Research

Samuel Wasser, director of the UW Center for Conservation Biology, discusses a search for wolves in the South Cascades.

Michael McCarthy, physics research assistant professor, explains the results of a new study on fruit flies.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, discusses her work around why the star Betelgeuse has been dimming recently.

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.

Jacob Grumbach, assistant professor of political science, explains his new research saying that stronger labor unions have an anti-racist side effect.

David Baker, professor of biochemistry, is known for his revolutionary approaches to creating new proteins.

Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, is using surveys to study how the stay-at-home order has been impacting people’s mental health.

UW DIRAC Institute is mentioned in an article about the perils and prospects of near-earth asteroids.

Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, professor of biology, explains the debate over plant sentience.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, explains how Betelgeuse—a star in the final stages of its life—has been exhibiting dramatic drops in brightness.

Horacio de la Iglesia, professor of biology, and postdoctoral researcher Leandro Casiraghi, discuss new research on university students' sleep under stay-at-home orders.

Bruce Balick, professor emeritus of astronomy discusses new images from the Hubble telescope of planetary nebulae.

Bruce Balick, professor emeritus of astronomy discusses images from the Hubble telescope planetary nebulae, huge clouds of gas and dust in space, illuminated by blasts from dying stars.

Katie McCormick, postdoctoral scholar in physics, explains how lasers can produce the slowest thing on earth.

Andrew Nestingen, professor of Scandinavian studies at the UW, writes about the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.