Bacteria speed up their evolution by positioning specific genes along the route of expected traffic jams in DNA encoding. Collisions can result in mutations.
March 29, 2013
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March 28, 2013
91爆料 Medicine establishes Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases
This week 91爆料 Medical Center’s pulmonary fibrosis support group celebrated its 25th anniversary and the establishment of the new center.
Arts Roundup: Art, recitals, trivia 鈥� and big band jazz
This week, student art and music, a School of Social Work art exhibit a lecture on art and more. It’s between quarters but there’s still plenty to see on campus.
Volunteers use historic U.S. ship logbooks to uncover Arctic climate data
A volunteer project enlists citizen scientists to transcribe climate observations buried in historic logbooks of U.S. ships that spent time in the Arctic.
March 27, 2013
Federal ‘detainer requests’ for suspected immigration violators cause longer jail stays, increase cost, 91爆料 research shows
Jail stays and costs increase when federal immigration authorities request that inmates be held under what are called “detainer requests,” according to 91爆料 research.
91爆料 announces new, low-cost online-only degree completion program in early childhood studies
The 91爆料 will offer a new low-cost online bachelor’s degree completion program in early childhood and family studies. Pending final approval, the program will start in the fall.
Notice of Possible Rule Making: WAC 478-136-041, “Alcoholic Beverage Policy”
Notice of Possible Rule Making Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (per RCW 34.05.310) Subject of Possible Rule Making:聽 WAC 478-136-041, 鈥淎lcoholic Beverage Policy.鈥� Statutes Authorizing the University to Adopt Rules on This Subject:聽 RCW聽28B.20.130. Reasons Why Rules on This Subject May Be Needed and What They Might Accomplish:聽 Currently, the 91爆料鈥檚 alcoholic beverage policy does not provide for licensing under a sports entertainment facility license.聽 The proposed WAC rule amendment will make it clear that alcohol sales, service, and consumption in…
March 26, 2013
Gene therapy may aid failing hearts
Scientists come closer to boosting heart muscle by powering its contractile machinery.
Documents that Changed the World: The ‘Casablanca’ letters of transit
The latest in the Documents that Changed the World podcast series is about a famous World War II-era document that never existed at all.
March 22, 2013
Rising ocean acidity saps mussels’ strength
March 21, 2013
Arts Roundup: Art about music, music about art 鈥� and ongoing shows
Ongoing exhibits at the Henry Art Gallery and Burke Museum and 91爆料-related art being shown off campus are featured.
March 20, 2013
News Digest: U Bridge closures, demo of mobile planetarium, SeattleSounder FC’s 91爆料 Day
University Bridge closures March 23, 24 || Mobile planetarium demonstration April 1 || Portion of ticket sales for Seattle Sounder FC’s 91爆料 Day goes to scholarships
2013 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award goes to King Holmes for STD work
Holmes was honored for his groundbreaking work on sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea and human papilloma virus.
Some Alaskan trout use flexible guts for the ultimate binge diet
The stomach and intestines of certain Dolly Varden trout double to quadruple in size during month-long, salmon-egg-eating binges in Alaska each August. It’s the first time researchers have documented such fish gut flexibility in the wild.
Update April 3, 2013 cherry blossom watch: Quad in full bloom
The cold weather this week is delaying the blooming of cherry trees in the 91爆料 Quad.
March 19, 2013
Jordanna Bailkin studies postwar Britain in new book ‘The Afterlife of Empire’
91爆料 History Professor Jordanna Bailkin discusses her new book “The Afterlife of Empire.”
Tenfold boost in ability to pinpoint proteins in cancer cells
New research offers a more comprehensive way to analyze a cell’s unique behavior, revealing patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won’t become cancerous.
Grieving parents find solace in remembrance photography 鈥� with photo gallery
A 91爆料 anthropology student investigated how remembrance photography helps grieving parents, and how the practice’s resurgence could signal a change in the way death and dying are dealt with in our society.
