Natural Sciences Division

Department of Psychology researchers discover toddlers conduct a form of cost-benefit analysis in deciding whether to help someone.

Physics Graduate Student Rachel Osofsky is quoted about her work adjusting the magnetic field of a new electromagnetic ring.

Assistant Research Professor Rory Barnes' published paper is cited in a recent article about fictional Star Trek Planet Vulcan.

A team of researchers led by Sam Wasser (Director of UW Center for Conservation Biology) is examining the genetic data in seized elephant ivory to trace it back to the animals’ homelands and connect it to global trafficking crimes.

Jodi Green and Mike Halperin discuss their personal inspiration for creating an endowed professorship in biology.

Biology faculty and students will soon fill the UW's new Life Sciences Building along Stevens Way. 

The University of Washington opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations.

John Gottman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington, weighs in.

At the University of Washington, biology is the most popular STEM major at the Seattle campus, with more than 600 bachelors’ degrees awarded annually.

Expected to open in early September, the 207,000-square-foot building will be ready to host students in the fall. 

For a team led by scientists at the UW, the 2-D form of one metallic compound — tungsten ditelluride, or WTe2 — is a bevy of quantum revelations. 

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an expected $10.75 million, four-year grant for a new interdisciplinary research center.

Listen to Dennis Donovan, adjunct professor of Psychology at the University of Washington talk about driving in Seattle and Seattle drivers.

UW Biology professor Dee Boersma weighs in on the alarming and overwhelming evidence of the penguin population shrinkage.

Researchers from the UW Clean Energy Institute and Molecular Engineering & Sciences show that perovskite is amongst one of the best materials for thin-film solar cells.