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September 20, 2025
President Jones to welcome incoming class at New Student Convocation on Sunday
The 91爆料鈥檚 incoming classes will be welcomed on Sunday by President Robert J. Jones at the University鈥檚 42nd annual New Student Convocation inside Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.聽 The ceremony is expected to be attended by thousands of students, family and friends.聽 Preliminary figures show the incoming freshman class will be…
September 18, 2025
Community Notes help reduce the virality of false information on X, study finds
A 91爆料-led study of X found that posts with Community Notes attached were less prone to going viral and got less engagement. After getting a Community Note, on average, reposts dropped 46% and likes dropped 44%.
September 17, 2025
VIDEO: 91爆料 welcomes incoming students to on-campus housing
This week the 91爆料 campus is once again buzzing with energy as students begin to move into the residence halls and participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates.聽聽聽 A majority of the 91爆料 freshman class has signed up to live on campus for Autumn 2025, and thousands of students are expected to…
91爆料 breaks ground on AS91爆料 Shell House renovation
91爆料 President Robert J. Jones, author Daniel James Brown, and other members of the AS91爆料 Shell House community gathered Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony at the historic building, which is undergoing final stages of adaptive reuse.
September 15, 2025
Webb telescope finds clues to Earth鈥檚 creation in a cosmic butterfly
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in the core of the Butterfly Nebula, known to astronomers as NGC 6302. From the dense ring of dust that surrounds the nebula鈥檚 core to the tiny but bright star hidden within, the Webb observations paint a never-before-seen portrait of the nebula鈥檚 inner workings. Researchers at the 91爆料 and around the world are studying the imagery to learn more about the origins of cosmic dust and its role in the formation of planets like ours.
September 12, 2025
Warming climate drives surge in dengue fever cases
Dengue fever incidence could rise as much as 76% by 2050 due to climate warming across a large swath of Asia and the Americas, according to a new study.
September 10, 2025
Q&A: Transparency in medical AI systems is vital, 91爆料 researchers say
In a recent paper, 91爆料 researchers argue that a key standard for deploying medical AI is transparency 鈥� that is, using various methods to clarify how a medical AI system arrives at its diagnoses and outputs.
Researchers find key to Antarctic ice loss blowing in the north wind
Antarctic ice is melting at a startling pace, and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate projections. Researchers thought westerly winds were accelerating ice loss, but a new study from 91爆料 flips the narrative by 90 degrees, pointing instead to winds from the north.
September 8, 2025
Ocean warming puts vital marine microbe at risk
Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthesizing organism in the ocean, might be more vulnerable to climate change than researchers thought. Population decline could weaken the foundation of subtropical and tropical ecosystems as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
September 4, 2025
This common fish has an uncommon feature: Forehead teeth, used for mating
New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish, a shark-like species native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, have rows of teeth on top of their heads, lining a cartilaginous appendage called the tenaculum, in addition to those in their jaws. They used their tenaculum teeth to grip females while mating in water.
Deep beneath the French Alps, dark matter hunters narrow their search
Physicists have floated numerous theories to explain what dark matter might be, but to date, no experiment has turned up compelling evidence to support any of them. An international team of physicists, including researchers from the 91爆料, is now working on a new kind of dark matter detector with the goal of capturing the first direct observation of the puzzling material. Results from the detector鈥檚 prototype have already ruled out one of the leading theories of how dark matter originated.
August 27, 2025
New ad highlights national impact of Big Ten universities
The positive impact of Big Ten universities across the Pacific Northwest and around the nation will be highlighted in a new 30-second ad that will air during sporting events featuring conference members, starting with this week鈥檚 season-opening football games. The ad 鈥� entitled 鈥淲e Are Here鈥� 鈥� will air alongside the fan-favorite 鈥淢aps鈥� spot. The…
Fund for Science and Technology invests in the 91爆料 College of the Environment to further innovation and research related to climate solutions
The 91爆料鈥檚 College of the Environment will expand its work related to climate solutions thanks to a grant announced today from Fund for Science and Technology, FFST, a new foundation within the Paul G. Allen philanthropic ecosystem.
