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Researchers led by University of Washington Nobel winner achieve a scientific breakthrough

A team from the University of Washington led by Nobel laureate David Baker is using artificial intelligence to design effective… Read More

Microsoft screenshot showing satellite image of Hurricane Harvey with prompts from Earth Copilot

Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data

Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing… Read More

Will our AI creations ultimately achieve personhood? Here’s how it could happen

Some say artificial intelligence will be humanity’s greatest helper. Others warn that AI will become humanity’s most dangerous rival. But maybe there’s… Read More

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… Read More

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Scientists turn to the cloud to streamline supercomputer calculations for chemistry

A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is finding new ways to accelerate the pace of… Read More

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

Coast Guard hearing looks at the gaps in regulations that preceded Titan sub’s loss

The U.S. Coast Guard took a deep dive into the regulations governing submersibles today at a public hearing looking into… Read More

Underwater view of Titan sub wreckage, with labels

NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang

A pair of reports by the National Transportation Safety Board found evidence of imperfections in the carbon-fiber hull that was… Read More

Submarine builder recounts how a trip in OceanGate’s Titan sub unnerved him

Karl Stanley has done more than 2,000 dives in submersibles that he’s built himself, so he was intrigued when OceanGate… Read More

Fred Hagen preparing for 2022 Titanic dive

OceanGate client recalls how Titan sub got tangled up in Titanic wreckage during dive

OceanGate’s Titan submersible briefly became tangled up in the wreck of the Titanic during a 2022 dive, a mission specialist… Read More

Titanic traveler delivers a tearful plea for citizen science at OceanGate sub hearing

Amateur adventurer Renata Rojas took a trip to the Titanic in OceanGate’s Titan submersible in 2022, and she was aboard… Read More

Coast Guard releases videos that show the shattered remains of OceanGate Titan sub

Video views from the search for OceanGate’s Titan submersible show mangled components from the craft — and tell the tale… Read More

OceanGate whistleblower traces the roots of his concerns about Titan sub to a crash

Whistleblower David Lochridge said today that his concerns about OceanGate and its approach to undersea exploration began long before the… Read More

Coast Guard engineers examine Titan sub's aft titanium endcap

Coast Guard hearings open a new chapter in investigation of OceanGate sub tragedy

The U.S. Coast Guard is beginning two weeks of public hearings into last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible and… Read More

Titanic bow with missing section of railing

RMS Titanic says ‘bittersweet’ dive reveals shipwreck’s decay — and a new treasure

RMS Titanic, the company holding the salvage rights to the wreck of the Titanic, says its latest robotic survey of… Read More

The biology of addiction: Scientists use brain studies in pursuit of therapies amid fentanyl crisis

Christian Luscher has spent years trying to figure out why people chase a fix that comes at such a high… Read More

Comparison of simulated imagery, natural vs. artificial

Elon Musk’s claims about brain implants for artificial vision get a reality check

If Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain-implant venture succeeds in its effort to create next-generation brain implants for artificial vision, the devices… Read More

Allen Institute’s OpenScope team stirs up a brainstorm to study the mind’s mysteries

The Allen Institute’s OpenScope program lets scientists study the weird workings of the brain — for instance, how magic mushrooms work their… Read More

How Seattle science-fiction pioneer Vonda N. McIntyre blazed a trail for diversity

Decades before the current debates over gender and sexuality, the late Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre flipped the script… Read More

Antarctic ozone hole visualized through climate data

Climate science mission led by University of Washington wins backing from NASA

NASA has selected four proposals for climate science missions, including an effort led by a University of Washington researcher, to… Read More

Illustration: Visualization of AI structure translated into biomolecule

Leading researchers join effort to support responsible AI for biomolecular design

More than 100 researchers — including a Nobel laureate — have signed on to a call for the scientific community… Read More

Illustration: Laser pulses used to probe an atom's excited electron

Researchers take a freeze-frame reading of electrons energized in a stream of water

An international team of scientists has blazed a new trail for studying how atoms respond to radiation, by tracking the… Read More

Scientists go to Canada to study the kind of lake where they say life may have arisen

Several years ago, scientists at the University of Washington theorized that key ingredients for life could have built up billions… Read More

Scientists are using AI to study bee behavior, zebra movement, and insects on treadmills

The halls at a recent meeting of biologists in Seattle were buzzing with more than just the usual excitement about… Read More

Combined visualizations of mouse brain cell types

Researchers map the entire mouse brain, cataloging 5,322 different types of cells

Neuroscientists have unveiled their most comprehensive and detailed map of cell types across the entire mouse brain, delivering the latest… Read More

UW Medicine geneticist Jay Shendure in lab

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology plans to transform cells into tiny recording devices

The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington have launched a collaboration called the Seattle Hub… Read More

Biotech teams are gearing up for a $101M competition to boost healthy lifespan

Some of the biggest names in longevity research — and at least one Seattle biotech startup — say they’ll enter… Read More

Allen Frontiers Group awards $10M to set up research center for neuroimmunology

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Seattle-based Allen Institute, is launching a research center in New… Read More

Coding saves lives, and Fred Hutch Cancer Center wants the next generation to take note

Plenty of high school students plan to make careers out of coding when they graduate from college. And plenty of… Read More

Allen Institute hits 20 years on the frontier of bioscience, and Seattle will be all aglow

Twenty years after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen created the bioscience research center that bears his name, Seattle’s Allen Institute is… Read More