Research

Conservation biologist Samuel Wasser's DNA analysis helping to stop illegal ivory trade worldwide.

The UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host its third annual Spring Research Symposium 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, in room 214 of the HUB.

University of Washington ecologists are using 3-D technology to make artificial flowers, which they say could revolutionize our understanding of plant-pollinator interactions.

This is not my first time as a graduate student. Several years ago I was in a Ph.D. Human Development program... 

School of Drama Associate Professor Scott Magelssen  returned from Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum...

Essential tremor, a nervous system disorder that causes a rhythmic shaking in the hands, affects an estimated 10 million Americans and millions more worldwide...

Fifteen years after a pioneering stem cell procedure to restore a man's sight, UW researchers are improving our understanding of how vision develops.

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is one of the most Earthlike places in the solar system. As the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft examines Titan over many years, its discoveries bring new mysteries.

UW researcher Patricia Kuhl's research into the social foundations of language learning has earned her one of the top awards in her field.

KING 5 reports on the work of students who are helping search for children disappeared in El Salvador during violent conflict in the early 1980s. 

Toro one of two mathematicians this year to receive the honor for research in geometric measure theory,harmonic analysis, and partial differential equations.

Media distribution evolves. Today, only about half of us watch traditional TV. Kathy Gill, lecturer in communication at the UW, compares streaming video options.

Bettina Shell-Duncan, an anthropology professor at the UW, discusses some common misconceptions about female genital cutting, including the idea that men force women to undergo the procedure.

One of the longest-running and weirdest examples of a crowdfunded scientific experiment is finally reaching the end of the road.

A UW postdoctoral scientist is among six nationwide recipients of the 2015 Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowships.