News releases
April 9, 2012
Wearable artificial kidney to be tested for safety and effectiveness in collaboration with FDA
The battery-powered wearable artificial kidney weighs about 10 pounds and is worn in a waist belt. Dr. Victor Gura from UCLA invented the device to provide greater freedom to dialysis patients.
April 4, 2012
Autism mutations, scattered across genes, merge into network of interactions
New findings on the molecular biology of autism spectrum disorders are reported today in Nature.
April 2, 2012
Sex-offender registries list individuals not living in community, UW study
A UW Tacoma researcher has discovered that sex-offender registries include people who are not actually living within the community,such as individuals who have died, been deported, are in jail or have moved out of state.
March 30, 2012
Restoring credibility and the joy of discovery to science
In several journal editorials and testimony before the National Academy of Sciences, a UW professor presents opinions on reforming scientific enterprise.
March 28, 2012
Fossil raindrop impressions imply greenhouse gases loaded early atmosphere
Evidence from fossilized raindrop impressions from 2.7 billion years ago indicates that an abundance of greenhouse gases most likely caused the warm temperatures on ancient Earth.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to be commencement speaker
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will be the University of Washingtons commencement speaker in ceremonies June 9 at CenturyLink Field.
March 27, 2012
Testosterone low, but responsive to competition, in Amazonian tribe — with slideshow
UW anthropologists report that Tsimane men have less baseline testosterone compared with U.S. men, but show the same increase in testosterone following a soccer game.
March 26, 2012
Tiny reader makes fast, cheap DNA sequencing feasible
Researchers have devised a nanoscale sensor to electronically read the sequence of a single DNA molecule, a technique that is fast and inexpensive and could make DNA sequencing widely available.
March 23, 2012
Embryonic stem cells shift metabolism in a cancer-like way upon implanting in the uterus
This change may release fuel and materials for the rapid growth of the early embryo and the formation of layers that will later become organs.
March 22, 2012
Geologists discover new class of landform – on Mars
An odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars, according to new research by University of Washington geologists.
March 21, 2012
UW Medical Center is first in Pacific Northwest to discharge a Total Artificial Heart patient
Christopher Marshall, of Wasilla, Alaska, left UW Medical Center today without a heart. Instead he used a portable power supply for his recently implanted circulatory device.
March 19, 2012
Pediatricians' pain-medication judgments affected by unconscious racial bias, says UW study
Pediatricians who showed an unconscious preference for European Americans tended to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they did for African-American patients, new UW research shows.
March 14, 2012
Some mammals used highly complex teeth to compete with dinosaurs
New research shows that at least one group of small mammals, the multituberculates, actually flourished in the last 20 million years of dinosaurs reign and survived their extinction.
Loss of appetite deciphered in brain cell circuit
UW scientists traced a brain circuit that mediates the loss of appetite in mice. They also discovered potential therapeutic targets.
March 12, 2012
Bellingham roadway with recycled toilets is world's first official 'Greenroad'
Greenroads, a rating system developed at the University of Washington to promote sustainable roadway construction, awarded its first official certification to a Bellingham project that incorporates porcelain from recycled toilets.
March 8, 2012
Study shows benefit of gun cabinets in homes in Alaskan villages
Installing a gun cabinet dramatically reduces unlocked guns and ammunition in the home, according to a study in rural Alaska villages.
March 6, 2012
One year later: Japan quake, tsunami a cautionary tale for Pacific Northwest
On the one-year anniversary of Japan’s great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, UW scientists said the devastating event has some important lessons for the Pacific Northwest – most notably, that a similar event will happen here, and this region is much less prepared than Japan.
UW played major role in telling story of Japan quake
From Seattle to Japan, University of Washington faculty had an important role in providing information about the aftermath of the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
March 4, 2012
Lower Duwamish Waterway health study to inform EPAs final cleanup plan for Superfund site
Environmental health researchers will assess the effects of the proposed cleanup on people who use or live on South Seattle’s polluted Duwamish River.
