Research

Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, explains a study he's working on about the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on mental health.

Jonathan Kanter, professor of psychology, and Adam Kuczynski, psychology doctoral student, explain the response to their study on the effects of social distancing on mental health.

Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, explains the results of an ongoing UW study tracking coronavirus's effects on the general population's mental health.

Gray Rybka, associate professor of physics, explains how scientists are detecting dark matter.

Brian Koepnick, research scientist in biochemistry, explains a puzzle game called Foldit that has real-life implications for the coronavirus.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, explains the effect coronavirus and quarantines are having on the astronomy field.

After spending nearly two years studying octopuses, UW senior Joey Ullmann hopes to study them for decades more. "They're so damn cool," he says.

UW Biology Professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers has analyzed more that 17,000 Flickr photos to determine how climate change is affecting Mt. Rainier's wildflowers.

Emily Levesque, an associate professor of astronomy, discusses why the star Betelgeuse is dimming.

Physics Professor Gray Rybka explains research into the size of dark matter axions.

Psychology Professor Peter Khan explains the results of his new study, which shows that wild green space is important to mental health.

Linguistics Professor Emily Bender discusses how artificial intelligence can go wrong, especially regarding the ethical risks of voice technology.

Associate professor of psychology, Chantel Prat, explains the results of his new study, which shows that strong language shows are indicative of strong coding abilities.

Carl Bergrstrom, biology professor, discusses why it's important for the general public to have good information about the coronavirus outbreak.

UW biology faculty P. Dee Boersma and Sue E. Moore are being recognized for their contributions to the study of ecosystem sentinels.