Natural Sciences Division

Nathan P. Myhrvold, a former chief technologist at Microsoft and compiler of a six-volume compendium of cooking knowledge, has questioned NASA’s analysis of asteroids using heat emissions.

Many readers of The New York Times article about rapamycin claimed they would just say no to such a drug. Rapamycin was tested during a study of dogs at the UW to see if it could slow aging.

54 percent of humanity now lives in cities, and two-thirds will by 2050—we may grow increasingly disconnected from the natural world around us.

An ongoing study out of the University of Washington hopes to yield new understanding of how and why the signs of aging happen, and potentially help to extend the lives of dogs.

More than 500 people gathered May 18 on the UW Seattle campus to celebrate the start of construction on the New Burke Museum.

New research suggests that more planets in the Milky Way galaxy may harbor advanced civilizations than we previously imagined.

The big news this week is that dogs are being used to test a drug that might help humans live longer.

A drug that slows aging might instead serve to delay the onset of several major diseases at once. Research by the UW's Matt Kaeberlein and Daniel Promislow is featured.

A team of scientists from UC Santa Cruz, the University of Washington, and the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason looked into the properties of the jelly.

New work from UW researchers, including Pradipsinh Rathod from Chemistry, can help predict severe malaria disease in adults.

A new paper from UW researchers describes one promising approach to coax photons into stimulating multiple electrons.

A new video shows how we are giving the next generation of scientists a head start by empowering them to do original research as undergraduates.

Biologists at the University of Washington and the Burke Museum of History and Culture are shedding light on so-called “carnivorous bats.”

New findings by scientists at the University of Washington demonstrate that a five-minute measurement of resting-state brain activity predicted how quickly adults learned a second language.

UW psychology professor John Gottman and and his team study couples’ interactions to determine the key predictors of divorce.