown for the first time what the world looks like for someone fitted with a bionic eye. -
See the world through bionic eyes with this incredible simulation
New visual simulations give us a glimpse of what it might look like to see the world through bionic eyes. -
Crystals form through a variety of paths, with implications for biological, materials and environmental research
Crystals play an important role in the formation of substances from skeletons and shells to soils and semiconductor materials. But many aspects of their formation are shrouded in mystery. -
Babies’ brains show that social skills linked to second language learning
New findings by researchers at the UW's Institute for Learning Brain & Sciences demonstrate an early social behavior "gaze shifting" that is linked to infants’ ability to learn new language sounds.