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

Sample testing
Jun 29, 2020, 8:45 PM

Public health officials do a reality check on Elon Musk’s tweets about COVID-19 tests

Billionaire Elon Musk knows his stuff when it comes to rockets or electric cars. But does that translate into epidemiological… Read More

Bill Gates
Jun 29, 2020, 3:38 PM

Bill Gates says pandemic could get ‘worse than I would have expected’ — and calls for leadership

Tech leaders typically use their TED talks to sketch out an optimistic vision of the future, but today Bill Gates… Read More

Illustration: Boeing 737 MAX
Jun 29, 2020, 12:55 PM

A year after grounding, FAA and Boeing conduct first certification flight for updated 737 MAX jet

Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration took a major step toward returning the troubled 737 MAX to full operation today… Read More

Sentinel Monitor
Jun 26, 2020, 10:15 AM

Sentinel Healthcare extends its COVID-19 tracking system to retirement communities

As concerns about a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak are widening, so is the reach of the COVID-19 tracking platform… Read More

Healthy vs. Alzheimer's brain
Jun 25, 2020, 12:01 AM

Allen Institute will host $40.5M brain research center to map the effects of Alzheimer’s disease

A $40.5 million collaborative research center headquartered at Seattle’s Allen Institute aims to create high-resolution maps of brains ravaged by… Read More

Jun 24, 2020, 1:51 PM

Pandemic projections suggest requiring masks could save 33,000 lives in U.S.

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has added mask-on and mask-off options to its computer-based projections… Read More

HyperSciences CEO Mark Russell
Jun 23, 2020, 10:10 AM

HyperSciences pushes ahead to next stage of blaster technology (and fundraising)

HyperSciences has raised more than $9 million for its hypersonic blaster technology using an unusual crowdfunding model, but now it’s… Read More

Drug combination
Jun 22, 2020, 11:18 AM

Institute halts COVID-19 clinical trial for hydroxychloroquine due to low enrollment

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has shut down a clinical trial to see if a combination of… Read More

Job training
Jun 22, 2020, 6:00 AM

XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling offers $5M to boost innovations in job training

The nonprofit organization known as XPRIZE has been in charge of tech competitions focusing on far-out frontiers such as space… Read More

WA Food Fund at work
Jun 18, 2020, 3:38 PM

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation donates $2.2M to COVID-19 causes (with an assist from Amazon)

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced two contributions to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington state,… Read More

At-home test kit
Jun 16, 2020, 5:10 PM

Researchers want to pick up the pace on early testing and treatment for COVID-19

Scientists from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington say the search for COVID-19 treatments should… Read More

Coronavirus
Jun 16, 2020, 2:44 PM

British study suggests that a low-cost steroid could reduce COVID-19 death rate

A study involving thousands of COVID-19 patients in Britain suggests that a low-cost steroid drug known as dexamethasone could significantly… Read More

Karin Strauss and Luis Ceze
Jun 16, 2020, 1:21 PM

University of Washington and Microsoft researchers win award for DNA-based data storage

University of Washington computer science professor Luis Ceze and Microsoft principal research manager Karin Strauss have won a prestigious award… Read More

IHME and C19Pro projections
Jun 15, 2020, 7:42 PM

COVID-19 projections show higher death tolls ahead as restrictions are lifted

The latest projections for the course of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. suggest that there’s going to be an… Read More

AirShield outlets
Jun 15, 2020, 6:20 PM

Teague’s AirShield ventilation design aims to reduce COVID-19 risk for air travelers

A Seattle-based industrial design company has come up with a 3-D-printed ventilation system that it says can create invisible curtains… Read More

Hydroxychloroquine pills on lung X-ray
Jun 15, 2020, 10:52 AM

FDA ends authorization to use hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 and issues warning, but trials go on

The Food and Drug Administration today revoked its emergency authorization for two related antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, to be… Read More

Jun 12, 2020, 3:34 PM

Latest testing shows no big spike in COVID-19 cases due to protests, as thousands wear masks

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office says it’s seeing no evidence so far that protesters are testing positive for COVID-19 at… Read More

Evolution of coronavirus in U.S.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:52 PM

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, experts lay out 10-point plan for a genomic revolution in public health

From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to… Read More

Immune system activity
Jun 11, 2020, 12:54 PM

Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft team up to track coronavirus-fighting cells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gro9DtSKqos Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft have launched an open-access database called ImmuneCODE to catalog the many ways in which… Read More

Jun 11, 2020, 9:01 AM

WiBotic raises $5.7M to boost wireless systems for charging up robots and drones

Seattle-based Wibotic says it’s secured $5.7 million in fresh investment to ramp up development of its wireless charging and power… Read More

Sample testing
Jun 10, 2020, 3:09 PM

SCAN resumes community coronavirus testing after winning review board’s OK

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network today resumed its at-home COVID-19 testing campaign, nearly a month after the program was suspended… Read More

David Calhoun
Jun 10, 2020, 11:00 AM

Boeing CEO vows to ‘turn up the volume’ and pump up the funding to fight racism

In a letter sent to employees today, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun pledged to “turn up the volume on dialogue” about… Read More

Comparative coronavirus charts
Jun 9, 2020, 5:59 PM

Coronavirus projections converge amid concerns about a pandemic resurgence

Dueling projections for the course of the COVID-19 pandemic are converging on a narrower range of estimates for this summer,… Read More

Jun 8, 2020, 10:59 AM

Researchers gauge the effect of protests and reopenings on reviving the pandemic

Epidemiologists say the crowding conditions associated with mass protests over police violence seem likely to add dozens of people, or… Read More

Larry Corey
Jun 5, 2020, 7:31 PM

Vaccine veterans preview milestones on the long road to the end of the pandemic

A public-private partnership called Operation Warp Speed is aiming to get multiple vaccines approved by the end of the year… Read More

WHO director-general
Jun 3, 2020, 1:20 PM

WHO resumes using hydroxychloroquine in COVID trial; discouraging study retracted due to doubts

After a weeklong review of safety data, the World Health Organization announced today that it’s ending a “pause” in the… Read More

Kitty Hawk Heavyside eVTOL
Jun 3, 2020, 12:23 PM

Kitty Hawk grounds its flying-raft project and ‘doubles down’ on Heaviside air vehicle

California-based Kitty Hawk, the flying-car venture backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, says it’s winding down its Flyer project, which… Read More

Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi
Jun 2, 2020, 7:52 PM

Infectious Disease Research Institute is working on a multiplier effect for coronavirus vaccine

Seattle’s Infectious Disease Research Institute is working with Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine to multiply the doses of a potential… Read More

Jun 2, 2020, 5:00 PM

Sen. Maria Cantwell co-sponsors bill to shield privacy in COVID-19 contact tracing

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is one of the sponsors of bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring that coronavirus tracing apps protect… Read More

Protests and COVID-19
Jun 1, 2020, 6:25 PM

Health experts seek to balance community concerns and coronavirus concerns

Public health officials for Seattle and King County today acknowledged the seriousness of the crisis sparked by last week’s killing… Read More

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