Technology

The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered key building blocks of life in the dust of a comet.

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

"According to the site TwitterAudit, one in four of Trump’s followers is fake, and similar ratios run through the accounts of the other presidential hopefuls,"

A new paper from UW researchers describes one promising approach to coax photons into stimulating multiple electrons.

A new video shows how we are giving the next generation of scientists a head start by empowering them to do original research as undergraduates.

Newer, smaller, and potentially transformative businesses are today bringing forth what can best be described as a revolution in space affairs. 

Eli Shlizerman, assistant professor in Applied Mathematics talks about new research on the internal, genetically encoded compass that the monarchs use in flight.

UW Astronomy's Rory Barnes speaks about the explorations for moons on newly-discovered distant planets.

Why are investors backing firms whose tech prowess amounts to little more than a website and social media team? Margaret O'Mara, associate professor of history, is quoted. 

The Pacific Northwest is at the epicenter of a push to improve global health. Margaret O’Mara, associate professor of history at the UW, is quoted. 

Sociology doctoral students found that some Seattle neighborhoods may not be so diverse when you analyze the area block by block. 

Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences tested a group of 16 11-month-old babies, half of whom were raised with solely English speakers.

If AI is sexless. Why are the majority of the personalities we construct for these machines female? Michelle Habell-Pallán, associate professor gender, women and sexuality studies is quoted.

The United States is the world’s leading military space power. But the future of that status is not assured in an era characterized by a return to competition from Russia and China.

With Myanmar's transition to democracy, access to information has surged. UW helps Myanmar's citizens navigate this new reality.