February 29, 2012
Are budget cuts to health departments putting our health at risk?
Researchers are seeking to improve public health outcomes at a time of diminished funding and program reductions.
Chinas urbanization unlikely to lead to fast growth of middle class: UW geographer
Chinas growing cities are considered a boon for the consumer goods market, but a UW geographer presents evidence that new city dwellers will unlikely have much disposable income.
February 24, 2012
School of Dentistry lowers fees for Medicaid-eligible patients
The UW School of Dentistry wants to make dental care affordable to people affected by state cutbacks in coverage.
February 21, 2012
Design eye for the science guy: Drop-in clinic helps scientists communicate data
The Design Help Desk offers scientists a chance to meet with a student who can help them create more effective figures, tables and graphs. This visual equivalent of a Writing Help Desk is also a study on how to teach data visualization.
February 17, 2012
Models underestimate future temperature variability; food security at risk
Climate warming caused by greenhouse gases is very likely to increase summer temperature variability around the world by the end of this century, new UW research shows. The findings have major implications for food production.
February 9, 2012
UW’s David Stahl elected to National Academy of Engineering
David Stahl, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Also elected are UW affiliate professor Henrique Malvar and UW alumnus Peter Farrell.
February 8, 2012
Scientists sound alarm over threat of untreatable gonorrhea in United States
Emerging cephalosporin resistance and treatment failures reported in other countries signal a need for urgent U.S. action to control the spread of gonorrhea.
February 7, 2012
Treatment for TB can be guided by patients genetics
A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection also predicts drug treatment effectiveness for a deadly form of TB.
February 2, 2012
Scientists coax shy microorganisms to stand out in a crowd
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.
Diet high in processed meat linked to increased diabetes risk in populations with high diabetes rate
Diabetes risk is increased in men and women who eat a diet high in processed meats, according to a study published online this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Processed meats include hot dogs, lunch meat, sausages and canned meats.
January 30, 2012
Preserved habitat near national parks helps species conservation
National parks help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a park also is left as natural habitat.
Ferroelectric switching discovered for first time in soft biological tissue
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.
January 26, 2012
Commentary in Nature: Can economy bear what oil prices have in store?
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.
January 25, 2012
Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere wont fully offset climate change
New UW research demonstrates that one suggested method of geoengineering the atmosphere to deal with climate change probably would have limited success.
USDOT awards $3.5 million for UW-based regional transportation center
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $3.5 million to a multi-university, regional transportation center led by the University of Washington. The newly established Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium, or PacTrans, will focus on safe and sustainable transportation systems.
New center to develop interventions for writing, reading disabilities
UW’s College of Education has been awarded an $8.1 million, five-year federal grant to study how best to teach writing and reading to both learning-disabled and typically achieving children.
January 19, 2012
Homeless heavy drinkers imbibe less when housing allows alcohol
A study of a housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that residents cut their heavy drinking by 35 percent.
January 18, 2012
New oral history of William Ruckelshaus, key figure in environmental policy, now online
An oral history of the career of William D. Ruckelshaus, the first and fifth administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, whose career parallels the growth of the environmental movement in the United States, is now available in three locations in the state of Washington.
January 17, 2012
Fruit flies watch the sky to stay on course — with video
New research demonstrates that fruit flies keep their bearings by using the polarization pattern of natural skylight, bolstering the belief that many, if not all, insects have that capability.
January 12, 2012
Surgical robots to provide open-source platform for medical robotics research
Seven identical robots created and built at the UW will be flown to campuses across the country, where they will provide the first common research platform to develop the future of surgical robotics. The robots will be display Friday at an open house.
January 11, 2012
Hubble spies old stars that shed their skins to look younger
A UW-led team has peered deep into the neighboring Andromeda galaxy to find unusual ultra-blue stars.
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