Research

A University of Washington-led study has found that for Asian Americans, those who appear heavier are perceived to be more “American."

Dr. Thomas Duell, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a music professor at UW, invented an instrument that reads the electrical activity of the brain and turns it into musical notes.

Half of the atoms making up everything around you are intergalactic interlopers. Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted. 

It turns out that, if new estimates are right, half of the atoms in our galaxy could have been stolen from other galaxies. Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.

Social hierarchy may be so naturally ingrained, that toddlers as young as 17 months old can perceive who is dominant and also anticipate that the dominant person will receive more rewards.

Samuel Wasser, Ph.D., research professor, Biology, director, Center for Conservation Biology, UW

In a study at the University of Washington, in Seattle, researchers found that “in almost all cases, students self-sorted by ethnicity and gender.”

Carole Lee, a philosopher at the UW, and David Moher, of the Ottawa Hospital in Ontario, Canada, argue that publishers should become much more transparent about their peer review practices.

A team of researchers, including a faculty member and seven students from UW, have found artifacts in Australia that indicate humans arrived there about 65,000 years ago.

Future cancer patients may have Dan Fu to thank for their individualized cancer treatment. 

An international team is studying malaria in India, where malaria parasites are more diverse than anywhere else. 

An interactive recycling and composting station designed by a UW team will move to the HUB this summer. 

Faculty and students are digitizing historically valuable texts through Newbook Digital Texts.