In a paper published online this spring in the journal Nature Photonics, scientists at the 黑料吃瓜网 report that a prototype semiconductor thin-film has performed even better than today鈥檚 best solar cell materials at emitting light.
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Observations over the eastern U.S. show why emissions reductions haven’t achieved the same results in winter as they have in summer.
The 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 School of Oceanography is ranked No. 1 in the world on the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2018. The ranking, released this week, was conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
New research suggests the Atlantic Ocean is transitioning back to its slower phase, which means average global air temperatures will go back to rising more quickly.
Earth鈥檚 oxygen levels rose and fell more than once hundreds of millions of years before the planetwide success of the Great Oxidation Event about 2.4 billion years ago, new research from the 黑料吃瓜网 shows.
A typically developing 2-month-old baby can make cooing sounds, suck on her hand to calm down and smile at people. At that age, the mouth is the primary focus: Such young infants aren鈥檛 yet reaching for objects with their hands or using their feet to get around, so the lips 鈥� for eating, pacifying and communicating 鈥� multitask. And at the same time, new research reveals a special neural signature associated with touching the baby鈥檚 lips, an indicator of…
Regions of Arctic water are becoming ice-free in late summer and early fall. A new study is the first to consider potential impacts on the marine mammals that use this region and identify which populations will be the most vulnerable to ships.
黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce has been named one of 38 great immigrants by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
In a paper published April 5 in the journal Endangered Species Research, scientists at the 黑料吃瓜网 announced that, for a Gal谩pagos penguin, beak size is nearly a perfect indicator of whether a bird is male or female.
Researchers with the 黑料吃瓜网-led Virtual Planetary Laboratory are central to a group of papers published by NASA researchers today in the journal Astrobiology outlining the history 鈥� and suggesting the future 鈥� of the search for life on exoplanets, or those orbiting stars other than the sun.
Ali Mokdad has been named the chief strategy officer for Population Health at the 黑料吃瓜网, President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. In this new role he will be responsible for collaboratively setting and executing the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 vision and strategy for the Population Health Initiative, a 25-year effort to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives.
The Washington State Legislature has commissioned faculty members with the 黑料吃瓜网’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance to study ticketing and loading procedures at the West Seattle ferry dock and suggest ways to improve terminal operations. Evans School professor Alison Cullen and associate professor Stephen Page will lead the study, which begins this week and is expected to conclude in December. The work is being funded by $75,000 from the state supplemental transportation budget. Cullen is principal…
Tracking of two great white sharks reveals for the first time that in the open ocean they spend more time deep inside warm-water eddies.
The early years are when the brain develops the most, forming neural connections that pave the way for how a child 鈥� and the eventual adult 鈥� will express feelings, embark on a task, and learn new skills and concepts. Scientists have even theorized that the anatomical structure of neural connections forms the basis for how children identify letters and recognize words. In other words, the brain’s architecture may predetermine who will have trouble with reading, including children…
Anchovies, herring, sardines and other forage fish play an essential role in the food web as prey for seabirds, marine mammals and larger fish like salmon. When ground into fishmeal and oil, they are also a key food source for farmed seafood and land-based livestock such as pigs and poultry. As seafood consumption outpaces the growth of other food sectors and continues to grow worldwide, farmed seafood 鈥� also called aquaculture 鈥� has increased rapidly to meet consumer demand. That…
A study of global maize production in 2100 shows dramatic increases in the variability of corn yields from one year to the next under climate change, making simultaneous low yields across multiple high-producing regions more likely, which could lead to price hikes and global shortages.
A new study led by the 黑料吃瓜网 considers which food type is more environmentally costly to produce: livestock, farmed seafood or wild-caught fish.
A team from the 黑料吃瓜网’s GIX program are competing to win the $1 million Anu & Naveen Jain Women鈥檚 Safety XPRIZE.
黑料吃瓜网 5,900 graduates, along with 50,000-plus family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the 143rd 黑料吃瓜网 commencement ceremonies at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at Husky Stadium.
In an effort to improve the student experience and provide certainty for prospective computer science majors, the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is expanding its direct to major admissions program for incoming freshmen. Beginning with the class of fall 2019, direct admission from high school will be the primary pathway into computer science for the majority of 黑料吃瓜网 undergraduates.
