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The substance inside the vial is poop, but in the world of whale research, it's pure gold. It's flushed from the digestive system of an endangered resident orca and its chock full of information.
"We get hormones, we measure stress hormones, we measure nutritional hormones, we also measure reproductive hormones and we measure toxins," said Samuel K. Wasser, a conservation biologist at the University of Washington.
Technology invented by Aaron Feaver during his PhD work at the University of Washington led to the founding of Seattle-based EnerG2 and the licensing of technology that is transforming the way energy is stored. Provost Phyllis Wise called it "a wonderful success story."
"The high-level vision for EnerG2 is to make gasoline obsolete," CEO Rick Luebbe said. "We can do that with electrical energy storage."
The 2010 Washington football team opens its season with a challenging road test this weekend when the Huskies travel to Provo, Utah, to face Brigham Young. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. Pacific Time and the game will air live on CBS College Sports television.
Neither team enters the season opener ranked in either major poll, but both squads did earn votes from both the AP and the coaches. The Huskies went 5-7 overall and 4-5 in the Pac-10 last season while BYU went 11-2 overall and 7-1 in the Mountain West.
The atmosphere at Cafe Racer, a coffeehouse and bar in the University District here, skews distinctly postgrunge, with its scuffed floor and mismatched furniture, its thrift-store paintings on boldly colored walls.
One Sunday evening this spring the place was packed mainly with teenagers and 20-somethings in T-shirts and sneakers, all listening intently to a band. Everything seemed of a piece except the music: sleek, dynamic large-group jazz, a whirl of dark-hued harmony and billowing rhythm.
A global team of 86 scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the United States have published their findings on the apple genome in an issue of Nature Genetics. Researchers from Washington State University and the UW were among the contributors.
The apple DNA study suggests that a major step in the evolution of the apple coincided with a catastrophic event some 60 million years ago, and may have been a survival response during a time of mass extinctions.
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Thomas M. Leschine, a marine expert at the University of Washington, says oil companies and regulators have become complacent about the growing risks of offshore drilling because accidents are so rare. New York Times
The Husky football team opens the 2010 season with a challenging road test this weekend when the Huskies travel to Provo, Utah, to face Brigham Young. Read More
From museums, to digital and fine art, to stage performances, Arts at the UW offers you a world of creative experiences. Come see what's going on. Arts UW
