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  • Playing Mind Games, for Science

    A question-and-answer game tests the potential for direct brain-to-brain connection.

    August 2016 Perspectives
  • Navigating the Ethics of Neuroscience

    Philosophers and scientists collaborate to explore ethical questions raised by neuroscience.

    August 2016 Perspectives
  • Decoding Dyslexia

    Jason Yeatman's research may eventually lead to personalized intervention programs for dyslexia.

    August 2016 Perspectives
  • The Brain, by the Numbers

    Bing Brunton searches for meaningful patterns in data from electrical signals in the brain.

    August 2016 Perspectives
  • Zombie Carbon Emissions Haunt the Planet

    Decomposing trees release a huge volume of lagging CO2, killing species and hobbling efforts to fight global warming.
    Bloomberg
  • Planet hunters seek new ways to detect alien life

    Astrobiologists debate which chemical signatures would hint at life on other worlds.
    Nature
  • Washington Scientist Launches Effort to Digitize All Fish

    UW biology professor Adam Summers installed a small computed tomography, or CT, scanner at the UW's Friday Harbor Laboratories and launched an ambitious project.
    New York Times
  • Innovative Fins Harness Solar Energy

    UW Campus Sustainability Fund awarded $150,000 to install building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and rooftop photovoltaics (PV) on the new Life Sciences Building.

    csf.uw.edu
  • Can this protein cure cancer? Scientists have learned to block tumor 'messages' in human cells

    Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Trento in Italy have engineered a protein that blocks cancer-promoting “messages” in human cells. Gabriele Varani, professor of chem
    Inquisitir
  • Is jet lag worse after traveling east than west?

    Many claim jet lag is worse and lasts longer when you travel east than west. Horacio de la Iglesia, professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

    STAT
  • Equity through Active Learning

    Faculty in the Department of Biology are working to make STEM courses more equitable through innovative teaching.

    07/21/2016 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Life Sciences Complex Tour

    A walkthrough of the first two floors of the new Life Sciences Complex where UW Biology with pioneer boundary-pushing scientific research and teaching.

    07/19/2016 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • UW researchers improve microscopy method to ‘swell’ cellular structures, bringing fine details into view

    Vaughan’s team modified a protocol to “swell” cellular structures, bringing them within the range of common laboratory microscopes using relatively simple methods and reagents.
    UW Today
  • A New Way of Looking at Solar Cells

    A big step in helping perovskites reach their potential as the basis for far cheaper and more efficient types of solar cells came this week from a team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
    MIT Technology Review
  • Ocean acidification is eating into mussels

    Ocean acidification is bad for mussels. You may think you’ve heard this story before (cf. clams, oysters, scallops) but wait! This time it’s a little different.
    Grist

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