Research

A team of UW-led physicists reports that it has developed a new system to trap individual excitons — bound pairs of electrons and their associated positive charges

A University of Washington-led research team found that children with autism communicate with peers and participate in activities more often than people might presume.

UW sociologist, Pepper Schwartz, on the "Seattle freeze" and relationships. 

Nearly 30 years ago, a mathematician and a psychologist teamed up to explore one of life’s enduring mysteries: What makes some marriages happy and some miserable?

UW sociologist, Pepper Schwartz, on how dating has become dominated by technology. 

Professor of Psychology, Yuichi Shoda, on the nonconscious feelings people hold told their partners. 

Adam Warren is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Washington with a special focus in science, medicine, and the study of indigenous peoples in Peru.

Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike

Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile’s genus name, Antarctanax, means Antarctic king.

The Backstory: ‘Paleo-nerds’ collided at Seattle’s Burke Museum, resulting in friendship — and 2 science books featuring Troll’s quirky art.

A reptile about the size of an iguana was the king of Antarctica is now part of the permanent collection at the Burke Museum.

Two scientists at the UW unveiled a new statistical method for estimating migration flows between countries

The UW Center for Human Rights is teaching a new generation to use the Freedom of Information Act.

UW Scandinavian Studies Department's Lotta Gavel Adams unfolds the evolution of trolls in literature from fearsome forest-dwellers to friendly beings—and back again.

Science fiction has come alive in our modern world. Current projects at the UW show that some literary fantasies will soon be reality.