Research

P. Dee Boersma, professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, is the co-author of a new study about seabird health.

Nania, a critically endangered forest elephant, became separated from her herd when she was only three months old, and ever since has been hand-reared by wildlife carers in her homeland, Burkina Faso. But now they are searching for her mother using DNA analysis of dung. Sam Wasser, research professor of biology at the UW and director of the Center for Conservation Biology, is quoted.

UW paleontology researchers discuss the changes their field has undergone during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bryn Bandt-Law, UW researcher and graduate student in psychology, discusses her new research on sexual harassment.

If you've ever wished you had an extra hand to accomplish a task, never fear, scientists are working on that. But a new study raises questions about how such technology could affect your brain. Dr. Eran Klein, affiliate assistant professor of philosophy at the UW, is quoted.

The UW's Jevin West, associate professor in the Information School, and Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, are studying how the publishing industry pushes misinformation, and how to make it better.

Paleontologist Stan Mallory and archaeologist Robert Greengo from Seattle's Burke Museum are mentioned in this story about the giant sloth skeleton discovered near a runway at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 1961.

A collection of work by Arts & Sciences faculty, students, alumni and friends related to Asian American and Pacific Islander history, heritage and culture.

Sam Wasser, research professor of biology at the UW and director of the Center for Conservation Biology, has found that two-thirds of pregnancies in Southern resident orca whales are lost due to nutritional stress through his new research.

Several UW faculty members, researchers, and students are involved in the FASER collaboration, which studies interactions of high-energy particles.

The killer whale population is the only whale listed as endangered by the federal government – only 75 of them remain. Deborah Giles, research scientist at the UW Center for Conservation Biology, discusses the threats they face and how her dog’s nose for sniffing killer whale poop is unlocking valuable data about their health and survival. [This is the third segment on “The Record”]

Scientists researching nine binary star systems — like our solar system but with two suns — have revealed that five have “habitable zones” that could host Earth-like planets. Siegfried Eggl, a research scientist in astronomy at the UW, is quoted.

Samuel Wasser, research professor of biology and Director of the Center for Conservation Biology, discusses the role that dogs play in his research.

The UW has been ranked as the number 4 highed education institution in the United States in terms of total economic impact created as a result of federal research expenditures.

Biologist Joanne Chory has laid out a vision for a new kind of agriculture. She wants to create “ideal plants” — crops like wheat or rice that are bred to store huge amounts of carbon in their roots. They could pull as much as 20% of the carbon dioxide emitted by humans out of the atmosphere each year. UW biology professor Jennifer Nemhauser is quoted.