Science – Page 8 of 69

Oct 8, 2020, 9:15 AM

UW researchers develop tiny sensors that can be dropped from moths, land safely and collect data

The same University of Washington team that brought us the beetle cam is now taking flight with moths, developing tiny… Read More

Oct 6, 2020, 6:09 PM

How tech-savvy farmers are harnessing big data to tend the fields of the future

In the old days, farmers kept track of their crops’ vital stats in logbooks and on whiteboards — but in… Read More

Sep 30, 2020, 11:16 AM

UW researchers driving around Seattle using Street View-style camera to study response to pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered life as we know it in Seattle, and a team from the University of Washington… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 3:13 PM

Scientists find more potential ingredients for ‘antibody cocktail’ that fights COVID-19

An international research team led by University of Washington scientists has identified two kinds of “ultrapotent human antibodies” that could… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 8:00 AM

Buzzworthy AI: Microsoft expands its Premonition mosquito-tracking outbreak prediction system

Five years after starting out as an experimental project to see if advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could spot the… Read More

Sep 15, 2020, 3:19 PM

MagniX teams up with Universal Hydrogen for electric airplane conversion project

Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX says it’s partnering with a Los Angeles startup called Universal Hydrogen to retrofit 40-passenger regional aircraft with… Read More

Sep 15, 2020, 8:48 AM

What makes smoke forecasts so hard to predict — and how tech could help

If you’ve been disappointed with the accuracy of snow forecasting in the Pacific Northwest, you’re really not going to like… Read More

Sep 14, 2020, 10:54 AM

Why smoke, why? What happened to the promise of clearer skies in Seattle come Monday

Waking up Saturday morning, my window blinds glowed with a ghoulish yellow thanks to the blanket of wildfire smoke that… Read More

Sep 10, 2020, 11:33 PM

Wildfires: Why they’re getting so bad, and tips for staying safe from the smoke

Stay inside, Seattleites. That’s been the advice from weather experts this week as historic wildfires spread up and down the… Read More

Sep 10, 2020, 3:48 PM

Genetic sleuths flesh out the story of how coronavirus got its start in Washington

Detailed genetic analyses of the strains of virus that cause COVID-19 suggest that the outbreak took hold in Washington state… Read More

Sep 10, 2020, 6:00 AM

Protein design and physics earn UW professors a pair of prestigious Breakthrough Prizes

Researchers at the University of Washington working on both protein design and the understanding of gravity have been awarded the… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 11:00 AM

Scientists design proteins that could keep coronavirus from spreading COVID-19

Imagine being able to ward off COVID-19 just by spritzing a nasal spray into your nostrils. It may not be… Read More

Sep 1, 2020, 4:59 PM

Backed by $12.5M in federal funding, Univ. of Washington leads new data science institute

With $12.5 million in federal funding, the University of Washington will lead a cohort of institutions tackling foundational challenges in… Read More

Aug 28, 2020, 7:56 PM

With Elon Musk’s help, ‘Three Little Pigs’ demonstrate Neuralink’s brain implant

With grudging assistance from a trio of pigs, Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk showed off the startup’s state-of-the-art neuron-reading brain implant… Read More

Aug 28, 2020, 1:39 PM

TerraPower advances plans for next-gen nuclear plants, earning Bill Gates’ praise

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the nuclear energy venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has gotten a boost on… Read More

Aug 27, 2020, 2:07 PM

Researchers discover new avenue for fighting COVID-19, Ebola and other viral diseases

A team including researchers from Seattle’s Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has identified a new pathway for protecting cells… Read More

Aug 20, 2020, 1:16 PM

Researchers create synthetic proteins that use logic to choose which cells to kill

The age of molecular-scale computing is entering a new era, thanks to the development of a system that uses synthetic… Read More

Aug 17, 2020, 11:30 AM

Fred Hutch study: Here’s what it would take to reopen schools safely during the pandemic

New research led by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center outlines the steps needed to safely reopen schools during the… Read More

Aug 13, 2020, 5:35 PM

AWS opens up its Amazon Braket platform as ‘launch pad’ for quantum computing

Eight months after unveiling its Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, Amazon Web Services says the cloud-based service is officially open… Read More

Aug 3, 2020, 7:45 AM

Virgin Galactic unveils supersonic airplane concept with Boeing and Rolls-Royce as supporters

Virgin Galactic has taken the wraps off a concept for an airplane capable of flying three times the speed of… Read More

Jul 31, 2020, 11:19 AM

Washington traps its first ‘murder hornet’; state will use infrared cameras to search for nests

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has trapped its first Asian giant hornet. An image of the 2-inch-long specimen shared… Read More

Jul 21, 2020, 9:30 AM

Next-gen vaccine from UW researchers shows promise in fighting COVID-19

University of Washington School of Medicine researchers using a cutting-edge approach to vaccinations report that their COVID-19 vaccine is performing… Read More

Jul 15, 2020, 11:00 AM

Beetle juiced: UW researchers build tiny robotic camera that can attach to the back of an insect

Here’s what happens when a GoPro goes low — really low, as in insect height. Researchers at the University of… Read More

Jul 14, 2020, 6:00 AM

Benaroya Research Institute awarded $5.8M from NIH for immunology-related COVID research

As part of the scientific community trying to understand the varied and curious symptoms caused by COVID-19, the Benaroya Research… Read More

Jul 13, 2020, 8:15 AM

White House’s chief technology officer becomes Pentagon’s top techie as well

White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios ⁠— who enlisted Amazon, Microsoft and other key players in artificial intelligence and… Read More

Jul 9, 2020, 9:33 AM

Gates Foundation awards $800K grant to A-Alpha Bio for COVID-19 treatment research

Seattle-based biotech research startup A-Alpha Bio announced on Thursday that it has received an $800,000 grant from the Bill &… Read More

Jul 8, 2020, 9:56 AM

Amazon Air buys 6M gallons of sustainable fuel — here’s what it means for the industry and planet

Shipments of your future Amazon packages could be powered, at least in part, by agricultural waste. Amazon Air, the company’s… Read More

Jul 3, 2020, 12:12 PM

Godspeed, Alan Boyle: GeekWire’s science editor winds down daily duties, will be contributing editor

From the depths of the ocean floor to the launch pads of Cape Canaveral, Alan Boyle has entertained, inspired and… Read More

Jul 1, 2020, 6:25 PM

FAA and Boeing complete their flight tests for recertification of 737 MAX, but key tasks remain

The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing today completed three days’ worth of certification flight tests on the Boeing 737 MAX,… Read More

Jul 1, 2020, 5:48 PM

Professor tackles one more mystery about quantum mechanics and time’s flow

The University of Washington physicist who once ran a crowdfunded experiment on backward causation is now weighing in with a potential solution… Read More