Research

Sam Wasser's group, Center for Conservation Biology, is using DNA to convict poachers of African elephants.

There is a popular misconception that bees shouldn't be able to fly. A 2005 study by Michael Dickinson, then a UW biology professor, is referenced.

The astronomers have fully ruled out that an alien megastructure might be responsible for the weirdly fluctuating light from a distant star. 

KIC 8462852 is nicknamed “Tabby’s Star” after LSU astronomer Boyajian, who discovered it with the help of citizen scientists. UW astronomers co-authored. 

An I-LABS study is referenced in a personal essay on girls and technology.

Recognized as the world's foremost expert on penguins, UW Biology's Dee Boersma has dedicated her career to ensuring these charismatic seabirds thrive! 

Research involving UW faculty and students shows evidence of humans in Australia much earlier than previously thought.

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, three UW astrobiologists, including astronomy doctoral students, Brett Morris and Marshall Styczinski, will discuss their research at the Pacific Science Center.

Sommeliers sneer and say, “Flutes? We’re adults. We use real wine glasses.” David Gire, assistant professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.

A complex interaction between the chemicals in the water and the animals' bodies creates the bubble suits, said Floris van Breugel.

In water, flies inevitably become fish bait, can’t escape or emerge too wet to function. But in Mono Lake’s salty waters, the fly species Ephydra hians is an exception.

In the future, some flower species may bloom earlier while others could disappear altogether, according to a study from the UW. Elli Theobald, a biologist at the UW, is quoted.

Jason Detwiler is an assistant professor of physics at the University of Washington, and he’s on the hunt for a natural phenomenon that is insanely rare.

A sky survey that draws upon the data-crunching skills of researchers at the UW has reached a milestone known as “first light." 

"Native people are generally omitted from discussions of discrimination," says Stephanie Fryberg, associate professor of psychology and American Indian studies at the UW.