Research

NASA began the new year by announcing two new missions to explore asteroids, the oldest parts of our solar system. A recent UW study on STEM fields is referenced.

It can be unsettling to realize that only 5 percent of the universe is made of the kind of matter we know and understand. Leslie Rosenberg, professor of physics at the UW, is quoted.

Fossils from a dinosaur-era mammal unearthed in Montana and North Dakota have helped UW scientists establish that the animal had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.

How a bias toward English-language science can result in preventable crises, duplicated efforts and lost knowledge.

Mary and Allan Kollar have combined their passions for writing and art through a graduate fellowship that honors both disciplines. 

UW Psychology researchers have developed a remarkably effective therapy for people at high risk for suicide or with other behavior disorders.

In UW Biology we are fueled by what if. We are driven by curiosity and a belief in what's possible. And we believe it's possible to transform the way biological research and teaching are done.

The Implicit Association Test reveals attitudes we may not be aware we have, even regarding Presidential candidates.

Professor Christopher Parker, who studies reactionary politics in America, weighs in on Trump and the Presidential race.

Professor Emeritus David Thouless is the Physics Department's second Nobel Prize recipient. 

More information surrounding the existence of Proxima B, the Earth-sized exoplanet near our sun, has come to light. Rory Barnes, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.

This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics went to three men — all born in Britain, but working at U.S. universities.

One of the newest chew toys in the presidential campaign is “implicit bias,” a term Mike Pence repeatedly took exception to in the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to physicists David Thouless of the UW, F. Duncan Haldane of Princeton University and J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University.

Thouless, emeritus professor in Physics, is the 2016 winner for his work on exotic matter.