Natural Sciences Division

Our 'close relatives' acorn worms can regrow every major body part after being cut in half.

A long-term study by UW's P .Dee Boersma shows the subtle hand of natural selection on Argentina’s Magellanic penguins.

The loss of forests worldwide appears to interact synergistically to produce unpredictable effects on the global climate.

Microsoft says it’s moving ahead from just talking about quantum computing to building an actual quantum computer, based on the physics that won a Nobel Prize this year.

Considering its origin story, it’s not so surprising that hypnosis and serious medical science have often seemed at odds. Dave Patterson, a psychologist at the UW weighs in.

Climate models reveal possibility of woodland El Niño.

ParentMap gives advice on how to discuss awareness and understanding of the world's wide range of gender variations with kids. 

Some 70 percent of young athletes drop out of team sports by age 13, citing lack of fun as their main reason for quitting. UW psychologists Ron Smith and Frank Smoll are featured.

A new method expands the range of materials for which ultrasensitive measurements can be made. David Masiello, professor of chemistry at the UW, is featured. 

Researchers have come up with a way to allow one quantum computer component to efficiently transmit information to another, without losing its quantum character. 

A team of scientists examining seized shipments of elephant tusks from Africa have found that the vast majority of the ivory came from elephants that died within the last 3 years.

Instead of being unique to human cells, it turns out that Terasaki "ramps" show up elsewhere, too: in the crust of collapsed stars.

Supercomputer calculation suggests hypothesized particle may be heavier than thought.

"The failure of computer science and engineering to recruit and graduate women is incredibly costly," writes Sapna Cheryan, UW associate professor of psychology.

Technology by itself will not save pangolins or elephants, but it can help make major progress.