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Zwicky Transient Facility Telescope, With 576-Megapixel Camera, Sees 'First Light'
A group of scientists from CalTech and the UW has modified an old telescope to create a powerful tool capable of capturing high-definition images of the Northern sky.
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What counts as nature? It all depends
Is your idea of nature different from your grandparents'? That's what UW psychology professor Peter Kahn calls "environmental generational amnesia."
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With launch of new night sky survey, UW researchers ready for era of ‘big data’ astronomy
Scientists with the UW and nine additional partner institutions, announced that the Zwicky Transient Facility has seen “first light."
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What will climate change mean for Mount Rainier’s wildflowers?
Climate change will mean big changes for wildflowers on Mount Rainier by the end of the century. Elli Theobald, a biologist at the UW, is quoted.
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Wildflowers may bloom a lot earlier at Mount Rainier
Researchers at the University of Washington found that earlier blooms are just one of several ways climate change may affect the park's popular flowers.
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Scientists get robots ready to study Antarctic ice shelves from below, with $2M boost from Paul Allen
Researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University are getting ready for an unprecedented months-long campaign to study Antarctica’s ice shelves from the ocean below.
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Language Lost and Found
Professor Diane Kendall has helped stroke survivors regain communication skills through a Veterans Administration study.
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New Discovery Suggests Quarks Can Undergo Explosive Fusion Reactions
Gerald A. Miller, UW professor of physics, is quoted.
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Earth-sized alien worlds are out there. Now, astronomers are figuring out how to detect life on them
Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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How air pollution clouds mental health
A recent study led by UW Department of Sociology's Victoria Sass found that, on top of impacts on physical health, air pollution also affects mental health.
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Virtual Reality Video Game Helps Reduce Pain Without Medication, Researchers Say
The future of pain relief may come from somewhere you least expect it – in the form of a virtual reality video game.
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Beyond Biodiversity: A New Way of Looking at How Species Interconnect
Scientists are increasingly focusing not just on what species are present in an ecosystem, but on the roles that certain key species play in shaping their environment.
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Gravitational wave hubbub hints at LIGO’s first sighting of a neutron star smash-up
Another big announcement about gravitational waves is coming up, and this time the hints point to observations in electromagnetic wavelengths as well.
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Autism research on Puerto Rico island threatened by hurricane aftermath
Autism research suffered a significant setback after an island used for scientific study was ravaged by Hurricane Maria
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Prof. Fabio Ghironi's research highlighted in speech by Mario Draghi
In his speech to an assembly of Nobel Laureates and young scholars the President of the European Central Bank, highlighted Professor Fabio Ghironi’s work on monetary policy.