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Puget Sound's clingfish could inspire better medical devices, whale tags
UW researchers are studying the Northern clingfish to understand how its biomechanics could be helpful in designing devices and instruments to be used in surgery.
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What Animals Are Likely to Go Extinct First Due to Climate Change
Australia, New Zealand, and South America are among the hardest hit as rising temperatures could drive the extinction of one in six species worldwide. -
Engineering a better solar cell: UW research pinpoints defects in popular perovskites
UW Chemistry Professor David Ginger's work could revolutionize the solar and electronics industries. -
Do no harm: Insight into disaster relief in Nepal
UW anthropology and global health instructor, David Citrin, offers guidance on how to best help Nepal recover from the devastating quake.
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Life on other planets
UW scientists developing a computer model to determine whether life has formed on distant planets -- without having to wait for a radio signal from another civilization. -
UW part of search for alien life
NASA Astrobiology Institute’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory at the UW is making waves with an innovative approach to the study of exoplanets and the search for life beyond our solar system. -
UW-led ‘super group’ boosts NASA’s quest for extraterrestrial life
NASA Astrobiology Institute’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory at the UW is making waves with an innovative approach to the study of exoplanets and the search for life beyond our solar system. -
Mineral-rich Mongolia grapples with 'resource curse'
Some shamans have turned down lucrative jobs with mining companies out of spiritual concerns, according to Jackson School student Amalia Rubin
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NASA super team of scientists stepping up the search for life
NASA's Virtual Planetary Laboratory,based at the University of Washington, is part of a new expert team searching for life beyond planet Earth. -
Guggenheim Foundation honors UW mathematician Tatiana Toro
University of Washington professor and associate chair of mathematics, is among 175 new fellows from the U.S. and Canada recognized this year by the Guggenheim Foundation -
UW key player in new NASA coalition to search for life on distant worlds
The NASA Astrobiology Institute’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory bring an interdisciplinary approach to the study of planets and search for life outside our solar system. -
Top Spy Agencies Help Break Wildlife Trafficking Rings
Conservation biologist Samuel Wasser's DNA analysis helping to stop illegal ivory trade worldwide. -
UW Stroum Center to host Spring Research Symposium May 1
The UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host its third annual Spring Research Symposium 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, in room 214 of the HUB. -
3-D printed blossoms a growing tool for ecology
University of Washington ecologists are using 3-D technology to make artificial flowers, which they say could revolutionize our understanding of plant-pollinator interactions. -
On Pursuing an MFA and Being a Mother
This is not my first time as a graduate student. Several years ago I was in a Ph.D. Human Development program...