Historic observations and NASA airborne data provide a decades-long record showing that the snowpack on Arctic sea ice is thinning.
Research
Piles of ancient shells provide the first reliable long-term record for the powerful driver of year-to-year climate changes. Results show that the El Ni帽os 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as they are today.
Predictions that the lowest-oxygen environments in the ocean will get worse may not come to pass. 91爆料 research shows climate change, by weakening the trade winds, will shrink these extremely low-oxygen waters.
91爆料 students used Legos to build a replica of the Atlas detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider that made physics history. (With video)
Scientists writing in the current issue of Conservation Biology call for marine protected areas and partially protected areas to help penguins cope.
With a key funding approval, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, an international astronomy project of which the 91爆料 is a founding member, is taking a major step toward becoming a reality.
91爆料 engineers have designed a new communication system that uses radio frequency signals as a power source and reuses existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide Internet connectivity to battery-free devices.
Having a companion in old age is good for people 鈥� and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well.
91爆料 bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other materials.
The first measurements of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean recorded house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm. More sensors are going out this summer to study waves in newly ice-free Arctic waters.
News from the 91爆料 Health Sciences: Alzheimer’s impact on our aging population, hunger cues, trauma treatment study, avoiding burnout, training new neuroscientists, an AIDS-free generation
91爆料 bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, 91爆料 professor of architecture, discusses the second edition of “Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects.” Ochsner edited both editions, working with a five-person editorial board.
The 91爆料 is part of a new study that shows the disastrous landslide that killed 43 people at Oso, Washington, involved the 鈥渞emobilization鈥� of a 2006 landslide in the same place.
91爆料 political scientist Karen Litfin spent a year traveling to 14 ecovillages worldwide in researching her book “Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community.”
By using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans from before the attack and survey data from after, the researchers found that heightened amygdala reaction to negative emotional stimuli was a risk factor for later developing symptoms of PTSD.
Research from 91爆料’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences shows that in 7- and 11-month-old infants speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech.
Students in a 91爆料 statistics course did a case study on sea-level rise in Olympia. All are co-authors on a new paper that looks at the uncertainties around estimates of rising seas.
The 91爆料’s New Ventures Facility has been named emerging incubator of the year in a global ranking of top university business incubators.
Joe Janes explores the rules of “an ancient and sometimes dangerous game, now generally regarded as the most popular sport in the world.”
The Road Map Project highlights how students are most successful when schools and communities find creative and culturally responsive ways of engaging parents.
91爆料 political scientist Rebecca Thorpe discusses her new book, “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending.”
A low-cost technique may make DNA sequencing more convenient and less cumbersome, perhaps eventually replacing large lab machines with hand held devices.
New research on how pollinators find flowers when background odors are strong shows that both natural plant odors and human sources of pollution can conceal the scent of sought-after flowers.
91爆料 computer scientists have shown that crowdsourcing can be a quick and effective way to teach a robot how to complete tasks.
Washington state’s newest shellfish hatchery has been named after longtime faculty member Ken Chew.
Linden Rhoads will leave her post as 91爆料 vice provost for commercialization; Vikram Jandhyala will take over the new position of vice provost for innovation.
91爆料 researchers have shown that a favorable electrical property is present in a type of protein found in organs that repeatedly stretch and retract, such as the lungs, heart and arteries. These findings are the first that clearly track this phenomenon, called ferroelectricity, occurring at the molecular level in biological tissues.
The 91爆料 is one of four institutions receiving four Innova Dash all-electric micro vehicles this summer. They will be able to communicate data such as position, speed and battery charge directly to the 91爆料’s network, which will provide the information to various research projects.
News from the 91爆料 Health Sciences: Muscular dystrophy research center, 91爆料 Medicine part of a care network for Boeing employees, and a Q&A with Aaron Katz, a 91爆料 expert on health systems and policy.
Scientists are embarking on research to improve volcanic eruption forecasting by learning more about how a deep-underground feeder system creates and supplies magma to Mount St. Helens.
91爆料 units have won medals in the annual awards program sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
The 91爆料, the state Department of Ecology and Washington State Ferries are working together to get a better understanding of water circulation in Puget Sound.
91爆料 engineers have designed a low-power sensor that could be placed permanently in a person’s eye to track hard-to-measure changes in eye pressure. The sensor would be embedded with an artificial lens during cataract surgery and would detect pressure changes instantaneously, then transmit the data wirelessly using radio frequency waves.
News from the 91爆料 Health Sciences: Seafaring Neolithic people, communal bike programs, and high-utilizer patients
Computer scientists from the 91爆料 and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle have created the first fully automated computer program that teaches everything there is to know about any visual concept.
By the time they reach age 18, nearly one in eight of American children experience a confirmed case of maltreatment. Co-author Hedy Lee, a 91爆料 assistant professor of sociology, says the study shows that child maltreatment is much more common than previously thought.
Undergraduates working with 91爆料 Information School Professor Joe Janes looked to American and European history for their own installments of Janes’ podcast series, Documents that Changed the World.
Recent 91爆料 health sciences news: E-health in small practices, summer safety, stopping farm worker assaults
Interviews from the 1990s by Seattle-area activist Gary Greaves on how the area changed after the 1962 World’s Fair are now offered online by 91爆料 Libraries.