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January 15, 2014
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Glaciers, streamflow changes are focus of new Columbia River study
91爆料 environmental engineers are launching a new study to try to understand how climate change will affect streamflow patterns in the Columbia River Basin. The team will look at the impact of glaciers on the river system, the range of possible streamflow changes and how much water will flow in the river at hundreds of locations in future years.
January 13, 2014
91爆料 President Michael K. Young’s statement on proposed boycott of Israeli universities
As provost and president of the 91爆料, Ana Mari Cauce and I fully endorse the statement from the Association of American Universities, the 62 leading public and private universities in North America and of which the 91爆料 is a member, opposing a proposed boycott by American higher education institutions of universities and their faculties in Israel. We believe such a boycott of academic institutions and their faculties has no place in higher education institutions founded on…
DeLap studies urban birds, sketches for book ‘Subirdia’ due out in 2014
Slideshow includes with images sketched by Jack DeLap, 91爆料 doctoral candidate in environmental and forestry sciences.
Cognitive training shows some lasting effects in healthy older adults
The national, decade-long ACTIVE study showed that cognitive training can help the elderly maintain certain thinking and reasoning skills useful in everyday life.
January 10, 2014
Trial to test using ultrasound to move kidney stones
A clinical trial in Seattle is testing a technique developed at the 91爆料 that uses low-power ultrasound to reposition kidney stones.
January 9, 2014
Scientists to observe seismic energy from Seahawks’ ’12th man’ quakes
91爆料 seismologists this week installed two strong-motion seismometers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle to augment an existing station in recording shaking from “earthquakes” expected on Saturday during the NFC divisional game between the Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network is preparing a special website at www.pnsn.org/seahawks for the game to display seismograms from all three seismic stations in near-real time, and seismologists will also be available to explain interesting signals.聽Seismologists also will highlight…
Big is not bad: Scientists call for preservation of large carnivores
Despite their scary reputation, carnivores deserve credit for all kinds of ecological services when they eat grazing animals that gobble down young trees and other vegetation that could be holding carbon and protecting streams.
January 8, 2014
Astronomers measure far-off galaxies to 1 percent precision
91爆料 astronomers and colleagues have measured the distance to galaxies six billion light-years away 鈥� about halfway back to the Big Bang 鈥� to an accuracy of just 1 percent.
Arts Roundup: Juried open, Garrick Ohlsson 鈥� and the Littlefield Organ Series
With the new year come new events to entertain and inspire you. From the School of Music’s Littlefield Organ concert to a piano performance by Garrick Ohlsson presented by the 91爆料 World Series, discover what’s happening this coming week in the arts. VIVA! Exhibit: “Celebrating Latino/a Art, Activism & Life” Jan. 6-April 18 | First Floor Gallery, School of Social Work The exhibit highlights paintings by Alfredo Arregu铆n, Arturo Artorez, Tatiana Garmendia and Blanca Santander; mixed media work by Michelle…
Despite declines in smoking rates, number of smokers and cigarettes rises
Population growth since 1980 drives increases in the number of smokers in countries including China and Russia, while Canada, Mexico, and the United States see strong declines
January 7, 2014
‘Sharecropper’s Troubadour’: The life of singer, union organizer John Handcox
91爆料 historian Michael Honey talks about his latest book, “Sharecropper’s Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition.”
On-demand vaccines possible with engineered nanoparticles
91爆料 engineers hope a new type of vaccine they have shown to work in mice will one day make it cheaper and easy to manufacture on-demand vaccines for humans. Immunizations could be administered within minutes where and when a disease is breaking out.
January 6, 2014
Babbling babies 鈥� responding to one-on-one ‘baby talk’ 鈥� master more words
Common advice to new parents is that the more words babies hear the faster their vocabulary grows. Now new findings show that what spurs early language development isn’t so much the quantity of words as the style of speech and social context in which speech occurs.
‘Future of Ice’ initiative marks new era for 91爆料 polar research
The 91爆料’s new “Future of Ice” initiative includes several new research hires, a new minor in Arctic studies and a free winter lecture series.
Book explains astrobiology for a general audience
David Catling’s new book, part of an Oxford University Press series, aims to explain astrobiology to a general audience.
January 3, 2014
Board of Regents 鈥� Jan. 9 Meeting Announcement
The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, Jan. 9, at聽12:15 p.m. in the Petersen Room of the Allen Library.聽 The full agenda is available online.
January 2, 2014
El Ni帽o tied to melting of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier
A new study in Science, co-authored by the British Antarctic Survey and 91爆料 authors, shows that melting of the floating Pine Island ice shelf is tied to global atmospheric patterns associated with El Ni帽o.
December 31, 2013
Genetically identical bacteria can behave in radically different ways
When a bacterial cell divides into two daughter cells there can be an uneven distribution of cellular organelles. The resulting cells can behave differently from each other, giving them an evolutionary advantage.
