Science – Page 46 of 69

Electroimpact to pay $485,000 over claims of workplace harassment against Muslims

Mukilteo-based Electroimpact, one of Boeing’s best-known suppliers for aerospace tools and automation, will pay $485,000 after an investigation into allegations of… Read More

Outcry rises when Trump’s treasury chief, Steve Mnuchin, scoffs at AI impact on jobs

Experts say the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence could be one of the biggest economic issues of the… Read More

Amazon drone with Bloe Origin spaceship at MARS 2017

Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)

We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen at this… Read More

Elon Musk posts a sneak peek of the first drive for a Tesla Model 3 electric car

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, is showing off a video of the company’s more affordable Model 3 electric car – but… Read More

$12 million gift from professor and his wife will serve as a catalyst for UW chemistry

The University of Washington’s Department of Chemistry will be the beneficiary of a $12 million gift from an unusual source:… Read More

‘The Day the Music Died’? Billionaire Richard Branson mourns Virgin America

The Virgin Group’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, says “many tears” are being shed over Alaska Airlines’ decision to retire the… Read More

Virgin America and Alaska Airlines tails

Why Alaska Airlines is killing off the Virgin America brand – and boosting perks

It all comes down to cost and consistency of branding: That’s why Alaska Airlines announced today that it would retire the… Read More

Boom Technology picks up $33 million in new funding to build supersonic jet

Colorado-based Boom Technology has raised $33 million in a Series A round to build and fly its first supersonic jet, a… Read More

Amazon and DHL reportedly team up for Prime Air and Amazon Fresh deliveries

Amazon is reportedly partnering with the German-based DHL delivery service for its Prime Air transport operation in Kentucky as well… Read More

From POW to Nobel-winning physicist: UW’s Hans Georg Dehmelt dies at 94

The University of Washington says the first Nobel laureate in its history, Hans Georg Dehmelt, has passed away in Seattle… Read More

Reports point to caution signals for Amazon Go checkout-free store

Amazon Go, the online retailer’s “Just Walk Out” convenience store in downtown Seattle, is still in private beta mode three… Read More

Who needs fireworks? Amazon’s MARS attendees go gaga over Intel’s ‘droneworks’

The synchronized drone display that accompanied Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show may have been recorded in advance, but a similar… Read More

Amazon Prime Air delivery drone drops off sunscreen during semi-public U.S. debut

Amazon’s Prime Air drone made its first package delivery in December, in England, but regular folks haven’t seen it in action… Read More

Delivery robots and robo-farms: Here’s what’s headlining Amazon’s MARS meet-up

Walking robots that could potentially delivery your Amazon Prime package … robotic bees and robo-farms … a cheetah robot controlled… Read More

Gundam? Alien? It’s Jeff Bezos, piloting a giant robot at Amazon’s MARS conference

If you’re one of Amazon’s competitors, be afraid. Be very afraid. Jeff Bezos, the Seattle-based online giant’s billionaire founder, has… Read More

Seattle to Portland in 15 minutes? Pacific Hyperloop begins campaign to make it so

A fledgling venture called Pacific Hyperloop is kicking off its effort to win support for a high-speed transit link between… Read More

Maith thú! Irish-born UW statistician Adrian Raftery wins St. Patrick’s Day Medal

It takes more than the luck o’ the Irish to win the St. Patrick’s Day Medal from Science Foundation Ireland,… Read More

Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan chosen to become deputy defense secretary

President Donald Trump today announced his intent to nominate longtime Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as deputy secretary of defense, the Pentagon’s… Read More

Researchers sound the alarm over Trump’s budget, across the nation and in Seattle

Today’s White House outline for a “skinny budget” covering $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending aims a sharp blow at federally funded… Read More

How smart cities are leading the charge for transportation and tech infrastructure

The political landscape may be shifting in Washington, D.C., but when it comes to building the high-tech infrastructure for data… Read More

NASA-led study confirms that aviation biofuels can be a boon for the environment

A NASA-led study demonstrates that airplanes powered by biofuels can emit up to 70 percent less particulate pollution – providing a… Read More

OceanGate reveals plan to send scientists (and tourists) to Titanic shipwreck in 2018

OceanGate Expeditions says it’s planning the first crewed scientific expedition to study the wreck of the RMS Titanic in more… Read More

Amazon patents drones with telescoping landing legs and foldable propellers

Amazon’s inventors are taking a page from Inspector Gadget’s playbook to design drones with adjustable landing legs and reconfigurable propellers.… Read More

Pi Day mashes up math and munchies

Pi Day plays off the fact that March 14 – 3/14 – is a numerical pun on math’s best-known irrational number: pi,… Read More

$50 million gift should boost UW’s standing in competitive computer science circles

There’s no question that an extra $50 million will raise the University of Washington’s profile in computer science and engineering –… Read More

Nine is fine: Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet’s rollout brightens up a gloomy day at Renton plant

The skies may have been gray at Boeing’s Renton final assembly plant today, but the mood was sunny – thanks to… Read More

Kymeta and Intelsat debut Kalo satellite service and antennas at ‘coming-out party’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five years after its founding, the Kymeta antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is releasing its… Read More

Boeing OKs buyouts for 1,800 union workers, and more job cuts are expected

Boeing has approved buyouts for more than 1,800 union workers, marking the start of a new round of job reductions that’s… Read More

Why war? Exhibit at Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection takes on big question

EVERETT, Wash. – The idea behind the Flying Heritage Collection’s groundbreaking new exhibit about the causes and effects of conflict,… Read More

Trump’s speech evokes ‘distant worlds’ – but that’s about it for science and tech

President Donald Trump referred to technology and science in only the most general terms tonight in his speech to a… Read More