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September 3, 2014
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Changing temperature powers sensors in hard-to-reach places
黑料吃瓜网 researchers have taken inspiration from a centuries-old clock design and created a power harvester that uses natural fluctuations in temperature and pressure as its power source.
September 2, 2014
Honor: Barry Witham, asbestos training change, Myanmar visitors present Sept. 4
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Dwindling waterways challenge desert fish in warming world
One of Arizona’s largest watersheds 鈥� home to many native species of fish already threatened by extinction 鈥� is providing a grim snapshot of what could happen to watersheds and fish in arid areas around the world as climate warming occurs.
August 29, 2014
Revisit 1990s HUB, U District as missing-student mystery unfolds
Nick DiMartino, employee at University Book Store for 44 years, sets his latest novel at the 黑料吃瓜网 in the early 1990s.
August 28, 2014
David Battisti, Qiang Fu elected AGU fellows
黑料吃瓜网 atmospheric scientists David Battisti and Qiang Fu have been elected fellows of the American Geophysical Union.
August 27, 2014
New smartphone app can detect newborn jaundice in minutes
黑料吃瓜网 engineers and physicians have developed a smartphone application that checks for jaundice in newborns and can deliver results to parents and pediatricians within minutes.
August 26, 2014
Russian children’s books explored in new Special Collections exhibit
Sandra Kroupa had to learn a lot about Russian children’s literature in a hurry to curate the exhibit now on display in 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries Special Collections. But it wasn’t meant to be that way. Kroupa is the longtime book arts and rare book curator for 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries. The exhibit is “From the Lowly Lubok to Soviet Realism: Early Twentieth Century Children’s Books from Russia.” It is on display outside Special Collections and in its Reading Room in the Allen Library…
Health Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, kids’ sleep routines
黑料吃瓜网 Health Sciences News Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, back-to-school sleep routines
Scientists craft a semiconductor junction only three atoms thick
Scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick.
August 25, 2014
Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability
黑料吃瓜网 researchers have found that children as young as 2 intuitively use math concepts to help make sense of their world.
黑料吃瓜网 climbs to No. 7 in national ranking
The Washington Monthly magazine has listed 黑料吃瓜网 seventh in the nation in its 2014 national university rankings.
August 21, 2014
Busy midsummer week for 黑料吃瓜网 undergraduate researchers
The popular Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session allows 黑料吃瓜网 students — and some just arriving — to show off their research.
Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean
Observations show that the heat absent from the Earth’s surface is plunging deep in the north and south Atlantic Ocean, and is part of a slow, naturally recurring cycle.
Washington housing market improves in second quarter of 2014
Washington state’s housing market rebounded from its first quarter performance, as the annual rate of existing home sales rose 6.4 percent in the second quarter of 2014.
August 20, 2014
Notice of possible rule making: Preproposal statement of inquiry
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 478-120 WAC, Student Conduct Code for the 黑料吃瓜网.
黑料吃瓜网 project becomes a focal point in hunt for dark matter
The 黑料吃瓜网 has one of three experiments aimed at detecting elusive dark matter in the universe that have gotten a big financial boost.
August 19, 2014
Shyam Gollakota named one of world’s top innovators under 35
Shyam Gollakota, a 黑料吃瓜网 assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has been named one of this year’s “Innovators Under 35” by global media company MIT Technology Review.
August 18, 2014
黑料吃瓜网 No. 15 in the world
The 黑料吃瓜网 moved up one position to No. 15 on the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Friday. The 黑料吃瓜网 ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in Nature and Science magazines,…
StopInfo for OneBusAway app makes buses more usable for blind riders
A 黑料吃瓜网 study found that StopInfo, a new hub for bus stop information in the OneBusAway app, is helpful for blind riders and can promote spontaneous and unfamiliar travel. A 黑料吃瓜网 research team launched the program recently in collaboration with King County Metro.
August 16, 2014
Virginity pledges for men can lead to sexual confusion 鈥� even after the wedding day
Young men receiving support after they pledge to abstain from sex until marriage, can find themselves without advisors and help once they do marry.
August 15, 2014
Research from 1960s shakes up understanding of West Coast earthquakes
A new study used seabed samples collected by 黑料吃瓜网 graduate students in the late 1960s to question current interpretations of earthquake frequency along the West Coast.