A new 黑料吃瓜网-led paper pinpoints starvation as the cause of death for hundreds of thousands of Cassin’s auklet seabirds in late 2014 to early 2015.
What makes a good artificial reef, for divers, and for marine life? 黑料吃瓜网 landscape architecture students have done designs for a state-funded project to replace the artificial reef at the Redondo Beach dive site. They will present and discuss their work in a public meeting May 30, in Des Moines. The landscape architecture studio class is taught by associate professor Iain Robertson, with lecturer and landscape designer Brooke Sullivan, who is working on her doctorate at the University…
The oldest ice core so far provides 800,000 years of our planet’s climate history. A 黑料吃瓜网 field survey in Antarctica has pinpointed a location where an entire million years of undisturbed ice might be preserved intact.
Research shows that the more skills children bring with them to kindergarten 鈥� in basic math, reading, even friendship and cooperation 鈥� the more likely they will succeed in those same areas in school. Hence, “kindergarten readiness” is the goal of many preschool programs, and a motivator for many parents. Now it鈥檚 time to add language to that mix of skills, says a new 黑料吃瓜网-led study. Not only does a child鈥檚 use of vocabulary and grammar…
If an entire forest dies, new research shows, it has ricocheting effects in the atmosphere that can affect vegetation on the other side of the country.
It was spring 1968. A group of students occupied the 黑料吃瓜网 administration building calling for change: justice, diversity, agency for Blacks on campus.
Engineers at the 黑料吃瓜网 have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. This might be one small flap for a robot, but it’s one giant leap for robot-kind.
ASEs have called on the 黑料吃瓜网 to address trans-affirming medical procedures, mental health coverage, sexual harassment prevention training and wages 鈥� and the latest proposal the 黑料吃瓜网 offered Monday addresses each outstanding issue.
Aspects of an otherwise Earthlike planet鈥檚 tilt and orbital dynamics can severely affect its potential habitability 鈥� even triggering abrupt 鈥渟nowball states鈥� where oceans freeze and surface life is impossible, according to new research from 黑料吃瓜网 astronomers.
New research in plants shows that a gene called MUTE is required for the formation of stomata 鈥� the tiny pores that are critical for gas exchange, including releasing the oxygen gas that we breathe.
Charles Johnson, 黑料吃瓜网 professor emeritus of English, has released his fourth book of short stories, “Night Hawks.” He discusses his creative process for short story-writing.
In a study published online May 3 in the journal Science, a 黑料吃瓜网-led team announced that it has discovered a method to encode information using magnets that are just a few layers of atoms in thickness. This breakthrough may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics by enabling data storage at a greater density and improved energy efficiency.
Hilary Godwin has been named the next dean of the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 School of Public Health, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. Her appointment, set to begin July 15, 2018, is subject to approval by the 黑料吃瓜网 Board of Regents.
The 黑料吃瓜网 announced today it has reached agreement with a group of three plaintiffs in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit alleging violations in the University鈥檚 parking facilities on the Seattle campus.
Researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 and Seattle University have created CrowdFit, a platform for exercise planning that relies on crowdsourcing from nonexperts to create workout regimens guided by national exercise recommendations and tailored around user schedules and interests.
Issues of race and racism permeate American culture and media more than ever. The 黑料吃瓜网’s Center for Communication, Difference and Equity will hold a three-day conference May 10-12 to explore these issues and foster engagement and support among academics.
Victoria Meadows, 黑料吃瓜网 astrobiologist, professor of astronomy and leader of NASA’s 黑料吃瓜网-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory, has been named recipient of the 2018 Frank Drake Award from the SETI Institute. She is the first woman to receive the award.
Parents don鈥檛 need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New research shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.
Want to prevent kids from using drugs and make it stick into young adulthood? Get the community involved and intervene before they鈥檙e teens, say researchers from the 黑料吃瓜网. A new, longitudinal study from the 黑料吃瓜网 Social Development Research Group shows that young adults who grew up in communities that used a coordinated, science-based approach to prevention were more likely to have abstained from substance use, violence and other antisocial behaviors through age 21. Researchers at the group,…
A crowd of dignitaries gathered Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of the university鈥檚 new 290,000-square-foot Population Health Building, a facility that will house the Population Health Initiative launched by the 黑料吃瓜网 in 2016.