Natural Sciences Division

Jason Hodin, a research scientist at UW's Friday Harbor Laboratories, discusses whether sea stars bred in captivity can survive in the wild.

Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, and Ryan McGee, a doctoral student in biology, are collaborating with Alicia Zhou to develop an interactive model that simulates COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace or in schools.

John Gottman, professor emeritus of psychology, discusses how healthy arguing can actually improve relationships.

Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, discusses the University of Illinois's COVID-19 plan.

A video taken by Caitie Moore, a UW marine biology student, shows a baby orca jumping out of the water.

There are structural reasons people are swayed by anti-vaccine propaganda. Sneering at the unvaccinated won't solve them. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

The authors of a new study on youth mental health during COVID-19 explain their research and results.

"In an effort to ‘recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity,’ The American Medical Association now recommends removing sex labels entirely from birth certificates. As an associate teaching professor at the UW, who teaches human sexuality to about 4,000 undergraduate students every year, I strongly believe that Washington state should follow this recommendation," writes Nicole McNichols, associate teaching professor of psychology at the UW.

Former SARS patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 appear able to fend off all variants of SARS-CoV-2 in circulation, as well as ones that may soon emerge, a new study suggests. Neil King, assistant professor of biochemistry at the UW, is quoted.

Jeff Riffell, a UW biologist, and Claire Rusch, a graduate student in biology, are mentioned in this article about recent mosquito experiments.

What if math could detect, treat, and ultimately prevent cancer? Ivana Bozic, assistant professor of applied mathematics, wants to find out. 

Sharlene Santana, a UW professor of biology and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Jeffrey Riffell, a UW professor of biology, former UW postdoctoral researcher Zofia Kaliszewska, and UW doctoral alum Leith Leiser-Miller have authored a new study on the scent compounds of pepper.

"When Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, she set a record for oldest human. That record still stands. As statisticians who study demography, we expect that record will be broken by 2100," write the UW's Michael Pearce, a doctoral student in statistics, and Adrian Raftery, professor of statistics and of sociology.

Physics professor Gerald Seidler has been awarded an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to create waste disposal caskets for nuclear fuel byproducts.

The next six months of the coronavirus pandemic may look dispiriting. But that doesn’t mean we’re doomed. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.