These principles could allow scientists to custom-make, rather than re-purpose, protein molecules for vaccines, drugs, and industrial and environmental uses.
Research
Eleven 91探花 researchers are among 702 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Climatologists have reconciled their measurements of ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland during the past two decades. A second article looks at how to monitor and understand accelerating losses from the planet’s two largest continental ice sheets.
The spectrum of human genetic diversity today is vastly different than what it was only 200 to 400 generations ago.
Food webs needed by young salmon in the Columbia River basin are likely compromised in places, something that should be considered when prioritizing expensive restoration activities.
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Charter schools may be doing better at enrolling students with special needs than many believe, according to a new report by UW’s Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Studying the molecular basis of progressive muscle weakness may lead to therapies to prevent or reduce symptoms.
91探花astronomers find that planets orbiting white and brown dwarfs are unlikely to be good candidates for sustaining life.
Joe Janes goes back to the fifteenth century and the work of Johannes Gutenberg for this installment in his series of podcasts, Documents that Changed the World.
In Bangladesh as elsewhere, women are empowered by working outside the home. But new research from the 91探花 shows such work can also increase the threat of domestic violence for some Bangladeshi wives. The study brings to light how the South Asian nation is seeing a change in relations within the household, with both positive and negative consequences for women. The findings come from a research paper by Rachel Heath, 91探花assistant professor of economics, released by the…
91探花researchers find the flash flood was set off by a string of unusual weather events similar to those that caused catastrophic U.S. floods in the 1970s.
The approach could lead to cell therapy treatments for some of the blood-forming disorders that accompany the common genetic condition.
George Lovell, 91探花associate professor of political science, is the author of “This Is Not Civil Rights: Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America,” published in October by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for 91探花Today. What is the basic concept behind “This is Not Civil Rights”? The book examines more than 1,000 citizen complaint letters regarding rights from the late years of the Great Depression along with replies written by federal government officials….
The latest Document that Changed the World: The 18 陆-minute gap in President Richard Nixon’s White House tapes.
An autism intervention program that emphasizes social interactions improves cognitive skills and brain responses to faces, the first demonstration that an intensive behavioral intervention can change brain function in toddlers with autism.
Jack Turner, 91探花assistant professor of political science, is the author of “Awakening to Race: Individualism and Social Consciousness in America,” published this month by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for 91探花Today. What’s the central concept behind “Awakening to Race”? The book addresses the challenge of racial justice by asking, 鈥淲hat does it mean to be a self-aware human being? What does it mean to be awake to reality?鈥� In part, it…
The 91探花 marked the start of the data-gathering phase of the 91探花Smart Grid Project with an event featuring Washington’s two US Senators.
The Stanford University faculty member will talk about a group of cell membrane receptors that are crucial for emotion, behavior, memory, vision, motion and many other activities. About 40 percent of medications act via these receptors.
Representatives of the Encyclopedia of Earth and the Encyclopedia of Life will be on the 91探花 campus Wednesday, Oct. 24, for the public launch of an encyclopedia unique to Puget Sound.
The Living Voters Guide, created by the 91探花and presented with Seattle’s CityClub, just won a regional award and has been updated for the 2012 election. This year the guide has expanded to include a California edition, and the Washington guide will include fact-checking of selected points by Seattle Public Library staff.
Researchers investigating the long-term consequences of child abuse have identified some protective factors that can improve the health of victims during their adulthood.
Rankings released by National Taiwan University places the 91探花fourth among the world’s universities and first among American public universities in scientific research.
Can a quilt be a document? Certainly, says Joe Janes in his podcast about the AIDS Memorial Quilt 鈥� the latest in his series called Documents that Changed the World.
New hardware lets engineers maintain the plasma used in fusion reactors in an energy-efficient, stable manner, making the system potentially attractive for use in fusion power plants.
King County has no substantial food deserts, provided one has a car. Take away the car, however, and food deserts 鈥� areas where low-income people have limited access to low-cost, nutritious food 鈥� appear to fill the county map. New research from the 91探花, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows only about one-third of the vulnerable populations studied could walk to a nearby supermarket, and as few as 3 percent could walk to a low-cost…
New 91探花research shows that 2,047 research papers that have been retracted since 1977, misconduct鈥攂latantly falsified data or data manipulation鈥� was the cause in 41 percent of the cases.
Margaret O’Mara, associate professor of history, will explore crucial 20th century presidential races in four public lectures through October called “Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Presidential Elections That Made History.”
Global health researchers are working on cheap systems like a home-based pregnancy test that might work for malaria, diabetes or other diseases. A new chemical technique makes medically interesting molecules stick to regular paper — a possible route to building such paper-based diagnostics from paper you could buy at an office-supply store.
Race biases are having a strong anti-Obama effect among the least politically partisan voters, according to a study by Anthony Greenwald, a 91探花psychology professor.
Two young 91探花researchers sought to reduce the error rate in DNA sequencing to better pinpoint cells that are mutating.
It’s a global communication platform to some and just 鈥渁 series of tubes鈥� to others, but there’s no question the Internet was revolutionary. But how exactly does it work, and how did it get started?
Findings suggest new ways to study controls of early human development, causes of birth defects, and regeneration of damaged tissue.
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, many voters become voracious consumers of online political news. A new tool tracks whether all those articles really provide a balanced view of the debate 鈥� and, if not, suggests some sites that offer opinions from the other side of the political spectrum.
From reports on new planets to singing whales, American megachurches and ethical computer hacking, 91探花News and Information published some interesting stories during the summer.
The newly-opened Northwest Census Research Data Center in the University District will provide qualified researchers with access to restricted data.
New 91探花 research suggests that early microbes might have been widespread on land, producing oxygen before the atmosphere was oxygen-rich.
Although the English are generally healthier than Americans, both countries grapple with large health inequalities. A new study suggests that in both countries, health and wealth are tightly linked. The study, published online Sept. 20 in the American Journal of Public Health, links income level with obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma and other health conditions. The results surprised author Melissa Martinson, an assistant professor at the UW’s School of Social Work, who expected income to have less of an effect…
A tiny digital tag developed at the 91探花can for the first time see when birds meet in the wild, offering a window into animal social networks. A study in Current Biology used the tags to track the social habits of New Caledonian crows, and found a surprising amount of interaction among the tool-using birds.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant over five years in reauthorizing the Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis based at the 91探花.