Science – Page 17 of 69

From fish to coffee, how companies are using new technology for sustainable supply chains

Parker Townley, a Gonzaga University graduate who works for food certification organization Fair Trade USA, was in Peru visiting coffee… Read More

Taste-testing the Cosmic Crisp, Washington state’s star-studded ‘apple of the future’

The most hotly anticipated apple of the year has arrived. It’s not a iPhone, iWatch, iMac or iAnything. It is… Read More

Magnix revs up electric motors for Harbour Air seaplane flight tests in December

Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX, which aims to become the Tesla of aviation, is gearing up for the first flight tests of… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: TEDxSeattle, hacking for good, science improv, and automated testing

— Since its founding in 1984, TED has become the most prolific provider of expert talks on a wide range… Read More

Scientists put out the call for 10,000 canines to join the Dog Aging Project

Scientists are looking for 10,000 good dogs to take part in a 10-year effort aimed at tracking their health and… Read More

Seismologists register ‘fan quakes’ from the Seattle Sounders’ stadium crowd

Can Seattle Sounders fans match the Seahawks’ “Beast Quakes” when it comes to making the earth move? Seismologists from the… Read More

2019’s Allen Distinguished Investigators will focus on the mysteries of our cells

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of Seattle’s Allen Institute, is making a total of $7.5 million in… Read More

Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

Microsoft’s cloud-based platform for data-driven farming, Azure FarmBeats, had its official coming-out party this week at the company’s annual Ignite… Read More

Bill Gates’ nuclear venture teams up on project to make coal-based carbon fiber

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the venture that’s working on next-generation nuclear reactors with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is… Read More

Microsoft CEO says Azure Quantum will address the big challenges in computing

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today took the wraps off Azure Quantum, a full-stack, cloud-based approach to quantum computing that he… Read More

‘Terminator’ is back! AI experts do a reality check on Hollywood’s new robo-nightmare

He promised he’d be back — and 35 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger created what’s now a cliche for artificial intelligence… Read More

Earthquake drill gives Kymeta’s emergency communication system a shakedown test

When disaster strikes, cellphone connections are among the first things to go by the wayside — so what will emergency… Read More

Scientists track the arms race that’s playing out between bacteria in your gut

The balance of bacteria in your gut can make the difference between sickness and health — and now scientists report… Read More

OceanGate plans to build submersibles capable of going far below Titanic depths

Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate says it’ll build not just one, but two deep-sea submersibles capable of taking crews as far down… Read More

WWII destroyer located by Paul Allen’s research vessel is deepest shipwreck ever discovered

The late Paul Allen’s ship-hunting team aboard the Research Vessel Petrel has reached record new depths with its latest discovery.… Read More

Allen Institute maps out a high-resolution ‘org chart’ for connections in the brain

Researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute say a new and improved map of the mouse brain reveals not only how different… Read More

Bill Gates-backed Pivotal Commware raises $10M as it ramps up 5G hardware

Pivotal Commware, one of several metamaterials startups backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it has secured $10 million in… Read More

Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ computing feat earns respect — even from Microsoft

Word that a Google-led team of researchers had achieved “quantum supremacy” with a new type of computer chip leaked out… Read More

AI2’s Semantic Scholar search engine now takes in the full sweep of scientific papers

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence says its academic search engine, Semantic Scholar, is now in high gear — thanks… Read More

Boeing puts Global Services chief in charge of commercial airplanes amid 737 MAX controversy

Boeing is shifting the head of its growing Global Services division to take over its troubled Commercial Services division, in… Read More

Second Japanese aircraft carrier lost at Battle of Midway located by Paul Allen’s research vessel

The Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel, owned and operated by the late Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc., continues to locate historic shipwrecks… Read More

Allen Institute kicks brain wave recording into overdrive with Neuropixels probe

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science is sharing 70 trillion bytes’ worth of data documenting electrical activity in mouse brains,… Read More

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and students cut the ribbon to open New Burke Museum

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other dignitaries got a helping hand from a troop of third-graders today when they cut… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking for NASA; celebrating Minecraft; and solving a crime

— The ability to travel through the stars is something that we all dream of, but in reality, becoming one… Read More

Fred Hutch scientist on how gold nanoparticles could bring CRISPR to the developing world

Genetically editing cells using CRISPR could be the answer to curing genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia. But in… Read More

Concept for premium air mobility vehicle

A sports car in the sky? Boeing and Porsche target urban air mobility market

Boeing and Porsche say they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the premium air mobility market and the potential… Read More

How ‘avatars’ could let you see the world — and your family — through telepresence

When it was time for Kevin Kajitani to put his ideas for traveling through telepresence to the test, he chose… Read More

A year after Paul Allen’s death, sources say Vulcan holding company is cutting jobs

Vulcan Inc., the holding company created by the late Seattle billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is in the… Read More

Too big to fail? FTC commissioner sees parallels between Big Tech and bank crisis

During his first year and a half on the Federal Trade Commission, Rohit Chopra has built a reputation as Big… Read More

Biotech experts gather at the White House for ‘Summit on America’s Bioeconomy’

More than 100 biotech researchers, industry executives and government officials met at the White House today for a summit focusing… Read More