March 18, 2013
91爆料 students create, harvest fog in campus ‘hoop house’
91爆料 students have been testing low-cost materials capable of harvesting water from fog.
91爆料 professor fights poverty one land plot at a time
March 15, 2013
91爆料 medical students match up with residency programs nationwide
On Match Day, students at medical schools across the nation find out where they will train as residents.
News Digest: Sea Grant symposium focuses on waterfronts, lecture March 22 on tissue engineering, reception honors staff nominees
Washington Sea Grant sponsors four-day symposium on waterfront challenges || Lecture March 22 on advances in tissue engineering || Reception March 26 for Distinguished Staff Award nominees
Endangered species meeting endorses ivory testing
March 14, 2013
Arts Roundup: Symphony, chamber singers, organ music and more
The 91爆料 Symphony, Chamber Singers, Littlefield Organ Series and more this week in 91爆料 arts.
March 13, 2013
Innocence Project Northwest wins right to DNA testing for felons serving time in community
Felons who serve part of their prison sentence in the community may now have the right to publicly funded DNA testing.
Ethnomusicology’s Global Reach
91爆料 places highly in ranking of graduate programs by US News
US News & World Report recently published its national ranking of graduate programs.
March 12, 2013
News Digest: 91爆料 Tower Green Fair Thursday, Restoration Ecology Network recognized
Demos, films, exhibits at 91爆料 Tower Green Fair Thursday || Society recognizes 91爆料 Restoration Ecology Network
March 11, 2013
Long-term relationships, access to data drive sustainability institutions鈥� success
Successful sustainability initiatives need to be grounded in long-standing relationships among scientists, local communities and decision-makers, 91爆料’s Lisa Graumlich told a session on sustainability science at AAAS.
Remote clouds responsible for climate models’ glitch in tropical rainfall
One of the most persistent biases in global climate models is due to poor simulation of cloud cover thousands of miles to the south.
March 8, 2013
Spring move-in slated for new 91爆料 Medicine South Lake Union research building
Occupying the seven-story facility will be labs for kidney research, vision sciences, immunology, rheumatology, and infectious disease investigations.
The engineering and design behind EcoCar2
March 7, 2013
Tracking sediments’ fate in largest-ever dam removal
Any day now, the world’s largest dam-removal project will release a century’s worth of sediment . For geologists, it’s a unique opportunity to study natural and engineered river systems.
Arts Roundup: Music, opera, drama 鈥� and dinosaurs
Lots of music this week, plus “Cyrano” continues and the Burke Museum holds Dino Day, a family-friendly event 65 million years in the making.
March 6, 2013
91爆料 nautilus expedition may have spied new species
A 91爆料 research team has captured color photographs of what could be a previously undocumented species of chambered nautilus, a cephalopod mollusk often classified as a “living fossil,” in the waters off American Samoa in the South Pacific. “This is certainly a new taxon, but we are not sure if it is a new species, subspecies or variety,” said 91爆料 paleontologist Peter Ward, who led the expedition to Samoa and Fiji. “The Samoan nautiluses are large for the…
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Crow slumber party at 91爆料 Bothell
March 5, 2013
News Digest: 91爆料 students speak at Town Hall, nominations due, celebrate Philosophy in Schools program, tobacco cessation help
91爆料 Science Now kicks off at Town Hall tonight || Celebrating 91爆料 Women nominations due March 11 || Nominations sought for fourth annual Husky Green Awards || Grade-school students take on philosophy in panel discussion || Hall Health Center expands tobacco cessation program
March 4, 2013
United States lags behind many developed countries on key health measures
A public symposium on the Global Burden of Diseases study will be held on campus Monday, March 11.
Lost and Found Films: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge and more, 1940
“Governor’s Day 2,” a six-minute montage of colorful campus scenes, is the latest in the Lost and Found Films series, where readers help identify snippets of 91爆料 footage.