Natural Sciences Division

A group of scientists from CalTech and the UW has modified an old telescope to create a powerful tool capable of capturing high-definition images of the Northern sky.

Is your idea of nature different from your grandparents'? That's what UW psychology professor Peter Kahn calls "environmental generational amnesia."

Scientists with the UW and nine additional partner institutions, announced that the Zwicky Transient Facility has seen “first light."

Climate change will mean big changes for wildflowers on Mount Rainier by the end of the century. Elli Theobald, a biologist at the UW, is quoted.

Dr. Marsha Linehan is quoted in this article.

Researchers at the University of Washington found that earlier blooms are just one of several ways climate change may affect the park's popular flowers.

Researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University are getting ready for an unprecedented months-long campaign to study Antarctica’s ice shelves from the ocean below.

Recent awards and honors for College of Arts & Sciences faculty and staff.

Professor Diane Kendall has helped stroke survivors regain communication skills through a Veterans Administration study.

Gerald A. Miller, UW professor of physics, is quoted.

Calling others–and myself–out on BS saved me time, money and made me feel more powerful." Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is featured.

Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.

Should America risk the last great salmon run on Earth to dig what could be the richest mine on the planet?

As many of us already knew, the painful effects of sexual harassment don’t just come during the harassing, but afterward. John Gottman, professor emeritus is quoted.

The future of pain relief may come from somewhere you least expect it – in the form of a virtual reality video game.