Posted: February 2, 2012
University of Washington scientists have advanced a method that allowed them to single out a marine microorganism and map its genome even though the organism made up less than 10 percent of a water sample teeming with many millions of individuals from dozens of identifiable groups of microbes. Read more »
Posted: February 2, 2012
Honor: Science magazine awards Foldit a first || Registration opens for Robinson Center summer programs Read more »
Posted: February 1, 2012
The University of Washington Tacomas Russell T. Joy Building has earned LEED Platinum certification, the highest, most rigorous certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system. Read more »
Posted: January 31, 2012
A new system of construction fences designed by a UW group make campus building sites look neater. They also offer history of the building project and explain what's being built. Read more »
Posted: January 30, 2012
The walls of the aorta, the largest blood vessel carrying blood from the heart, exhibits a response to electric fields known to exist in inorganic and synthetic materials. The discovery could have implications for treating human heart disease. Read more »
Posted: January 27, 2012
It's a new round of News and Informations Lost and Found Film clips, where readers help identify historic bits of film from the UW's Audio Visual Materials Library. This time, a 1960 film about campus parking -- so then why is a referred to as a "basketball" film? Read more »
Posted: January 26, 2012
The economic pain of a flattening oil supply will trump the environment as a reason to curb the use of fossil fuels, say two scientists, one from the University of Washington and one from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Nature. Read more »
Posted: January 25, 2012
New UW research demonstrates that one suggested method of geoengineering the atmosphere to deal with climate change probably would have limited success. Read more »
Posted: January 23, 2012
Students Stephanie Friedman and Linda Lei put their pharmaceutical expertise to the test at a national competition, and won first place. Read more »
Posted: January 23, 2012
Catch a dozen photos of last weeks snowfall at UW News and Informations "Community Photos.” Be sure to contribute your own photos of UW buildings, landmarks, people – snow or not – to this ever-evolving collection. Read more »
