Natural Sciences Division

Scientists have thought the nightshade family came into existence about 40 million years ago, but the discovery of two new fossils pushes the age of the family back considerably further.

The UW’s Hyperloop team is getting ready to compete in a set of pod races aimed at blazing a trail for a new means of near-supersonic travel – but they need a little help to get to the starting line.

A new study shows that the increasingly large minority populations in the United States may have contributed to Donald Trump's victory.

Allison Skinner, a postdoctoral researcher at the UW is quoted.

Giles Eperon, research fellow in chemistry at the UW is featured in Forbes' "30 under 30" list.

It can be unsettling to realize that only 5 percent of the universe is made of the kind of matter we know and understand. Leslie Rosenberg, professor of physics at the UW, is quoted.

Fossils from a dinosaur-era mammal unearthed in Montana and North Dakota have helped UW scientists establish that the animal had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.

Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.

Vera Rubin, the famous U.S. astronomer, died on Dec. 25. She was 88. Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, is quoted. 

Vera Rubin, an astronomer who proved the existence of dark matter, one of the fundamental principles in the study of the universe, died Dec. 25. She was 88. 

Ten blind people in the UK are set to be given "bionic eyes" for free by the National Health Service. Geoffrey Boynton, professor of psychology at the UW, is mentioned.

Children in the Grand Canyon State will soon be writing A-r-i-z-o-n-a as one linked series of letters. Is a conjoined W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n far behind?

 

Social bias can be expressed in variety of ways. A UW research reveals children not only notice non-verbal signals of social bias by adults, but also generalize the learned bias.

Doctors and parents of transgender children are embracing their identity as early as age 3. The UW's TransYouth Project, led by psychology professor Kristina Olson, is mentioned.

KOMO Radio's Herb Weisbaum interviews Billie Swalla, professor of biology and director of UW's Friday Harbor Labs, about a new study exploring limb regeneration.