Research

In Seattle's large and vibrant Sephardic community, Spain's new law offering dual citizenship to descendants of Jews it kicked out in 1492 is prompting mixed emotions.

A UW study offers new insight on restorative vision and the human experience.

The University of Washington has shown for the first time what the world looks like for someone fitted with a bionic eye.

New visual simulations give us a glimpse of what it might look like to see the world through bionic eyes.

Crystals play an important role in the formation of substances from skeletons and shells to soils and semiconductor materials. But many aspects of their formation are shrouded in mystery.

New findings by researchers at the UW's Institute for Learning Brain & Sciences demonstrate an early social behavior "gaze shifting" that is linked to infants’ ability to learn new language sounds.

Illegal wildlife trade has become the world’s fourth-largest international organized crime, according to a recent UW Biology study.

Tips for improving your elevator pitch are presented. UW's Lorraine Howell, instructor of communications, is quoted.

A puzzling stellar phenomenon may not be what other astronomers had reported.

One hundred scholars are coming to the UW this week to discuss 14^th century text.

A new research project led by the University of Washington aims to uncover the aeronautical secrets of some of nature’s best designed flyers.

New research shows that mosquitoes find targets by following the scent of the air we exhale, then using sight and body heat sensors to close in.

Philip Howard's book discusses a next-generation Internet where electronic devices, from light bulbs and water meters to smart phones and Netflix, are all networked.

UW's Sarah Quinn, assistant professor of sociology, discusses the motivation behind gifting subscription boxes to yourself.

A team of biologists from the University of Washington and the California Institute of Technology has cracked the cues mosquitoes use to find us.