December 30, 2013
Recap of 2013: Top 10 most-viewed stories on 91爆料 Today
For us writers in the 91爆料 News office, the year’s end gives us some time to think about the big research news stories of the year. Those that drove up page views, flooded our servers (thank you 91爆料 web team for keeping us afloat!), and generated interesting reader responses in the comments section. We took a look at the Google Analytics of 91爆料 Today to get a sense of the 2013’s most popular online stories. We listed them by…
David Shields acts, James Franco directs: A report from the set
An English professor turned actor? David Shields answers a few questions about “playing himself” in a film directed by James Franco based on Shields’ forthcoming book with colleague Caleb Powell, “I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel.”
December 27, 2013
News digest: Fight hunger site, MyPlan extension, Energy Star rating, lecture nominations due
Check out Huskies Fight Hunger site || 91爆料 online academic planner to be extended to community, technical college students || 91爆料 Tower data center now Energy Star certified || Nominations due Jan. 31 for graduate school public lectures
December 26, 2013
Psychiatry鈥檚 Jeremy J. Clark receives Presidential Early Career Award
Clark was recognized for his work in the neurobiology of motivated behavior. His award will support investigations of how alcohol exposure during the teen years might lead to chronic alcoholism in adults.
December 23, 2013
91爆料 Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center opens at Harborview
The new center at Harborview will link clinical evaluation and care of patients with research programs in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, latent degenerative disease detection and treatment, and care delivery.
December 19, 2013
Sinuous skeletons, glowing blue and crimson, leap from lab to art world
Fish “stripped” to their skeletons and stained for 91爆料 research are now part of an art exhibit at the Seattle Aquarium.
TB bacteria mask their identity to intrude into deeper regions of lungs
Cell surface lipids hide molecular patterns that infection-killing cells might recognize as dangerous.
December 18, 2013
Home dialysis gains momentum through 91爆料 research
Of the 400,000 kidney disease patients on dialysis in the United States only 6 percent to 7 percent are treated with home dialysis, largely because the choice is not often given to them as an option.
Single bacterial super-clone behind world epidemic of drug-resistant E. coli
Virulent, drug-resistant forms of E. coli that recently have spread around the world emerged from a single strain of the bacteria, not many different strains, as has been widely supposed.
December 17, 2013
91爆料MC grants wish for seriously ill teen interested in NICU nursing
Samantha’s dream career is Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nursing. One day last week the nurses in the 91爆料 Medical Center NICU warmly welcomed her to their world of caring for babies and their families.
The move’s on us: Students leave Terry, will return to new Lander Hall
Students living in the 91爆料’s Terry Hall will get a new home after the holidays without doing any moving 鈥� that part’s on the house, you might say.
Hack the planet? Geoengineering research, ethics, governance explored
A special interdisciplinary issue of the journal Climatic Change includes the most detailed description yet of the proposed Oxford Principles to govern geoengineering research, and surveys the technical hurdles, ethics and regulatory issues related to deliberately manipulating the planet’s climate.
December 16, 2013
5 effective parenting programs to reduce problem behaviors in children
91爆料 researchers evaluated about 20 parenting programs and found five that are especially effective at helping parents and children at all risk levels avoid adolescent behavior problems that affect not only individuals, but entire communities.
December 12, 2013
New state-funded Clean Energy Institute will focus on solar, battery technologies
A new 91爆料 institute to develop efficient, cost-effective solar power and better energy storage systems launched Dec. 12 with an event attended by 91爆料 President Michael K. Young, Gov. Jay Inslee and researchers, industry experts and policy leaders in renewable energy.
Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code
Finding a second code hiding in the genome casts new light on how changes to DNA impact health and disease.
December 11, 2013
Arts Roundup: Exhibits at the Henry and Burke Museum
This week we’re wrapping up the end of fall quarter 鈥� and the last arts roundup of 2013 鈥� with a nice bow. During the roundup’s winter hiatus, we encourage you to check out some of the ongoing exhibits on campus before they also come to a close.
91爆料 ranked 13th best value among public institutions by Kiplinger’s
The 91爆料 has been ranked 13th best value among public colleges and universities for 2014 by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
December 10, 2013
What climate change means for federally protected marine species
As the Endangered Species Act nears its 40th birthday at the end of December, conservation biologists are coming to terms with a danger not foreseen in the 1970s: global climate change.
December 9, 2013
Communities across U.S. reduce teen smoking, drinking, violence and crime
Fewer high school students across the U.S. started drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, committing crimes and engaging in violence before graduation when their towns used a prevention system developed by 91爆料’s Social Development Research Group.
Astronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres
An atmospheric peculiarity the Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is likely common to billions of planets, 91爆料 astronomers have found, and knowing that may help in the search for potentially habitable worlds.
December 6, 2013
Sounders star makes young 91爆料 dental patient鈥檚 day
Samuel Knorr didn鈥檛 like the idea of missing school for an orthodontic retainer check at the 91爆料鈥檚 The Center for Pediatric Dentistry. When he came face to face with Seattle Sounders star DeAndre Yedlin, however, he was happy he did.