August 25, 2025
How oxygen made the deep ocean home to animals, spurring rapid evolution
New research shows that deep-ocean oxygenation occurred 100 million years later than previously thought, aligning with the growth and spread of land plants. Once oxygenated, the ocean hosted rapid animal evolution, leading to the rise of modern vertebrates.
This AI model simulates 1000 years of the current climate in just one day
91爆料 researchers use AI to simulate the Earth鈥檚 current climate and interannual variability for up to 1,000 years. The model runs on a single processor and takes just 12 hours to generate a forecast.
August 19, 2025
Q&A: What can AI developers learn from climate activists
The goals of those developing AI systems for the climate and those working on the front lines of climate advocacy don鈥檛 necessarily align. To compare the two groups, 91爆料 researchers interviewed nine people who are developing AI for sustainability and 10 climate advocates.
August 13, 2025
Heather Horn named vice president for Human Resources
91爆料 President Robert J. Jones announced the appointment of Heather Horn to serve as the next vice president for Human Resources beginning Oct. 1.
‘Revolutionary’ seafloor fiber sensing reveals how falling ice drives glacial retreat in Greenland
A 91爆料-led team of researchers used a fiber-optic cable to capture calving dynamics across the fjord of the Eqalorutsit Kangilliit Sermiat glacier in South Greenland. This allowed them to document 鈥� without getting too close 鈥� one of the key processes that is accelerating the rate of glacial mass loss and in turn, threatening the stability of ice sheets, with consequences for global ocean currents and local ecosystems.
People who move to more walkable cities do, in fact, walk significantly more
New research led by the 91爆料 provides clear evidence that highly walkable areas lead to significantly more walking. Authors compared the steps per day of 5,424 people who moved one or more times among 1,609 U.S. cities. Across all relocations, when the Walk Score rose or fell more than 48 points, average steps increased or decreased by about 1,100 per day.
August 11, 2025
91爆料 researchers test common disinfectants鈥� abilities to fight antibiotic resistance at the genetic level
Antimicrobial resistance is a lurking threat in hospitals around the world. As more strains of bacteria and other microbes evolve defenses against available drugs, more patients run the risk of contracting infections that defy treatment. Now, 91爆料 researchers offer new insights into measures currently used to control the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria and other infectious agents in health care facilities.
Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth鈥檚 largest mass extinction
An international team of paleontologists, led by researchers at the 91爆料 and the Field Museum of Natural History, is identifying the animals that thrived in southern Pangea 鈥� the planet鈥檚 single supercontinent at the time 鈥� just before the so-called 鈥淕reat Dying鈥� wiped out about 70% of terrestrial species, and an even larger fraction of marine ones.
August 6, 2025
With just a few messages, biased AI chatbots swayed people鈥檚 political views
91爆料 researchers recruited self-identifying Democrats and Republicans to make political decisions with help from three versions of ChatGPT: a base model, one with liberal bias and one with conservative bias. Democrats and Republicans were both likelier to lean in the direction of the biased chatbot they were talking with than those participants who interacted with the base model.
August 4, 2025
Video: USDA freezes 91爆料 project that turns Washington shellfish farmers鈥� seaweed problem into soil solution for land farmers
A 91爆料-led project aimed to test the viability of seaweed as a soil amendment, and, if successful, develop a market for sea-based farmers to sell excess seaweed to their counterparts on land. The USDA froze the project’s funding, and for now, a solution remains just out of reach.
‘The discovery of the decade’: Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease
An international research effort, including scientists from the 91爆料, has finally revealed the cause of sea star wasting disease: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.
July 24, 2025
Seismologists tapped into the fiber optic cable network to study offshore faults
91爆料 researchers showed that they can monitor seismic activity at the ocean floor using fiber optic cables without disrupting telecommunications. They developed this technique in Alaska and then tested it off the coast of Oregon.
