Navigating the future of work. Learning how to fight against burnout. Taking on cybersecurity threats. Gathering community. Connecting with old colleagues. Making new friends. The 2022 GeekWire Summit had it… Read More
Business, governmental and environmental leaders from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia met at the U.S.-Canada border this week to plan the next steps in the quest to become the world’s… Read More
It was really nice to be back. The GeekWire Summit returned to Seattle and took a page out of our shared reality, going hybrid this week with an in-person and virtual… Read More
Growing up outside a town in Wisconsin, out in the woods with dial-up internet and his parents, sister, cats, horses, and chickens, W. Andre Perkins always had an interest in… Read More
This year’s GeekWire Summit may have looked a little different — a fully virtual experience stretched across three weeks. But one thing certainly remained the same: More than a dozen… Read More
Nicole Magaki doesn’t just want to be a doctor. She wants to help doctors help more people. A 17-year-old from Des Moines, Wash., Nicole has long had an interest in… Read More
Researchers at the University of Washington working on both protein design and the understanding of gravity have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in life sciences and fundamental physics. The so-called… Read More
As the new director of the grants program at the Washington Research Foundation, David Shoultz joins at a unique time for an organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in science and… Read More
Maddie Smith is ready to drift through life for a little while. But it’s not because she’s lost focus. In fact, the postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington’s Applied… Read More
Concure Oncology has raised $2.5 million in new capital for breast cancer treatment that uses radioactive seeds to prevent tumors from growing. With the new funding, announced last week, the… Read More
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Researchers and physicians at the University of Washington in Seattle are treating patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using a drug best known as a therapy for malaria, part of a broader… Read More
Amazon is pledging $20 million to accelerate diagnostics, research and testing in the fight against COVID-19. The company announced the new Amazon Web Services (AWS) Diagnostic Development Initiative on Friday… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. PBS’s Frontline profiled the Amazon empire and painted a complicated picture of unrelenting ambition. Frontline spent a year examining… Read More
— Nintendo is on a roll. Though its current console, the Nintendo Switch, doesn’t boast the same type of processing power as Microsoft’s Xbox One or Sony’s PlayStation 4, it… Read More
Dr. Jeanne Ting Chowning is a lifelong educator with a passion for science — and a commitment to making sure that that passion reaches and is of service to underrepresented… Read More
It has been nearly two decades since scientists accomplished the first complete sequencing of the human genome. This historic moment gave us an unprecedented view of human DNA, the genetic… Read More
The most hotly anticipated apple of the year has arrived. It’s not a iPhone, iWatch, iMac or iAnything. It is an actual fruit. Say hello to the Cosmic Crisp, a… Read More
The University of Washington, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are launching a research network aimed at finding new treatments for brain diseases. Dubbed the Weill Neurohub, the effort is… Read More
Connie Wan is no different than any other parent who has struggled to get a little kid to take medication during a bout of sickness. She fumbled with syringes and… Read More
Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding from unnamed private investors to create genetically superior marijuana and… Read More
One of the most basic biological dramas is now available in interactive 3D. Researchers at the Allen Institute for Cell Science today unveiled a project that offers a near-complete view… Read More
Bryte, a Bay Area-based company that promises a better night’s sleep through its AI-powered smart bed, is bringing its bright idea to the Seattle area with its first permanent retail… Read More
Bill Nye has finally reached his burning point. The famed “Science Guy,” who used far-less-salty language while explaining science to children during his television heyday on PBS, wants us all… Read More
On July 13, 1967, Susan Galvin was found dead in a parking garage elevator at Seattle Center. The 20-year-old administrative employee at the Seattle Police Department, who moved to Seattle… Read More
Forget the hashtag #nofilter. Greg Newbloom is all about filter. Or, filtering. Especially as it all relates to science and the startup he founded called Membrion. “I’m a home-grown Pacific… Read More
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
Some of the most intriguing farming in Washington is taking place not among the valleys or rolling hills of the eastern part of the state. It’s happening indoors, in an… Read More
Scientists aren’t known for playing well with others. After all, their world is set up to reward individual accomplishments through journal publications, professorships and grants. Lara Mangravite, president of Sage… Read More