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COVID-19 lockdowns prematurely aged teenage brains, UW study shows
New discoveries about how mosquitoes mate may help the fight against malaria
Scientists will study nearby galaxies to uncover galactic formation history and dark matter
Large Language Models Can Help Detect Social Media Bots
Human-wildlife overlap expected to increase across more than half of Earth’s land by 2070
Why isn’t Colorado’s snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? New research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall
Galaxies in dense environments tend to be larger, settling one cosmic question and raising others
Report describes the barriers Pacific Northwest coastal Tribes face in adapting to climate change
Seafood Conference – Celebrating 30 years of sustainable seafood
Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
Parse Biosciences Partners with Taiwan-based Prisma Biotech to Extend Reach in Asia
Using photos or videos, these AI systems can conjure simulations that train robots to function in physical spaces
Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a fundamental problem − more pixels don’t ensure better vision
UW model shows cortical implants like Elon Musk’s Blindsight unlikely to ‘exceed normal human vision’
How iBuyers are changing real estate racial disparities and individual homeownership rates in one major city
Athletes looking for a competitive edge may find it within their gut microbiome
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
Unexpected role of OTX2 drives aggressive medulloblastoma
Q&A: Climate Change Toll On Roads – Two UW Professors Weigh In
Do We Really Know How Our Data Is Used?
Wolves’ return has had only small impact on deer populations in NE Washington, study shows
Poop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the small intestine shed new light on ways to improve gut health
AI Speech-to-text Can Hallucinate Violent Language
PFAS Are Toxic ‘forever Chemicals’ That Linger In Our Air, Water, Soil And Bodies – Here’s How To Keep Them Out Of…
AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition
AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear
Parse Biosciences Launches Trailmaker Data Analysis Platform to Simplify Single Cell Sequencing
In the Field: UW researcher headed to Alaska to study factors that lead to permafrost thaw and to educate foster care youth
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once
Meat Freshness Labels Could Replace Use-by Dates
Packaged-meat labels that show freshness could replace use-by dates, reducing food waste
Unlocking the future of biotechnology: ICED revolutionises enzyme design
UW atmospheric scientist participating in field campaign to improve Western snowfall, drought forecasts
How newborn chicks are helping to settle a centuries-old debate about cognition and our senses
Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 provides insights into the health of New Zealanders
UW-led project to study ozone, atmospheric layers a finalist for next-generation NASA satellite
Low testosterone levels in men linked to higher risk of death
Navy Growler jet noise over Whidbey Island could impact 74,000 people’s health
Can Wikipedia-like citations on YouTube curb misinformation?
Everyday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities like big-game hunting
Speaker: Content moderation is free speech, not censorship
Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk, as a new NYC study shows
Scientists solve chemical mystery at the interface of biology and technology
New Circuit Boards Can Be Repeatedly Recycled
New technology uncovers mechanism affecting generation of new COVID variants
Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research