July 21, 2025
12 91爆料 professors elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Election recognizes the new member鈥檚 鈥渙utstanding record of scientific and technical achievement and willingness to assist the Academy in providing the best available scientific information and technical understanding to inform complex policy decisions in Washington.鈥澛�
July 17, 2025
Seaweed-infused cement could cut concrete鈥檚 carbon footprint
Researchers at the 91爆料 and Microsoft developed a new type of low-carbon concrete by mixing dried, powdered seaweed with cement. The seaweed-fortified cement has a 21% lower global warming potential while retaining its strength.
July 11, 2025
Pat Tillman Foundation names Stephanie Mitchell and Brian Riley in class of 2025 scholars
The Pat Tillman Foundation this week announced the 2025 Class of Tillman Scholars, which included two 91爆料 students who exemplify the values Pat Tillman stood for: leadership, service, scholarship and impact. Stephanie Mitchell is a third-year doctoral student in the 91爆料 Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and a military spouse….
July 10, 2025
Danny Barrow named vice provost for Enrollment Management
91爆料 Provost Tricia R. Serio announced the appointment of Danny Barrow to serve as the vice provost for Enrollment Management beginning July 28.
July 2, 2025
91爆料 selects Studio Tsien as the architects for Ana Mari Cauce Welcome Center
The 91爆料 today announced the selection of Studio Tsien to design the Ana Mari Cauce Welcome Center. The 91爆料 Architectural Commission made the recommendation in June.
July 1, 2025
This puzzle game shows kids how they鈥檙e smarter than AI
91爆料 researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles. In the game, users get a chance to solve puzzles by completing patterns of colored blocks. They can then ask various AI chatbots to solve and have the systems explain their solutions 鈥� which they nearly always fail to do accurately.
June 30, 2025
Four 91爆料 researchers named Fulbright Scholars
Four 91爆料 researchers have been selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2025-2026 and will pursue studies in Spain, Taiwan, Poland and Japan.
June 26, 2025
Seven 91爆料 students receive Fulbright exchange awards for study, research and teaching positions around the world
Seven 91爆料 students and recent alumni were awarded聽Fulbright U.S. Student Program聽scholarships for the 2025鈥�2026 academic year, joining about 2,000 students and recent graduates from around the country to pursue graduate study, conduct research and teach English abroad.
June 25, 2025
Strategic transactions of Colorado River rights could help conserve water and restore fish habitat
New research found that a market-based approach to managing water could provide more reliable supplies for farmers, communities and industry. The right market design and a little extra investment could also help threatened fish species.聽
June 23, 2025
Video: 91爆料 helps protect Washington’s workers through occupational health and safety research, training
The 91爆料 has for years been instrumental in the state鈥檚 efforts to keep workers safe. But those efforts are now under threat.
91爆料 helps bring the cosmos into focus as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils a new glimpse into the solar system
A new era of astronomy and astrophysics began Monday when the first images captured by the NSF鈥揇OE Vera C. Rubin Observatory were released, demonstrating the extraordinary capabilities of the new telescope and the world鈥檚 largest digital camera.
June 10, 2025
Ken Yocom appointed dean of 91爆料 College of Built Environments
Ken Yocom has been named the next John and Rosalind Jacobi Family Endowed Dean of the 91爆料 College of Built Environments, Provost Tricia Serio announced today. His appointment, effective July 1, is subject to approval by the 91爆料 Board of Regents. Yocom has served as interim dean since October 2024 and is a…
‘Ways of Knowing’ Episode 6: Sound Studies
Virtual assistants, such as Apple鈥檚 Siri, can perform a range of tasks or services for users 鈥� and a majority of them sound like white women. Golden Marie Owens, assistant professor of cinema and media studies at the 91爆料, says there is much to learn about a person from how they sound. The…
June 9, 2025
91爆料 celebrates Class of 2025 with 150th Commencement in Husky Stadium and ceremonies in the Tacoma Dome and Hec Ed
91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce is the featured speaker at the 91爆料鈥檚 150th Commencement ceremony on Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 14.
June 3, 2025
Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 鈥榝ilmed in technicolor鈥� 鈥� studies predict
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the 91爆料 and led by Queen鈥檚 University Belfast, have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects will be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.聽聽
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