Science – Page 41 of 69

Sep 26, 2017, 9:30 AM

Beyond the jetpack: Boeing backs GoFly’s $2M contest for personal flying machines

For decades, if not centuries, people have been dreaming about flying free like a bird — and now there’s a $2… Read More

Sep 26, 2017, 8:26 AM

Why Fred Hutch President Gary Gilliland is enlisting techies to defeat cancer by 2025

The president and director of Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Gary Gilliland, is bringing big-data experts on board to… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 12:25 PM

UW center targets moonshots in materials science with $15.6 million federal grant

The University of Washington has received a $15.6 million, six-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund its Molecular… Read More

Sep 24, 2017, 1:19 PM

‘Life 3.0’ gives you a user’s guide for superintelligent AI systems to come

Do we need to be concerned about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence? Some people say there’s nothing to worry… Read More

Sep 23, 2017, 10:37 AM

Inside the submarine factory: OceanGate builds a craft to visit the Titanic shipwreck, again and again

EVERETT, Wash. — Today it looks like an eight-foot-long section of culvert pipe, but in just a couple of months, the… Read More

Sep 21, 2017, 3:25 PM

Stephen Hawking, take heart: Revalesio’s ALS drug gets regulatory boost from FDA

Revalesio, a biomedical company headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., says it’s been cleared to benefit from federal incentives for the development… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 5:24 PM

Climate Alliance is ‘on track’ for Paris pact with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s support

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee joined with other governors today in New York to declare they’re “squarely on track” to… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 10:42 AM

‘Science and Star Wars’ shows how real-world tech is catching up to every geek’s film fantasies

I’ve got a lot of fake Star Wars stuff to throw away. It’s time to get real. “Science and Star… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 10:35 AM

Help wanted: Intellectual Ventures sets up ISF Incubator to commercialize discoveries

Calling all entrepreneurs: Intellectual Ventures is launching a new business unit called ISF Incubator to match up its inventions with… Read More

Sep 17, 2017, 3:01 PM

Hyperloop One’s picks for high-tech transit include Midwest, Rockies, Texas, Florida

A California startup that aims to turn tech pioneer Elon Musk’s Hyperloop rapid-transit concept into reality has chosen 10 winners… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 6:10 PM

Ig Nobels put didgeridoo therapy and the liquidity of cats in the scientific spotlight

Now here’s news you can use: To stop snoring, try playing the Australian didgeridoo. The scientists who demonstrated that regular… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 12:52 PM

Breakthrough backscatter sensor system combines low power and long range

Researchers at the University of Washington have been working for years on a radio backscatter system that can monitor ultra-low-power… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 10:36 AM

Bill Gates gives a boost to ARPA-E, the feds’ endangered energy research agency

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting in a plug for the federal government’s energy research agency, ARPA-E, just when it’s… Read More

Sep 8, 2017, 2:10 PM

Here’s how the Pentagon is whittling down the $4 billion price tag for Air Force One

President Donald Trump was stretching the truth when he claimed that he trimmed a billion dollars from the cost of… Read More

Sep 6, 2017, 10:25 PM

IBM makes a 10-year, $240M investment in artificial intelligence research at MIT

IBM is making a 10-year, $240 million investment in artificial intelligence research through a new lab it’s creating in partnership… Read More

Sep 5, 2017, 4:32 PM

Boeing claims edge in WTO battle over jet subsidies; Airbus says game isn’t over

An appeals panel for the World Trade Organization has reversed an earlier ruling against an $8.7 billion Washington state tax… Read More

Sep 5, 2017, 10:52 AM

Even weather gurus are gobsmacked by Northwest’s wildfires and ash fall

Texas has its floods, Florida has a potentially catastrophic hurricane coming its way, but the Pacific Northwest has its own… Read More

Aug 31, 2017, 3:57 PM

Kymeta wins a big OK from FCC and U.K. for satellite connectivity in a pizza box

Kymeta Corp., the flat-panel antenna startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has won key approvals from the Federal Communications… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 1:46 PM

UW team creates smartphone selfie system to screen for pancreatic cancer

University of Washington researchers have created a smartphone app that can let users screen themselves for pancreatic cancer and other… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 11:57 AM

National Weather Service adds colors to graphics to illustrate unprecedented rainfall from Harvey

Embed from Getty Images Over the weekend, the National Weather Service called Hurricane Harvey an “unprecedented” event and said “all… Read More

Aug 27, 2017, 6:34 PM

Germany’s WARR team wins SpaceX’s Hyperloop II race with 201 mph pod run

The speediest team from SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s first Hyperloop pod competition has done it again: WARR Hyperloop from Germany’s… Read More

Aug 25, 2017, 5:57 PM

Teams from UW and other schools gear up for SpaceX’s Hyperloop pod showdown

Teams from the University of Washington and more than 20 other universities and colleges around the world are converging on… Read More

Aug 25, 2017, 2:29 PM

Bill Nye the Science Guy sues Disney for millions in dispute over TV show payout

Bill Nye the Science Guy, a veteran of tussles over climate change and evolution, has just sparked a legal battle… Read More

Aug 24, 2017, 1:49 PM

UW joins project to create ‘digital encyclopedia’ with 3D scans of thousands of vertebrate specimens

This isn’t your parents’ version of an encyclopedia full of pictures of animals. Researchers at institutions across the country, including… Read More

Aug 23, 2017, 10:00 PM

Zipline expands medical drone delivery to Tanzania with aid from Gates Foundation

While Amazon continues testing drone delivery systems for popcorn and other consumer goods, a startup called Zipline is expanding its… Read More

Aug 23, 2017, 5:11 PM

OceanGate hits big milestone in effort to build a submersible for trips to the Titanic

OceanGate says it’s completed assembly of the core pressure vessel for its Cyclops 2 submersible vehicle, which is due to… Read More

Aug 22, 2017, 7:50 PM

Battle of the retail blimps: Amazon and Walmart propose airship drone stations

We already know about Amazon’s concept for airship warehouses to support drone deliveries, but here’s a new twist: Now the… Read More

Aug 19, 2017, 12:00 PM

Inside UW’s cutting-edge Clean Energy Testbeds, researchers seek breakthroughs to help the planet

The students and technicians in white lab coats look like they could be testing and developing processes and prototypes for… Read More

Aug 16, 2017, 9:50 AM

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Microsoft using artificial intelligence to teach a machine to stay aloft

Paying attention to the “rise of the machines” increasingly means scanning the skies for things other than conventional aircraft or… Read More

Aug 15, 2017, 2:41 PM

UW gets in on $4.9 million boost for ShakeAlert earthquake warning system

The University of Washington and six other research institutions will benefit from $4.9 million in funding from the U.S. Geological… Read More