Research

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."

Through an NSF grant, scientist Jennifer Nemhauser is hosting three artists in her UW Biology lab over three years. 

Founded 100 years ago with two faculty, the UW Department of Psychology—and the field of psychology—has come a long way. 

Dept. of Linguistic's Alicia Wassink answers the Local Wonder question, "Why do so many people born and raised in this region pronounce the name of the state as 'Wershington'"?

A Suzzallo Library exhibit created by history grad student Jessica Bachman highlights Cold War-era cultural ties between India and the USSR. 

This week’s discovery of seven planets around a distant star has a connection right here at the University of Washington. The star is called TRAPPIST-1 and the scientist is Eric Agol.

Center for Conservation Biology director Dr. Sam Wasser comments on how DNA mapping illegal ivory can illustrate its wider connections to drug trafficking rings.