Natural Sciences Division

NASA may be closing down its grand plan to study a piece of an asteroid up close, but the researchers who focus on near-Earth objects aren’t turning their backs on asteroids.

The scientific debate over whether vaccines can cause autism spectrum disorder is over. Vaccines save lives, and there is no evidence they cause autism.

Since its infancy in 1990, three themes have emerged as driving forces for Randy’s global programs: Science, Collaboration and Community.

Couples who follow two basic rules when they argue tend to stay together longer than couples who do not, according to research from UW psychology professor John Gottman.

“We now understand the design principles to make polymers that can transport both ions and electrons more effectively.” - Professor David Ginger, UW Dept. of Chemistry.

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India.

David Ginger is lead author of a paper published in Nature Materials.

The University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences announced that Dan Fu, Assistant Professor in Chemistry received a 2017 Beckman Young Investigator award.

If exoplanets around M dwarfs host life, it’s probably very different from that on Earth

According to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist at the University of Washington, axions could theoretically condense into something like a Bose-Einstein condensate.

Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washington discovered four clear indicators of relationship failure.

A team led by researchers from the University of Washington and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published their results this week in the journal Nature.

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Four exceptional graduating seniors have been selected as Dean's Medalists by the College of Arts & Sciences.