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What Insects Can Teach Us about Data
Flying insects navigate by collecting minimal data, but just the right data — a possible inspiration for new technologies.
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Reading summer camp? Study to examine how soon-to-be kindergartners are wired for literacy
UW's I-LABS is launching a "reading camp" and research study this summer to teach early literacy skills and measure brain activity before and after instruction.
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FASER detector at the Large Hadron Collider to seek clues about hidden matter in the universe
Shih-Chieh Hsu, associate professor of physics at UW, and the rest of the FASER team seek to answer one of the outstanding questions in particle physics: What is dark matter made of?
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Amazon’s Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York
Professor Margaret O'Mara, who researches the history of tech companies, weighs in on Amazon's reaction to conflicts.
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Fake faces: UWs ‘Calling BS’ duo opens new website asking ‘Which face is real?’
Whichfaceisreal.com is the new website from Jevin West of the University of Washington Information School and Carl Bergstrom of the biology department.
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An Inventive Sewage Solution
Taber Hand (MA, 1983) has found a cost-effective solution for sewage treatment in challenging settings.
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The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
Choices that Congress made decades ago allowed tech giants to become as powerful as they are according to UW history professor Margaret O'Mara.
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UW-led philosophy team receives $1.5M grant to study the ethics of neurotechnology research
UW associate professor of philosophy, Sara Goering, to lead team studying how brain-computer interfaces affect whether patients feel they are in charge of their own actions.
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Why space debris cleanup might be a national security threat
Analysis from Professor of International Studies, Saadia Pekkanen
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Waging War in Cyberspace
A doctoral student explains how one online hacker can be more powerful than 10,000 soldiers.
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Should I be afraid of election hacking?
International cybersecurity expert, Dr. Jessica Beyer, weighs in on potential motivations for election hacking.
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Silicon Valley can't escape the business of war
Opinion piece by UW Department of History Professor, Margaret O'Mara.
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CO2 levels, leaf thickness and climate change
Two UW scientists, Abigail Swann (assistant professor, biology and atmospheric sciences) and Marlies Kovenock (biology doctoral student), have discovered that plants with thicker leaves may exacerbate the effects of climate change because they would be less efficient in sequestering atmospheric carbon, a fact that climate change models to date have not taken into account.
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UW historian Margaret O'Mara discusses famous 1968 computer mouse 'demo' – and the start of Silicon Valley – for new podcast by The Conversation
Margaret O'Mara explores the impact of a December 1968 computer presentation that came to be called “the mother of all demos” in an episode of a new podcast series.
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New Life Sciences Building is a nexus for modern-age teaching and research at the University of Washington
The University of Washington opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations.