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Childhood trauma found to accelerate biological signs of aging
Natalie Colich, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology, explains how her new research suggests violent or traumatic experiences in childhood can accelerate biological signs of aging.
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Migrating big astronomy data to the cloud
The astronomy community looks to the cloud to store big data. Mario Juric, associate professor of astronomy, is quoted.
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Is there lyfe on Mars? New concept broadens search for alien organisms
An alternative concept for describing life in space, "lyfe," has been proposed by Michael Wong, a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy.
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Editor’s Notebook: Renaming parks along the Duwamish River
Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, explains her new book, "The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers."
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Adventures chasing the stars
Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, discusses her new book: “The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers.”
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UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale
Lauren Poyer, assistant teaching professor in Scandinavian studies, explains the mythology of the Kraken.
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UW Libraries publishes new online research guides on racial justice, African American experience in Pacific Northwest
The UW Libraries has published a new online research guide on racial justice. History professor Quintard Taylor is mentioned.
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How space missions snatch pieces of other worlds and bring them back to Earth
As NASA prepares to launch a spacecraft to collect samples from Mars, Nature looks at back at missions that have grabbed material. Don Brownlee, professor of astronomy, is quoted.
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7 University of Washington researchers elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2020
Sue Moore, a research scientist in the Department of Biology, and Christine Luscombe, professor of chemistry, were elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
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OPINION: Not Bird Brains: Research Suggests Hummingbirds Use Numbers To Find Flowers
Alejandro Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology, is quoted in this article about how hummingbirds may be more intelligent than we think.
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How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us
UW research is cited in this article about re-opening schools.
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Search finds zero wolves in South Cascades
Samuel Wasser, director of the UW Center for Conservation Biology, discusses a search for wolves in the South Cascades.
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Dissecting fruit flies' varying responses to life-extension diet
Michael McCarthy, physics research assistant professor, explains the results of a new study on fruit flies.
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Betelgeuse Probably Dimmed Because of Enormous Starspots
Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, discusses her work around why the star Betelgeuse has been dimming recently.
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Professor tackles one more mystery about quantum mechanics and time’s flow
John Cramer, professor of physics, is weighing in with a potential solution to one of the longest-running puzzles in quantum mechanics: a phenomenon known as wave function collapse.