Natural Sciences Division

The astronomers have fully ruled out that an alien megastructure might be responsible for the weirdly fluctuating light from a distant star. 

This week’s cold snap revealed the sorry state of infrastructure in many urban schools. Sapna Cheryan, associate professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.

KIC 8462852 is nicknamed “Tabby’s Star” after LSU astronomer Boyajian, who discovered it with the help of citizen scientists. UW astronomers co-authored. 

An I-LABS study is referenced in a personal essay on girls and technology.

A study suggests that 25% of California adolescents are gender nonconforming. Professor Kristina Olson of the UW's TransYouth Project is mentioned.

Explore the origins of cosmic gold, written by Jérôme Margueron, a visiting scientist at the UW's Institute for Nuclear Theory.

An annual competition puts undergraduate mathematicians to the ultimate test.

Recent surveys have shown that large percentages of people working in academic fields, especially women and graduate students, have been victims of some form of sexual misconduct.

Recognized as the world's foremost expert on penguins, UW Biology's Dee Boersma has dedicated her career to ensuring these charismatic seabirds thrive! 

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, three UW astrobiologists, including astronomy doctoral students, Brett Morris and Marshall Styczinski, will discuss their research at the Pacific Science Center.

It seems like even black holes can’t resist the temptation to insert themselves unannounced into photographs.

Sommeliers sneer and say, “Flutes? We’re adults. We use real wine glasses.” David Gire, assistant professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.

A complex interaction between the chemicals in the water and the animals' bodies creates the bubble suits, said Floris van Breugel.

In water, flies inevitably become fish bait, can’t escape or emerge too wet to function. But in Mono Lake’s salty waters, the fly species Ephydra hians is an exception.

The alkali fly can dive underwater and can reemerge to the surface without ever getting wet. Research by Floris van Breugel, a biology research associate at the UW, is referenced.