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More news from the University of Washington

• Friend or foe, crows never forget a face

  UW scientist finds that birds can recognize individuals, helping to identify threats. Seattle P-I >

• UW ranked 11th best public university by U.S. News

  The University of Washington was ranked the 11th best public university in the most recent edition of America's Best Colleges released today by U.S. News & World Report. UW News >

• Photosynth site turns photos into a 3-D experience

  New software arranges photo sets in their real-world, 3-D context and allows people to navigate smoothly around the canals of Venice, for example, or zoom in to read the serial numbers on the space shuttle's heat shields. The project was created in part through a collaboration between Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington. Seattle Times | Seattle P-I | Scientific American | USA Today | PC World | C|Net >

• UW shows foam, plastic ban can work

  In January, foam containers will be banned at food-service businesses in Seattle. The University of Washington made the switch in 2007 and has saved money. Seattle Times >

• Rising from Ruins: UW filmmaker traces recovery struggle

  Filmmaker and UW communications professor Hanson Hosein documents the risks small business people took in resurrecting their Katrina-ravaged neighborhoods in his film Independent America: Rising from Ruins. UWeek >

• Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

  New UW research shows that bugs -- both the crawling kind and ones you can only see with a microscope -- are responsible for the heat in chili peppers. UW News | Seattle Times | Science Daily | National Geographic | New York Times >

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