Natural Sciences Division

Simons Foundation awards provide mathematicians and theoretical physicists funding to extend academic leaves to focus on research to support significant advances in their disciplines.

The College of Arts and Sciences mourns the passing of Benjamin “Ben” Hall, emeritus professor of genome sciences and biology. Professor Hall served as a university faculty member since 1963, and continued his work with students and faculty and gave back to the UW community long after retirement.

"Says You" will feature Brian Reed, Divisional Dean of the Humanities and Chris Bretherton, professor in the departments of atmospheric science and applied mathematics.

Learn about how this exciting new coalition aimed at bringing about a revolution in quantum research and technology.

Flying insects navigate by collecting minimal data, but just the right data — a possible inspiration for new technologies.

 UW's I-LABS is launching a "reading camp" and research study this summer to teach early literacy skills and measure brain activity before and after instruction.

Shih-Chieh Hsu, associate professor of physics at UW, and the rest of the FASER team seek to answer one of the outstanding questions in particle physics: What is dark matter made of?

Whichfaceisreal.com is the new website from Jevin West of the University of Washington Information School and Carl Bergstrom of the biology department.

The newly opened Life Sciences Building encourages physical movement, embraces natural daylight in an innovative way, and reactivates visitors’ appreciation of the natural world.

UW's new Life Sciences Building took the top honor after public voting across the region.

University of Washington professors, Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, aim to help users try and spot these fake computer generated faces, which can often be littered with imperfections.

The LEED Gold building took the top honor after public voting from across the region.

A team of UW-led physicists reports that it has developed a new system to trap individual excitons — bound pairs of electrons and their associated positive charges

A collaborative effort between the UW’s Department of Biology and the Washington State Department of Ecology explored what makes ocean waters more acidic.

A University of Washington-led research team found that children with autism communicate with peers and participate in activities more often than people might presume.