You may have heard of naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdoses so effective that the U.S. Surgeon General recommended people carry it to combat the opioid crisis. But having a treatment in… Read More
As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making headlines for his efforts to raise money for cancer research.… Read More
You wouldn’t use an academic search engine to look for cat videos — but if there’s a video with cats in it that goes with an academic paper, the latest… Read More
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but will it make for a more intriguing robot? That’s the question researchers are looking to explore through a new initiative called “Curious Minded… Read More
My aversion to scooping poop out of my cat’s litter box could be preventing me from realizing my career potential! According to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder… Read More
Listening to music can be a very personal journey for some people, serving as a guiding light or emotional girder, depending on the situation. For subjects undergoing psychedelic treatment at… Read More
Hackers and spies no longer need special surveillance equipment to track your location and movements. Researchers from the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering have… Read More
Imagine if public health workers could monitor social media to take the emotional temperature of a specific population and use that data to predict epidemics. Researchers from the Department of… Read More
Researchers at the University of Washington are putting former President Barack Obama’s words into his own mouth to demonstrate breakthrough technology in the field of computer vision. By turning audio… Read More
For people afraid of heights, leaning over a wall when rock climbing could cause feelings of terror and nausea. Being attached to ropes when climbing is not always reassuring for… Read More
Tencent, the Chinese tech titan behind WeChat and a wide range of other services, plans to double down on artificial intelligence with a new research center in Seattle. Tencent has tapped… Read More
It’s a soggy Seattle Saturday but that didn’t deter thousands of activists from marching for climate research and sound science policy today. A huge assembly marched from Cal Anderson Park in… Read More
There are two basic models for scientific research — industry and academia — and each has its strengths. Academia can support sustained, long-term research. Industry is better at pushing the envelope with its entrepreneurial… Read More
Hydroelectric energy is hugely important to Washington state. It accounts for about one third of Washington’s energy consumption, more than any other energy source, and dams power jobs all over the state.… Read More
Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics has acquired RedoxTherapies for $10 million, to secure exclusive rights to a molecule that may provide a new cancer treatment. The molecule, called vipadenant, may help the immune… Read More
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to rally around a lofty goal: Landing on the moon. Today, Vice President Joe Biden has his eyes on a different, but… Read More
Despite a wealth of cheap screens, printing information on paper is often still easier than sending it out digitally. But a new connected paper technology developed by the University of Washington, Disney Research and… Read More
Technology is being embraced all over Seattle, including on the soccer pitch. The Seattle Sounders FC are currently seeking a Senior Application Developer to support the technology utilized by the… Read More
What happens to relationships when finding a date is as easy as requesting a ride or ordering take-out? We certainly love the idea of having endless options but do they leave… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Nearly everywhere you turn at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show people are talking about self-driving cars. But don’t believe the hype. Much of the science to get… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Ben Marwick is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Washington. This article was originally published on The Conversation. It’s republished here under a Creative Commons license. Also read the original… Read More
They may not be X-ray specs, but the University of Washington and Microsoft Research are working together to let you see under your skin — and much more. The researchers… Read More
The smart homes coming out of Washington State University have a higher IQ than your average cyber-enhanced abode. Their homes can learn. WSU’s Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems… Read More
At 15 years old, Sriharshita Musunuri has a resume that would be impressive for a graduate student. Which is all the more impressive, because she’s a freshman in high school. The… Read More
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has landed a $4.75 million grant from a federal initiative to help it further understand brain diseases and disorders. The 9-year-old non-profit scientific organization was… Read More
Paul Allen loves sports. The Microsoft co-founder is also passionate about understanding the human brain. So it makes sense why The Paul G. Allen Foundation announced today that it is… Read More
For the past three decades, I have been a psychological test subject. Not in a creepy NSA-and-tin-foil-hat kind of way, but as part of a long-term study designed to understand… Read More
Programming languages tell computers what to do, and now researchers from the University of Washington want to do the same for scientists working with chemical reactions. In what could potentially… Read More
Many of you reading this article would probably agree that life without the Internet would be a little troublesome in this day and age. Yet a new study from Pew… Read More
Perhaps no one has been more synonymous with the startup ethos at the University of Washington than computer science professor Oren Etzioni, a mainstay on campus for more than two decades… Read More