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Stories about scientific discoveries, education, research, and more.

Academic search engines
Jun 20, 2017, 5:16 PM

Microsoft, Google and Baidu team up with Paul Allen’s AI2 on Open Academic Search

Microsoft, Google and Baidu may be competitors in the business world, but when it comes to open-access academic resources, they’re… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 10:55 AM

Sunset adds a Seattle spin to tonight’s solstice and the scientific start of summer

Tonight marks the summer solstice, which means Seattleites and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere are saying farewell to spring… Read More

Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein in "Genius"
Jun 20, 2017, 10:47 AM

Albert Einstein’s life story teaches lessons that go beyond science class in ‘Genius’

Don’t expect to hear a lot about relativity in the final chapter of Albert Einstein’s life story, as told tonight… Read More

Boeing 777 production
Jun 20, 2017, 1:10 AM

20-year view: Boeing expects air traffic boom to boost global airplane market

EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing’s 20-year outlook for the airplane market is as sunny as ever, even though some analysts worry… Read More

Boeing 737 MAX 10
Jun 19, 2017, 10:57 AM

Amid talk of slowdown, Boeing makes a splash with Paris launch of 737 MAX 10 jet

This week’s Paris Air Show started off with a zoom, in the form of Boeing’s launch of the 737 MAX… Read More

Paris Air Show Boeing video
Jun 16, 2017, 3:40 PM

Paris Air Show teasers show off Boeing’s ballet … and Neva’s flying car in Seattle?

If you like airplanes, you’ll love Boeing’s teaser video for the Paris Air Show, which puts a 787-10 Dreamliner and… Read More

Pivotal Commware beams
Jun 16, 2017, 7:05 AM

Holographic beam-forming antenna startup Pivotal Commware raises $17M from Bill Gates and others

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Chalk up another score for metamaterials technology: Bellevue-based Pivotal Commware says it’s raised $17 million in Series… Read More

Molecular structure
Jun 15, 2017, 12:01 AM

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group gives $7.5M to studies on epigenetics, aging, evolution

Epigenetics, aging and microbial evolution: Those are the latest words in biomedical research for the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group,… Read More

Jun 14, 2017, 1:15 PM

‘The D.O.D.O. Files’: Neal Stephenson’s time travel novel spawns instant spin-off

Seattle author Neal Stephenson’s newly published science-fiction novel, “The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.,” serves as the launch pad for… Read More

Amazon solar panels
Jun 14, 2017, 10:44 AM

Jeff Bezos touts Amazon’s solar power campaign for fulfillment centers

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t the only tech billionaire who’s high on solar power: Today,  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted… Read More

Renton virtual tour screenshot
Jun 9, 2017, 6:00 AM

360-degree virtual tour gives you amazing views of Boeing’s jet factory in Renton

More than 5 million guests have toured Boeing’s airplane factory in Everett, Wash., which ranks as one of the Puget Sound… Read More

Chromium triiodide
Jun 8, 2017, 5:33 PM

Newly created 2-D magnet could point the way to slimmer, faster computers

For the first time, researchers have discovered magnetism in the two-dimensional realm of monolayers, or materials that consist of a… Read More

Jun 8, 2017, 11:00 AM

Amazon proposes a ‘virtual safety shroud’ to protect pets and people from drones

What happens if a child or a dog wanders into range while a drone is dipping down to make a delivery?… Read More

Jun 8, 2017, 3:15 AM

How Boeing plans to test the technologies for future self-flying passenger airplanes

EVERETT, Wash. – The Boeing Co. says it’s on a path that could ultimately lead to self-flying commercial passenger airplanes, starting with… Read More

Robot 2 at Boeing Everett plant
Jun 8, 2017, 2:15 AM

Find out what happens when robots team up with humans for Boeing’s 777X

EVERETT, Wash. – Some manufacturing workers may worry that robots will be stealing their jobs, but not Boeing’s Jordan Northrup. He’s… Read More

Kevin McAllister
Jun 8, 2017, 2:00 AM

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Kevin McAllister heeds lessons from steel-town upbringing

RENTON, Wash. – Six and a half months into his tenure as Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ president and CEO, Kevin McAllister… Read More

Elon Musk
Jun 6, 2017, 5:16 PM

Tesla CEO Elon Musk touts Semi truck and solar power during freewheeling Q&A

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Q&A sessions are traditionally the most entertaining part of Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting, and this year’s appearance… Read More

Future aircraft
Jun 4, 2017, 10:48 PM

Seattle writers join XPRIZE’s sci-fi advisory council; air travel tales get set for takeoff

The non-profit XPRIZE foundation has recruited an all-star lineup of science fiction masters, including Seattle authors, to help create a series… Read More

Image: Elon Musk
May 31, 2017, 1:07 PM

Elon Musk says he’ll break with Donald Trump if Paris climate pact is nixed

Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll have no choice but to leave his posts on the White House’s advisory councils… Read More

May 30, 2017, 8:37 PM

Drones vs. trucks: UW study compares carbon footprints for delivery methods

Delivering items with drones instead of trucks is likely to reduce carbon dioxide emissions for short-range trips, or on routes with… Read More

Amazon cleanup robot
May 30, 2017, 7:45 PM

Meet the robo-janitor designed by Amazon for cleaning up robotic warehouses

How does Amazon plan to keep automated warehouses free of debris? With automated cleanup robots, of course. At least that’s… Read More

Purdue's Michael Manfra
May 30, 2017, 6:18 PM

Purdue joins Microsoft in five-year mission to create topological quantum computer

Microsoft’s big bet to build a usable quantum computer based on two-dimensional quasiparticles just got bigger. Purdue University says it… Read More

Top Marine tries HoloLens
May 29, 2017, 7:00 AM

Microsoft HoloLens takes augmented reality to next level for warfighters

Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality system is scoring victories with the U.S. military, which means the goggle-eyed headsets are more likely to… Read More

Northern lights
May 28, 2017, 10:14 AM

Northern lights, cameras, action: Night sky watchers capture dramatic aurora over Seattle

The beautiful sunshine in Seattle on Saturday gave way to an equally awesome display in the night sky as the… Read More

Biological NOR gates
May 25, 2017, 6:14 PM

UW researchers reprogram genetic code to create digital circuitry inside living cells

Researchers from the University of Washington have taken advantage of synthetic biology to turn yeast cells into building blocks for digital… Read More

Josh Balk and Hampton Creek cookies
May 23, 2017, 5:48 PM

Can faux meat produce meaty profits? Entrepreneurs survey the food frontier

Is there money to be made by going meatless? Substitutes for meat, dairy and eggs have been around for decades,… Read More

Donald Trump
May 23, 2017, 5:36 PM

President Trump’s budget plan gets a bad review from the science community

President Donald Trump sent his budget request for the next fiscal year to Congress today, giving the science community a glimpse… Read More

Microsoft holographic display prototype
May 22, 2017, 3:56 PM

Microsoft’s next-generation HoloLens glasses may make you look like Clark Kent

Today, Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headset has a geeky RoboCop vibe, but someday it could become more like a pair of eyeglasses suitable for Superman’s… Read More

May 22, 2017, 10:56 AM

Amazon works on drone traffic control software at French development center

Amazon has added France to the list of countries where the Seattle-based retailer is working on its drone delivery system, with… Read More

Echodyne's Eben Frankenberg
May 22, 2017, 6:49 AM

Echodyne gets $29M from NEA, Bill Gates and others to boost radar for drones

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among the investors putting another $29 million into Echodyne, the Intellectual Ventures spin-out… Read More

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