August 14, 2014
Stardust sample analysis finds likely interstellar dust
The Stardust mission, the brainchild of a 黑料吃瓜网 astronomer, enlisted help from thousands of citizen scientists to find likely evidence of interstellar dust.
Seymour Rabinovitch leaves a long 黑料吃瓜网 legacy in chemistry
Seymour Rabinovitch, 95, a professor emeritus who spent four decades in the 黑料吃瓜网 Chemistry Department, died Aug. 2.
August 13, 2014
Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice
Historic observations and NASA airborne data provide a decades-long record showing that the snowpack on Arctic sea ice is thinning.
August 8, 2014
David Briggs remembrance Aug. 17 at 黑料吃瓜网
David Briggs, professor emeritus of environmental and forest sciences, will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 17 at the 黑料吃瓜网 Club.
Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Ni帽o cycles
Piles of ancient shells provide the first reliable long-term record for the powerful driver of year-to-year climate changes. Results show that the El Ni帽os 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as they are today.
August 7, 2014
Ocean’s most oxygen-deprived zones to shrink under climate change
Predictions that the lowest-oxygen environments in the ocean will get worse may not come to pass. 黑料吃瓜网 research shows climate change, by weakening the trade winds, will shrink these extremely low-oxygen waters.
Rebuilding part of the Large Hadron Collider 鈥� with Legos
黑料吃瓜网 students used Legos to build a replica of the Atlas detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider that made physics history. (With video)
August 6, 2014
Penguins at risk world over, scientists urge new strategies
Scientists writing in the current issue of Conservation Biology call for marine protected areas and partially protected areas to help penguins cope.
August 5, 2014
Funding approval a big step forward for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
With a key funding approval, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, an international astronomy project of which the 黑料吃瓜网 is a founding member, is taking a major step toward becoming a reality.
August 4, 2014
No-power Wi-Fi connectivity could fuel Internet of Things reality
黑料吃瓜网 engineers have designed a new communication system that uses radio frequency signals as a power source and reuses existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide Internet connectivity to battery-free devices.
August 1, 2014
Determination of non-significance — 黑料吃瓜网 Police Department Facility
黑料吃瓜网 — Determination of non-significance (DNS) Project Name: 黑料吃瓜网 Police Department Facility Description of Proposal: Construction of a proposed three-story (two above-grade levels plus a basement), approximately 29,241-gross square foot building. The building would provide space for approximately 93 staff members and would include offices, a dispatch/communications center, records storage, identification lab, evidence storage, locker/fitness rooms, conference rooms, community multipurpose/training rooms and fleet parking. Proponent: 黑料吃瓜网 Location of Proposal: 3939 15th Avenue NE The site is…
A unique lab class: 黑料吃瓜网 students explore nation’s largest dam removal
A spring research apprenticeship course had nine undergraduates living at Friday Harbor Labs and studying what will happen to sediment released by dam removals on the Elwha River.
July 31, 2014
Rovy Branon named vice provost for 黑料吃瓜网 Educational Outreach
黑料吃瓜网 President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today the selection of Rovy Branon as the new vice provost for 黑料吃瓜网 Educational Outreach, effective Oct. 15, 2014. The appointment is subject to approval by the 黑料吃瓜网 Board of Regents. 鈥淩ovy Branon鈥檚 prior leadership experiences make him uniquely qualified for this important leadership position,鈥� 黑料吃瓜网 Provost Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淭here is wide ranging consensus that his values, vision, and goals are similar to those of…
Companion planets can increase old worlds’ chance at life
Having a companion in old age is good for people 鈥� and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well.
July 30, 2014
Availability of a draft environmental impact statement — Animal Research and Care Facility
Project Name: Animal Research and Care Facility (ARCF) Proponent: 黑料吃瓜网 Description: The University is proposing to construct a new state of the art鈥� two-story below-grade structure approximately 96,000 square feet of building development to replace currently non-compliant facilities and provide centralized holding and procedure space for the Department of Comparative Medicine (DCM) and the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC). Below-grade development would also include an expanded loading dock that would contain an access corridor to link the…
Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
黑料吃瓜网 bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other materials.
July 29, 2014
黑料吃瓜网 sophomore part of America’s Got Talent tonight
A 黑料吃瓜网 student takes center stage on America’s Got Talent. (With video)
Huge waves measured for first time in Arctic Ocean
The first measurements of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean recorded house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm. More sensors are going out this summer to study waves in newly ice-free Arctic waters.