A collage of pictures from UWA magnetized beam of ionized plasma could be used to remove dead satellites and other debris from Earth orbit.Drops of red and blue liquid move along the upper and lower surface of the vibrating UW platform at speeds up to 1 inch per second. This combined image shows drops as they move toward the center and merge.Bison Cross a Highway.Washington State University

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Space Clean Up

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News Digest: Honor: Xiaodong Xu, 'Raise the Roof' May 24, 'Cirque' launches at UW Tacoma, Honor: Buddy Ratner, science behind 'Chasing Ice,' Honor: Jeff Hou

Xiaodong Xu garners Department of Energy early-career grant || Ethnic Cultural Center's 'Raise the Roof' party Thursday || 'Cirque,' an activism traveling carnival, launches June 2 at UW Tacoma || Buddy Ratner recognized for biomaterials work || Glaciology graduate student to discuss science behind film 'Chasing Ice' || Jeff Hou named community builder Read More…

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Landslides linked to plate tectonics create the steepest mountain terrain

The Landsat satellite image at left shows a huge lake on the Tsangpo River behind a dam created by a landslide (in red, lower right of the lake) in early 2000. The image at right shows the river following a catastrophic breach of the dam in June 2000.

New research shows some of the steepest mountain slopes in the world got that way because of the interplay between terrain uplift associated with plate tectonics and powerful streams cutting into hillsides, leading to large landslides. Read More…

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Coming this Summer: New Financial Conflicts of Interest Regulations

The University of Washington’s policy on Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) will be revised to comply with the Public Health Service (PHS) FCOI regulations which go into effect on August 24, 2012. UW investigators must continue to follow the current UW’s SFI Disclosure Policy (GIM-10) until otherwise informed.

The Office of Research is developing implementation processes and throughout the summer will post frequent updates on the new FCOI Web site.

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