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Stomata — the plant pores that give us life — arise thanks to a gene called MUTE, scientists report
New research in plants shows that a gene called MUTE is required for the formation of stomata — the tiny pores that are critical for gas exchange, including releasing the oxygen gas.
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DBT: The Emotional Control Therapy You Need Now
University of Washington professor of psychology Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) referenced for treating ADHD.
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Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies
A University of Washington-led team is working on a magnetic breakthrough that may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics.
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How Neuroscience Can Help Us Treat Trafficked Youth
UW psychology associate professor Katie McLaughlin's youth trauma research is advancing understanding and treatment for immediate and long-term victims
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Crystal meth is a colonial crisis and its root causes must be addressed
UW psychology professor Jane Simoni and professor Karina Walter's Indigenous Stress-Coping Model is referenced.
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Which Animal Kills the Most Humans?
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington David Barash shares who tops his list.
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Breaking bottlenecks to the electronic-photonic information technology revolution
UW chemistry professor emeritus Larry Dalton is part of the research team that has achieved an optical communications breakthrough that could revolutionize information technology.
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Preparing Doctors for Challenging Conversations
Speech & Hearing students role-play as patients with communication disorders to help med students develop communication strategies.
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Muggle hacks: How to use tech to become an actual wizard like Harry Potter
Department of Mathematics professor, Gunther Uhlmann, proposed a series of equations which could be used to build an invisibility cloak.
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How to Build a Midlife Worth Living
UW department of psychology professor Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is being used to help women struggling in midlife.
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Stressed-out teens: Schools take new approaches to avert tragedy
UW department of psychology associate professor Kate McLaughlin weighs in on stress and children // Video
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Circumbinary castaways: Short-period binary systems can eject orbiting worlds
New research from the UW Department of Astronomy helps to explain why astronomers have detected few circumbinary planets.
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After 30 years of R&D, breakthrough announced in dark matter detection technology, definitive search to begin for axion particles
The Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) at the University of Washington is the world's first experiment to be sensitive enough to "hear" the signs of dark matter axions.
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If Tiny Dark Matter Particle Exists, This Experiment Is Now Ready to Find It
The research team at the UW have announced that the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) is officially sensitive enough to find the theoretically predicted axion.
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The free and easy way to help kids develop language skills, according to MIT research
Co-director of the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, Patricia Kuhl's set of now-famous experiments are referenced.