Research

New work from the UW Clean Energy Institute suggests cheap energy in the form of solar cells is closer than we think.

Thanks to the work of UW geographer Kam Wing Chan, we know Shanghai, Beijing and other urban areas in China discriminate against the children of low-income migrant workers in public education.

Statisticians at the University of Washington developed the first model for projecting population that factors in the vagaries of migration.

Nathan P. Myhrvold, a former chief technologist at Microsoft and compiler of a six-volume compendium of cooking knowledge, has questioned NASA’s analysis of asteroids using heat emissions.

A mysterious set of 9,000-year-old bones, unearthed nearly 20 years ago in Washington, is finally going home.

Many readers of The New York Times article about rapamycin claimed they would just say no to such a drug. Rapamycin was tested during a study of dogs at the UW to see if it could slow aging.

Linda Nash, professor of history at the UW, delves into the historic depths of how chance and natural resources fueled this booming metropolis of trade and expansion.

54 percent of humanity now lives in cities, and two-thirds will by 2050—we may grow increasingly disconnected from the natural world around us.

An ongoing study out of the University of Washington hopes to yield new understanding of how and why the signs of aging happen, and potentially help to extend the lives of dogs.

New research suggests that more planets in the Milky Way galaxy may harbor advanced civilizations than we previously imagined.

The big news this week is that dogs are being used to test a drug that might help humans live longer.

A new online platform and database, called "Run for Office," lists no fewer than 23,501 elected offices across the United States.

A drug that slows aging might instead serve to delay the onset of several major diseases at once. Research by the UW's Matt Kaeberlein and Daniel Promislow is featured.

A team of scientists from UC Santa Cruz, the University of Washington, and the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason looked into the properties of the jelly.

When convicted of a crime in America, it's not just prison time you may face — there are fines, fees and other cash penalties, too. And when you get out, they'll be waiting.