Science – Page 29 of 69

Sep 27, 2018, 3:18 PM

SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with securities fraud over ‘misleading’ tweets

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tesla’s billionaire CEO and chairman, Elon Musk, with securities fraud over a series… Read More

Sep 26, 2018, 7:15 PM

Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures lists seven new investments

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the $1 billion energy innovation fund spearheaded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has revealed seven more companies… Read More

Sep 26, 2018, 10:54 AM

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and… Read More

Sep 24, 2018, 5:42 PM

Boeing and National Science Foundation team up for STEM diversity and training

The National Science Foundation and Boeing say they’ve forged a $21 million partnership to accelerate skill development and increase diversity… Read More

Sep 24, 2018, 3:38 PM

White House issues quantum computing strategy and hosts public-private summit

Federal officials and industry leaders — including representatives from Microsoft and Google — met today at a White House summit to… Read More

Sep 24, 2018, 10:51 AM

3-D movies in the air? Alaska Airlines adds virtual reality to in-flight entertainment

Alaska Airlines is adding virtual reality to its in-flight entertainment menu in an experiment aimed at recreating a movie theater… Read More

Sep 20, 2018, 1:03 PM

Amazon aims to patent fulfillment centers that can ride the rails and dispatch drones

If Amazon follows through on a pair of patent applications, future fulfillment centers could be transported on their rounds by… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 12:01 AM

BluHaptics rebrands itself as Olis Robotics and acquires machine learning startup

For five years, a University of Washington spin-out called BluHaptics has been building up a business focusing on robotic control… Read More

Sep 18, 2018, 1:05 PM

Tesla stock declines after report of criminal probe into Elon Musk’s ‘funding secured’ comment

Tesla shares fell by as much as 6.5 percent today after Bloomberg News reported that the electric-car company was the… Read More

Sep 17, 2018, 4:41 PM

Pivotal Commware raises millions more in investment for beamforming antennas

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Pivotal Commware, a venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is in the midst of a fresh… Read More

Sep 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

Seattle skyline turns blue this week to celebrate Allen Institute’s 15th birthday

If you see a lot of blue lights around Seattle landmarks this week, it’s not in honor of the Seahawks —… Read More

Sep 14, 2018, 12:18 PM

RIP, J50? Friends of the killer whales mourn emaciated orca, but search goes on

The emaciated and ailing killer whale known as J50 or Scarlet has disappeared from her family group, and experts presume… Read More

Sep 14, 2018, 7:20 AM

Scientists in a sub turn up good news during expedition in the Salish Sea

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — This week’s Salish Sea Expedition is unfolding amid the heavily trafficked waters off the San Juan Islands, but… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 4:48 PM

A drone that’s an on-demand data server? The perfect patent for Amazon’s ambitions

Amazon is well-known for developing delivery drones, and for delivering data through Amazon Web Services — so it had to be… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 4:52 PM

Boeing gets $2.9B contract for 18 Air Force KC-46 tankers as it nears first deliveries

News Brief: The U.S. Air Force today awarded Boeing a $2.9 billion contract for 18 more KC-46A tanker aircraft and… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 8:00 AM

Univ. of Washington spinout Membrion raises $1.8M for molecule filter technology

From winning the University of Washington Business Plan Competition to raising investment dollars, it’s been a busy past year-and-a-half for… Read More

Sep 8, 2018, 1:40 PM

Years after patenting the concept, Amazon admits putting workers in a cage would be a bad idea

Warehouse workers confined in cages? That’s the dark vision evoked by an essay delving into the worries that come along… Read More

Sep 7, 2018, 10:22 AM

Bummer, dude: Tesla stock drops after Elon Musk smokes weed on talk show and executives leave

Tesla share prices took a hit amounting to as much as 10 percent today, after billionaire CEO Elon Musk took… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 12:44 PM

Online-only voting? Don’t do it, experts say in report on America’s election security

Chastened by Russian interference and hacking attempts in the 2016 election, academic experts on voting technology say electronic voting machines… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 8:11 PM

Crowdsourcing efforts save digital ghosts of artifacts lost in Brazil’s museum fire

One of the greatest tragedies in the museum world transpired over the weekend when fire broke out at Brazil’s Museu… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 6:39 PM

Fresh patents served up for the smart shelf technologies seen in Amazon Go stores

Amazon has just opened a third Seattle location that makes use of its cashierless Amazon Go grocery shopping concept —… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 2:54 PM

Boeing wins $805M contract to build U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A robotic refueling planes

After a months-long competition with the likes of Lockheed Martin, Boeing has won a $805.3 million contract from the Pentagon… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 6:45 AM

How Boeing’s engineers redesigned the landing gear to make the 737 MAX 10 fly

When Boeing’s customers said they wanted a stretched-out 737 MAX jet, there was one big problem: The 737’s landing gear… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 8:23 PM

Microsoft and Kymeta bring futuristic connected vehicles onto home turf

REDMOND, Wash. — The vehicles sitting in the parking lot here at the headquarters of Kymeta Corp., a flat-panel antenna startup… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 2:15 PM

Startup unveils a wireless power system that can give a lift to DJI drones

Seattle-based WiBotic is unveiling a wireless power system designed for DJI’s commercial-grade drones, a product that opens the way for… Read More

Aug 28, 2018, 3:06 PM

What does the Higgs boson turn itself into? Large Hadron Collider confirms theory

It’s been six years since physicists at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, but they’re… Read More

Aug 27, 2018, 3:39 PM

Women and minorities make one more giant leap for AP computer science testing

A year ago, the College Board saw the numbers of female students and underrepresented minority students taking the Advanced Placement… Read More

Aug 27, 2018, 8:00 AM

Scientists discover a mysterious kind of human brain cell that’s not found in mice

A gene-by-gene, neuron-by-neuron search has turned up a new breed of brain cell that may serve as a fine-scale “volume… Read More

Aug 24, 2018, 11:11 PM

Go private? Never mind: Elon Musk says Tesla will remain a public company

After more than two weeks of discussions, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says feedback from shareholders and experts has convinced him… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 5:53 PM

D-Wave Systems uses quantum computing to simulate weirdness of superconductors

One of the prime applications for quantum computers is to simulate natural quantum phenomena, and in a newly published study,… Read More