Science – Page 59 of 69

May 9, 2016, 1:31 PM

Commercial Hyperloop race heats up: Maglev system revealed, and more to come

This is a big week for the Hyperloop, a high-speed transportation concept that was laid out three years ago by… Read More

May 6, 2016, 10:31 AM

AVM Biotechnology raising $17.5M to improve safety and delivery of stem cells

Seattle-based AVM Biotechnology is raising more cash for its technology that helps improve stem cell delivery. AVM executive Michael Kuran… Read More

May 5, 2016, 2:44 PM

Scientists add twists to protein designs

Biochemists from the University of Washington have engineered complex protein molecules with additional chemical bonds that make it possible to… Read More

May 4, 2016, 5:05 PM

Aerospace worlds collide: Seattle designers create showcase for … Airbus?

Captain Kirk from the original “Star Trek” is celebrating Star Wars Day today, so maybe it shouldn’t be so surprising that… Read More

May 4, 2016, 2:39 PM

Tesla revs up production plan for Model 3 cars; Elon Musk is sleeping in the factory

Tesla Motors says it will ramp up production of its best-selling Model 3 electric car much more quickly than planned,… Read More

May 4, 2016, 11:00 AM

This robot surgeon does a superhuman job on sutures – but there’s a catch

Researchers have programmed a robot to sew up intestines autonomously, with more precision than the typical human surgeon achieves. Right now,… Read More

May 3, 2016, 2:28 PM

Designer proteins, created and edited on computers, open up new biotech frontiers

Synthetic genomes and gene editing are big things today, but the next big things in biotechnology could be proteins that are… Read More

May 3, 2016, 10:59 AM

Gravitational-wave detection earns LIGO scientists a $3 million Breakthrough Prize

This year’s revelations about gravitational waves are certain to win someone a Nobel Prize someday, but an even richer prize… Read More

May 2, 2016, 11:20 PM

Round-the-world Solar Impulse plane takes 16-hour hop from California to Arizona

A solar-powered ultralight airplane called Solar Impulse 2 landed in Phoenix tonight after a nearly 16-hour flight from California’s Silicon Valley, finishing… Read More

May 2, 2016, 8:48 AM

Echodyne unveils a palm-size radar that’s just right for drones and driverless cars

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Radar and aircraft go together like hand and glove, but what do you do when the aircraft is… Read More

Apr 27, 2016, 4:23 PM

Army Corps of Engineers confirms view that Kennewick Man was Native American

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just ruled that an 8,500-year-old set of skeletal remains known as Kennewick Man or… Read More

Apr 27, 2016, 11:19 AM

Why your robotic surgeon will have a human overlord looking over its shoulder

A surgeon peers into a high-definition monitor, studies the ragged edge of a heart valve, and twiddles her fingers in a… Read More

Apr 26, 2016, 3:55 PM

Hanford workers detect contamination at another waste storage tank

Workers at Eastern Washington’s Hanford Site are trying to track down the source of radioactive contamination at an underground waste… Read More

Apr 25, 2016, 6:38 PM

Faster, quieter, greener: Will NASA’s campaign for X-planes pick up speed?

NASA is laying out a vision of quieter supersonic jets and environmentally friendly X-planes as part of its agenda for aeronautics, the… Read More

Apr 25, 2016, 4:45 PM

Tech reality check: Three jokes from HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ with a kernel of truth

SPOILER ALERT: Readers, please note: The following item discusses plot points from Sunday night’s season premiere of “Silicon Valley.” If you haven’t… Read More

Apr 25, 2016, 3:29 PM

Microsoft extends the ‘Internet of Things’ to jet engines, refrigerators and more

Soon the “Internet of Things” will be keeping watch on jet engines, refrigerators and freezers, factory floors and more, thanks to… Read More

Apr 23, 2016, 11:55 PM

Solar Impulse round-the-world plane lands in California after 2.5-day flight

Two and a half days after setting out from Hawaii, pilot Bertrand Piccard made a picture-postcard arrival in California tonight aboard… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 2:42 PM

BioViva’s Liz Parrish makes progress in controversial gene quest to reverse aging

The way BioViva founder Elizabeth Parrish sees it, biological aging is a disease – and she’s willing to bet her life on a… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 10:57 AM

Talk Dothraki to me: Q&A with ‘Game of Thrones’ linguist David J. Peterson

This season’s plot twists on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” are closely guarded secrets, but you can bet you’ll be hearing… Read More

Apr 22, 2016, 8:26 AM

All clear: Hanford toxic waste removal resumes after tank is checked for leaks

The U.S. Department of Energy says there’s no sign that toxic waste has leaked into the environment from a double-shell… Read More

Apr 21, 2016, 9:32 AM

‘Let’s go!’ Solar Impulse airplane resumes fuel-free odyssey around the world

More than a year after its odyssey began, the Solar Impulse 2 airplane resumed its round-the-world, solar-powered trip in Hawaii today. The ultra-lightweight… Read More

Apr 20, 2016, 10:58 AM

Who will win ‘Game of Thrones’? Who dies? There’s a prediction market for that

She belongs to a political family who used to be in power. She’s leading the odds to take the reins of… Read More

Apr 20, 2016, 9:28 AM

Who’s hot in academia? Semantic Scholar dives more deeply into the data

Baseball players are judged by their batting averages, RBIs, ERAs and other statistics voluminous enough to fill a scorecard. But… Read More

Apr 19, 2016, 10:59 AM

Tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain fleshes out plans for BlueDot innovation factory

Naveen Jain’s Moon Express is well along in its plans for a lunar mission next year, but the Seattle dot-com… Read More

Apr 18, 2016, 6:45 PM

BluHaptics wins $747,000 grant to create 3-D piloting system for underwater robots

BluHaptics has received a $747,197 grant from the National Science Foundation to work on a virtual-reality robotic control system that… Read More

Apr 18, 2016, 4:05 PM

Leak inside nuclear waste storage tank triggers alarm at Hanford

A long-simmering leak inside a double-walled nuclear waste storage tank at the Hanford Site in Eastern Washington got worse over… Read More

Apr 18, 2016, 10:55 AM

Are you getting paid more than Einstein?

This week’s Parade magazine lets you compare your pay with the annual earnings of a Seattle bridge operator ($53,575) or… Read More

Apr 11, 2016, 8:00 AM

DNA quest finds 13 mystery ‘superheroes’ who are shielded from genetic diseases

Hundreds of diseases have been linked to genetic factors, but now scientists say they’ve found some people who stay healthy… Read More

Apr 7, 2016, 4:51 PM

Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 update: 325,000 cars ordered, and your bike will fit

In the week since Tesla Motors unveiled its Model 3 electric car at the not-so-ludicrous price of $35,000, would-be owners… Read More

Apr 7, 2016, 10:59 AM

LOL! Researchers store cat photo (and lots more digital data) in DNA molecules

Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft are developing a digital storage system that can archive data in DNA… Read More