Research

Calling all citizen scientists: The Australian National University wants you to join the search for supernovae.

Breaking from the general poleward movement of many species, flowering trees take an unexpected turn.

Rising global temperatures negatively impact all living beings.

David James, a visiting scientist with the University of Washington Department of Astronomy, assisted in the discovery of an exoplanet.

UW sociology researcher, Tim Thomas, on a migration of historic proportions—African-Americans leaving central Seattle and being pushed south, driven by high rents.

Laurie Marhoefer, UW Assistant Professor of History, on a forgotten legacy of WWI: the modern gay rights movement.

Zhi Lin has done extensive research on Chinese immigrants for his artworks, on view at the Tacoma Art Museum in June.

If a baby doesn't look at parents and caregivers or engage in play, parents have questions. Many parents are bringing their babies to the UW Autism Center when looking for answers. 

A study by the UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows the potential of synchronized movement in helping young children develop collaborative skills.

Spending time on a swing set can help kids learn to cooperate in other activities, a study released Tuesday by University of Washington researchers revealed.

A newly discovered planet around a distant star may jump to the top of the list of places where scientists should go looking for alien life. 

Scientists at the University of Washington, Texas A&M University and the Western Australian Museum have discovered and named a new genus and species of clingfish.

Marcos Llobera brings landscapes of the past to life through cutting-edge computational methods and digital archeology 

Neurologists, composers and tech-geeks at the UW's DXARTS program study music and the mind — including the encephalophone, a new instrument you can play without moving a muscle.

Scientific research that doesn't get communicated to the public may as well not have happened at all, says the Jackson School's Scott Montgomery in "The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science."