Home sale prices were down in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter but up compared with the previous year, and the rate of home sales also dropped, according to the 91爆料’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
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Women聽have long been underrepresented among undergraduates in computer science and engineering for a complex variety of reasons. A new study by 91爆料 researchers identifies a main culprit for that disparity: inaccurate stereotypes depicting computer scientists and engineers as geeky, brilliant and socially awkward males. And they say broadening those stereotypes is key to attracting more girls to the two fields. Deeply ingrained in modern American society, stereotypes about computer science and engineering are widely accepted by students and…
The first early earthquake warning system for the region has begun testing with a small group of users at businesses and public agencies in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
A 91爆料 chemistry lab teamed up with 91爆料 engineers studying 3-D printing to create 3-D printed objects with new capabilities.
A robot developed at the 91爆料 will deploy instruments to gather information in unprecedented detail about how marine life interacts with underwater equipment used to harvest wave and tidal energy.
The famous World War II-era poster of Rosie the Riveter is less a document that changed the world than the other way around 鈥� an image the world adopted and filled with meaning. But such turnabout is fair play in the ongoing Documents that Changed the World podcast series by 91爆料 Information School Professor Joe Janes.
Research has found a significant link between childhood abuse and neglect and crime in adulthood. But a recent 91爆料 study finds that link all but disappears when accounting for other life factors. “We find that children who were involved in child welfare services are at high risk of adult crimes, but once we accounted for childhood socioeconomic status and later marital status and education, many of those effects went away,” said co-author Todd Herrenkohl, an investigator at the…
Two phenomena known to inhibit the potential habitability of planets 鈥� tidal forces and vigorous stellar activity 鈥� might instead help chances for life on certain planets orbiting low-mass stars, 91爆料 astronomers have found.
On the anniversary of a massive earthquake off our region’s coast, 91爆料 researchers are working on everything from tsunami evacuation structures to updated seismic hazard maps.
Early detection can make a world of difference for toddlers with autism, but many children do not get diagnosed until they鈥檙e at least 4 years old. As a result, they often don鈥檛 get specialized services during the critical period up to age 3 that can greatly improve their skills and behavior. A new project at the 91爆料 aims to address that delay and ensure that children with autism are identified and helped early enough to prevent problems later…
A 91爆料 researcher is chief scientist this month on a project to drill the first deep ice core at the South Pole, to understand the climate history in that section of Antarctica.
The Boeing Advanced Research Center, located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering on the 91爆料 campus, will let students and faculty members work collaboratively with Boeing engineers on aircraft and spacecraft assembly and manufacturing. Four initial projects are underway at the 91爆料, led by Boeing-employed affiliate instructors and 91爆料 engineering professors.
An international team led by the 91爆料 has discovered a way to determine the tree cover and density of trees, shrubs and bushes in locations over time based on clues in the cells of plant fossils preserved in rocks and soil.
91爆料 scientists published the first large-scale survey of impurities in North American snow. An almost 10,000-mile road trip showed that disturbed soil often mattered as much as air pollution for the whiteness of the snow.
Scientists with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network will install instruments this Thursday to provide real-time monitoring of the stadium’s movement during the 2015 NFL playoffs. It’s a valuable test of their newest seismic technology.
91爆料 architecture students will design and build a new temporary event pavilion and Internet hub for the Seattle waterfront.
Mention homeless people and words like optimistic, hopeful and happy are typically not what spring to mind. More likely, said Jordan Lewis, an assistant professor in the 91爆料鈥檚 School of Social Work, the stereotypes are negative聽鈥� 鈥渢hat they鈥檙e chronic alcoholics, depressed, they steal, they鈥檙e thieves. They don鈥檛 have hope. They鈥檝e just given up.鈥� But Lewis sought to find something different when he embarked on a recent research project exploring optimism among homeless Alaska Native elders in Seattle. Statistics…
Many of the worst West Coast winter floods involve heavy rains and melting snow, and 91爆料 hydrology experts are using the physics of these events to better predict the risks.
