Research

UW chemists are developing tools to improve our understanding of cancer cells — and our ability to treat cancer.

A new study by I-LABS researchers, is among the first to investigate how babies can learn a second language outside of the home. 

Forty percent of women of color said that they felt unsafe in their current job as a result of harassment about their gender.

Dean Robert Stacey on the importance of pursuing research. 

Alshakim Nelson, a chemist at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and his team, have developed a new type of bioreactor.

Improving salmon runs could help the endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state.

The Southern Resident killer whales are a genetically distinct population, and they are considered critically endangered with only an estimated 78 individuals left.

Ever heard that if you looked at the color yellow for too long, you might begin to feel anxious or irritated? 

Anthropology professor, Janelle Taylor, started researching dementia about 10 years ago, after her own mother's diagnosis of dementia.

A multi-year survey of the endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014.

In five years, a sky-scanning telescope in Chile will begin hunting the heavens for asteroids on a collision course with Earth, scientists at the UW work to spot them.

A research dog smells the sea air for orca excrement as its handler directs the boat. The researchers are from the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington.

NASA may be closing down its grand plan to study a piece of an asteroid up close, but the researchers who focus on near-Earth objects aren’t turning their backs on asteroids.

The scientific debate over whether vaccines can cause autism spectrum disorder is over. Vaccines save lives, and there is no evidence they cause autism.

Since its infancy in 1990, three themes have emerged as driving forces for Randy’s global programs: Science, Collaboration and Community.