The UW Symphony will perform with the winners of the November concerto competition on Thursday, Jan.
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Civil engineers at the University of Washington and the U.
A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment taken twice daily to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2.
Earth has warmed much less than expected during the industrial era based on current best estimates of Earth’s “climate sensitivity” — the amount of global temperature increase expected in response to a given rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.
EAT AND RIDE: Assistant Professor of Astronomy Eric Agol had a lunch date with a car this week — specifically the new Tesla Roadster, the first all-electric vehicle approved for the highway.
From the Dachshund’s stubby legs to a Shar-Pei’s wrinkly skin, breeding for special canine characteristics has left its mark on the dog gen
New research solves nagging issues in the theory of how cold dark matter let the universe evolve into the galaxy-rich cosmos we see today.
Greenroads, the first rating system for sustainable roads, unveiled today.
A lecture by Mattias Sundholm, deputy spokesman for the delegation of the European Union to the United States.
“The Governor and the Legislature obviously face a monumental challenge this session to develop a balanced operating budget.
On the marine microbial stage, there appears to be a vast group of understudies only too ready to step in when
If the orbit of the newly discovered planet is not almost perfectly circular, then the planet might be rocked fierce volcanic eruptions.
Testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife, according to a study published online last week in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, who shared the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a biological regulatory mechanism in cells, d
The University of Washington 2009 Combined Fund Drive raised a record amount for charities.
Motor vehicle crashes affect an estimated 32,800 pregnant women each year in the United States.
For the first time scientists have seen molten lava flowing from a deep-ocean seafloor volcano.
Scientists discover more small seismic tremor events in a megathrust earthquake zone in western Washington and British Columbia.
An analysis of data from more than 20,000 people has uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with impaired lung function.
A Web tool can generate color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world’s most prominent climate-change.
Dime-sized temperature sensors that were first built for the refrigerated food industry have been adapted to sense mountain microclimates.
In real estate, it’s location, location, location.
Scientists are hunting for sites in the Seattle area for specially designed seismographs to record moderate to strong urban earthquakes
The slogan is “one laptop per child.
Someone apparently wanting a free Christmas tree cut down one of the rarest conifers in the Washington Park Arboretum.
Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf.
Up to four children share a computer screen to do interactive math problems, effectively quadrupling the number of computers available.
With the fortuitous turn of a pronged garden fork, a Native American artifact has been found on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus for the first time in 90 years by a freshman student.
The UW’s DO-IT Scholars program invites applications from Washington state high school sophomores and juniors with disabilities.
University of Washington researchers have discovered a way to more accurately predict life expectancy in patients newly diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme, the most aggressive form of primary brain tumors — and the type that took the life of Senator Ted Kennedy earlier this year.
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Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you’ll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage.
Scientists say effects of climate change greater than expected and getting more serious
The University of Washington will be part of a team that will conduct a regional smart energy grid demonstration project.
Recent theories stating that half of fishes’ food comes from ecosystems on shore may not hold water.
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