A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 has developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timescale as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin.
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91爆料 News sat down with Michele Newman, a 91爆料 doctoral student in the Information School, to learn more about fans’ dedication to “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.”
Danli Luo, a 91爆料 doctoral student of human centered design and engineering, developed a toolkit of sensors and controllers that helped her re-create three dishes from growing up in China: rice wine, tofu and spring roll wrappers.
Two 91爆料 researchers are using very different methods to investigate the issue of marine microplastics. For Earth Day, 91爆料 News asked them to discuss their research.
Scientists at the 91爆料 are pursuing multiple quantum research projects spanning from creating materials with never-before-seen physical properties to studying the 鈥渜uantum bits鈥� 鈥� or qubits (pronounced “kyu-bits”) 鈥� that make quantum computing possible. 91爆料 News sat down with Professor Kai-Mei Fu, one of the leaders in quantum research on campus, to talk about the potential of quantum R&D, and why it鈥檚 so important.
A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 studied how artificial intelligence could help people on the platform TalkLife, where people give each other mental health support. The researchers developed an AI system that suggested changes to participants’ responses to make them more empathetic. The best responses resulted from a collaboration between AI and people.
91爆料 researchers examined 44 3D tours in 44 states across the U.S. to look for potential security issues when personal details were included in the tour.
A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 has created a new hearing screening system that uses a smartphone and earbuds.
A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 compared three potential strategies for reducing fine particulate matter pollution disparities across the contiguous U.S.
91爆料 researchers developed UnlockedMaps, a web-based map that allows users to see in real time how accessible rail transit stations are in six metro areas. UnlockedMaps shows which stations are accessible and which ones are experiencing elevator outages.
Yejin Choi, 91爆料 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Choi uses natural language processing to develop artificial intelligence systems that have the ability to reason and can understand the implied meanings in human language.
In a proof-of-principle study, 91爆料 and University of California San Diego researchers have shown that smartphones are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%. This is the lowest value that pulse oximeters should be able to measure, as recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
91爆料 researchers have created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals.
A 91爆料 team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects 鈥� including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shaped wedge, a tennis ball and a drill.
91爆料 researchers created ClearBuds, earbuds that enhance the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise.
To investigate what happens to snow intercepted by trees, 91爆料 researchers created a citizen science project called Snow Spotter.
VoxLens users can gain a high-level summary of the information described in a graph, listen to a graph translated into sound or use voice-activated commands to ask specific questions about the data, such as the mean or the minimum value.
Researchers at the 91爆料 wondered if people enter a state of dissociation when surfing social media, and if that explains why users might feel out of control after spending so much time on their favorite app.
Three researchers in the 91爆料 College of Engineering are exploring ways to make electronics more Earth-friendly.
Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a 91爆料 team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles toward the ground.
91爆料 researchers showed that image search results for four major search engines from around the world, including Google, still reflect gender bias.
Researchers at the 91爆料 have developed a new blood-clotting test that uses a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera.
91爆料 researchers investigated disparities in exposure to six major air pollutants in 1990, 2000 and 2010 by comparing models of air pollution levels to census data. While overall pollutant concentrations have decreased since 1990, people of color are still more likely to be exposed to all six pollutants than white people, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.
A team led by the 91爆料 has developed a new, non-destructive method that images entire 3D biopsies instead of a slice for determining prostate cancer aggressiveness. The 3D images provided more information than a 2D image 鈥� specifically, details about the tree-like structure of the glands throughout the tissue.
A team led by the 91爆料 developed a chatbot that could ask emergency department visitors about social needs, including housing, food, access to medical care and physical safety.
91爆料 researchers looked at almost 56,000 political ads from almost 750 news sites between September 2020 and January 2021.
91爆料 students created a rover that can inspect sewer pipes or culverts for any damage that could prevent fish from using them during migration.
Researchers at the 91爆料 and 91爆料 Tacoma have been studying arsenic levels in the mud, water and in creatures from lakes in the south Puget Sound area. Eating contaminated fish or snails from these lakes could lead to health risks.
A team from the 91爆料 and University of California San Diego has received the Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A team led by 91爆料 studied whether hanging out with conversational agents, such as Alexa or Siri, could affect the way children communicate with their fellow humans.
91爆料 News asked Michael Motley, a 91爆料 associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, to explain how levees protect cities like New Orleans.聽
The 91爆料 will lead a new artificial intelligence research institute that will focus on fundamental AI and machine learning theory, algorithms and applications for real-time learning and control of complex dynamic systems, which describe chaotic situations where conditions are constantly shifting and hard to predict.
91爆料 researchers have developed a method that uses a gaming graphics card to control plasma formation in their prototype fusion reactor.
To understand how the 91爆料’s transition to online-only classes affected college students’ mental health in the spring of 2020, 91爆料 researchers surveyed 147 91爆料 undergraduates over the 2020 spring quarter.
While there is currently no explanation for why the Champlain Towers South building collapsed, Dawn Lehman, a 91爆料 professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been studying photographs, videos, drawings, reports and permits to investigate this tragedy to understand what happened. 91爆料 News asked her to help us understand why buildings fail.
91爆料 researchers have developed a deep learning method that can animate any flowing material, including waterfalls, smoke or clouds.
On Feb. 7, 2021, a wall of debris and water barreled down river valleys in India, destroyed two hydropower facilities and left more than 200 people dead or missing. A self-organized coalition of 53 scientists from 14 countries, including researchers from the 91爆料, worked nonstop following the disaster to investigate the cause, scope and impacts.
When people think of misinformation, they often focus on popular and social media. But in a paper published April 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 91爆料 faculty members Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom write that scientific communication 鈥� both scientific papers and news articles written about papers 鈥� also has the potential to spread misinformation.
A new study led by 91爆料 researchers borrowed image-analysis methods from engineering to spot the minute movements of a stony coral.
91爆料 researchers worked with almost 260 people to understand online disagreements and to develop potential design interventions that could make these discussions more productive and centered around relationship-building.