Water off Washington’s coast is warming a third of a mile down, where seafloor methane shifts from a frozen solid to a gas. Calculations suggest ocean warming is already releasing significant methane offshore of Alaska to California.
Surprisingly, the diversity of birds in suburban areas can be greater than in forested areas, according to John Marzluff’s new book “Welcome to Subirdia.”
Dan Berger, assistant professor in the 91爆料 Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, discusses his new book, “Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era.”
The U.S. economy has long been powered in part by the nation鈥檚 ability to attract the world鈥檚 most educated and skilled people to its shores. But a new study of the worldwide migration of professionals to the U.S. shows a sharp drop-off in its proportional share of those workers 鈥� raising the question of whether the nation will remain competitive in attracting top talent in an increasingly globalized economy. The study, which used a novel method of tracking people through…
A new tool developed at the 91爆料 displays real-time ocean acidification data for the open ocean and protected bays, helping shellfish growers and scientists see changes in water chemistry.
A Washington family of four must spend 46 percent more on average to make ends meet today than 13 years ago, according to a new report from the 91爆料. The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Washington State 2014, released Thursday (Nov. 20), provides a sobering look at how much it costs individuals and families statewide to meet basic needs 鈥� and how far short they鈥檙e falling. The study found that Washington families with two adults, a preschooler and a school-aged…
From starting his own company 鈥� and recruiting 11 friends to join him 鈥� and running a successful nonprofit to doing research in the lab and taking a full course load, engineering undergraduate student David Coven is an expert schedule juggler.
A scientist looking at MRI scans of human brains noticed a large fiber pathway that seemed to be part of the network that processes visual information. He just couldn’t couldn’t find it in any of the modern textbooks.
Scientists using a microbe that occurs naturally in eastern cottonwood trees have boosted the ability of willow and lawn grass to withstand the withering effects of the nasty industrial pollutant phenanthrene.
The 91爆料 Astronomy Department’s Mobile Planetarium visits Sammamish High School in Bellevue, where students give their own planetarium presentations.
In the third quarter of 2014, home sale prices increased, but sales themselves were fewer in Washington state. The statewide median sales price for a single family home stood at $277,100 according to the聽Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies聽in the 91爆料’s College of Built Environments. This is an increase of 2.3 percent from the second quarter and a 5.2 percent increase over the $263,400 median resale price recorded in the third quarter of 2013. Conversely, while the seasonally…
91爆料 electrical engineers have developed a way to automatically track people across moving and still cameras by using an algorithm that trains the networked cameras to learn one another’s differences.
Instead of carbon dioxide, or CO2, creating a blanket that slowly warms the planet, long-term warming happens because a darker surface and more moist air can absorb more of the incoming rays.
Undergraduates this week were among the first people to try the latest in seafloor mapping technology — and use it to image a shipwreck on Seattle’s urban lake.
Within weeks of publishing surprising new insights about how zebrafish get their stripes, 91爆料 researchers now explain how to “erase” them.
More diverse voices could help break a deadlock gripping the conservation community, say 238 co-signatories 鈥� including a dozen from the 91爆料.
91爆料 researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people as part of a scientific study following the team’s initial demonstration a year ago.
Freshwater fish with bellies full of shrews 鈥� one trout a few years back was found to have eaten 19 鈥� aren’t as random as scientists have thought.
Increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide that helped end the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago happened in three abrupt pulses, not gradually.
91爆料 scientists worked with managers of federal parks and forests to come up with a strategy to address warmer temperatures, increased wildfires and more flooding in the North Cascades region.
A state-of-the-art imaging machine is coming to the 91爆料 for use by researchers in a variety of disciplines.
The 91爆料 has an $8 million, four-year contract to develop technologies that can harness waves, tides and currents to power naval facilities worldwide.