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In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious, or implicit, preference for white people compared to blacks.
In the clothing industry it’s common to mix natural and synthetic fibers.
It’s rare when real-world events perfectly mirror experiments that scientists are conducting.
New calculations indicate that, in nearby star systems, tidal forces exerted on planets by their parent star’s gravity could limit what is regarded as a star’s habitable zone and change the criteria for planets where life could potentially take root.
Researchers trying to uncover why premature birth is a growing problem in the United States and one that disproportionately affects black women have found that pre-pregnancy depressive mood appears to be a risk factor in preterm birth among both blacks and whites.
The information revolution is far from over.
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Judges chose from 35 entries, each 90 seconds long, created with pocket-size recording devices.
The University Singers, the Women’s Choir and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Men’s Glee Club share the spotlight with a variety of music from classical to pop and everything in between.
Families throughout Washington and parts of Oregon and Idaho have two opportunities to help ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers unlock some of the secrets of autism, a spectrum of developmental disorders that now affects about one out of every 150 children born in the United States.
In these times of trillion-dollar budgets and deficits, $6.
A team of astronomers and astrobiologists has devised a technique to tell whether small Earth-like planets orbiting other suns harbor liquid water, which in turn could tell whether they might be able to support life.
In a new book, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø paleontologist Peter Ward suggests that Earth is ultimately inhospitable to life, and that life itself might be the primary reason. Rather than the nurturing idea of the Gaia hypothesis, he invokes the darker Medea from Greek mythology.
Through sophisticated statistical analyses and advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning more about the genomic patterns of human population structure around the world.
Media are invited to join Governor Christine Gregoire, Zackery Lystedt, school athletic coaches and others at the bill signing of HB 1824 to develop guidelines for concussion and head injury risk for Washington youth at 11 a.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Provost Phyllis Wise has announced that Kellye Testy, who currently is dean and professor of law at Seattle University, will become dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law, effective Sept.
There has been recent disagreement about the snowpack decline in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but new research leaves little doubt that a warmer climate has a significant effect on the snowpack, even if other factors keep year-to-year measurements close to normal for a period of years.
Media advisory: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Undergraduate Research Symposium features 700 young minds
A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment 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.
Countless times a day people judge their confidence in a choice they are about to make — that they now can safely turn left at this intersection, that they aren’t sure of their answer on a quiz, that their hot coffee has cooled enough to drink.
If you watched one of the final episodes of the NBC television show “ER” in March 2009, you had a chance to see how doctors and medical teams use a checklist before performing surgery.
When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
A new program designed to improve public understanding and news reporting of mental health and mental illness is being launched today by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s School of Social Work and the Washington State Mental Health Transformation Project.
A new national poll of registered Latino voters indicates strong support for President Barack Obama’s actions during his first 100 days in office.
A study conducted at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has revealed new connections between food, incomes and education.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Career Center presents a workshop in resumes and cover Letters.
Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
A ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø geologist is debunking the recent notion that ‘chevrons,’ large U- or V-shaped formations found in some of the world’s coastal areas, are evidence of megatsunamis caused by asteroids or comets slamming into the ocean.
Dr. David Fleming, director and health officer of Public Health – Seattle & King County, will headline a panel discussion at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 4 on the evolving swine flu outbreak with leading international and regional experts
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips hundreds of miles in length under the ice at Davis Strait.
A national research team including six present and former ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers has connected more of the intricate pieces of the autism puzzle, with two studies that identify genes with important contributions to the disorder.
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
Indus script encodes language, reveals new study of ancient symbols
On Sunday, April 26, Paul Richard Olson, organist and choirmaster of Grace Church in Brooklyn Heights, N.
Six members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community — active and retired — are among 210 new Fellows named this week to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.