Science – Page 48 of 69

Intellectual Ventures spinoff Xinova and Aetho join forces on tools for virtual and augmented reality

A Seattle-based invention factory called Xinova has made a deal to collaborate with Aetho, a San Francisco-based venture, on new… Read More

Symbolic Doomsday Clock is closer to the ‘final hour’ than it has been since 1953

Embed from Getty Images The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic instrument used to signal how close the world is to a… Read More

Elon Musk drops hints about Donald Trump, a carbon tax … and an L.A. tunnel?

Billionaire brainiac Elon Musk already has a lot on his hands with Tesla, SpaceX and the quest to make humanity… Read More

After huge outcry, USDA scales back its limits on scientists’ contacts with public

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have rescinded an order that barred its researchers from releasing “public-facing documents,” ranging from news releases… Read More

Amazon’s latest drone patent features foldable wings for flippable flight

Amazon has sought patents for hitchhiking drones, mini-drones that can sit on shoulders, drones that assemble themselves like Lego toys – and… Read More

Boeing beats quarterly expectations and plans to stay the course in 2017

The Boeing Co. reported quarterly revenue that went beyond what analysts were expecting, and the company’s CEO said he expected new… Read More

Study links infant diarrhea to telomere shortening and troubles later in life

Frequent bouts of diarrhea can be bad news for babies, even decades later: A new study has found a correlation between… Read More

Scientists use Microsoft Bands and Bing to link lack of sleep to cognitive impairment

It may not be surprising that lack of sleep leaves you less sharp, but researchers have now quantified the effect… Read More

Bad-ass Badlands: National park’s climate tweets pop up, then go poof

Badlands National Park tweeted the inconvenient truth about climate change today, despite the Trump administration’s crackdown on environmental outreach. And… Read More

Climate skeptics from Washington state added to Trump’s EPA transition team

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two veterans of the Washington state Senate have been added to President Donald Trump’s “landing team” for the Environmental… Read More

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Meta, promises free AI search tool for scientists

The multibillion-dollar Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced its first acquisition today: a startup called Meta that is developing an artificial intelligence… Read More

Microsoft’s HoloLens joins the military

Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have been used to fight video-game aliens in space, but now they’ve been enlisted for wargames on… Read More

What’s next for science and tech? Key posts are in limbo as Trump takes charge

Although President Donald Trump says he’s ready to delve into the mysteries of space, he still has to make key… Read More

Tech shines as bright spot in Donald Trump’s dark inaugural speech

Donald Trump’s first address as president may have sounded like a “Make America Great Again” campaign speech, but he did include… Read More

UW Hyperloop team unveils its purple pod racer, and gets ready to let ‘er rip

The University of Washington’s Hyperloop team showed off its sleek pod racer and let fans take a peek under the… Read More

Surveys suggest America’s partisan divide will remain, in news diet and in real life

Will America come together in the wake of this week’s presidential inauguration? The prospects for that appear dim, based on… Read More

Big data (and volunteers) help scientists solve hundreds of protein puzzles

Molecular biologists have enlisted cutting-edge trends in genomics and big data to get a grip on one of the grand… Read More

After hottest year on record, scientists project milder days ahead … for Seattle

Today’s outlook for climate trends is a good-news, bad-news situation for the Pacific Northwest. First, the bad news: NASA and… Read More

In farewell press conference, Obama says ‘new cyber age’ will require new tools

In the wake of a presidential campaign marred by hacking and social-media skulduggery, President Barack Obama says America’s digital architecture will… Read More

UW researchers trace how complex life lost its first chance to dominate Planet Earth

Researchers say multicellular life could have arisen in Earth’s oceans more than 2 billion years ago, only to fall victim to a… Read More

Moth with wild hairdo named after Donald Trump

Donald Trump isn’t even sworn in as president yet, but he already has a species named after him: a micro-moth… Read More

Amazon patents system to help autonomous vehicles handle traffic shifts

There’s been a lot of speculation about Amazon’s interest in self-driving delivery trucks, and a newly issued patent suggests that… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets the message about AI’s down side for jobs

Experts on employment trends have long raised concerns about how job markets are being disrupted so quickly by artificial intelligence… Read More

Here’s a twist: UW biochemists find clever ways to pick a protein’s pockets profitably

Researchers at the University of Washington have cracked the code for producing molecular structures with tiny pockets – structures that… Read More

How wearable sensors knew this scientist was getting sick long before he did

Stanford geneticist Michael Snyder’s research into wearable biosensors has turned into a case study demonstrating the promise of predictive medicine –… Read More

Expert panel cites marijuana’s medical benefits and calls for more research

For years, drug experts have issued warnings about marijuana, but an authoritative report issued today acknowledges its potential benefits – and… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold explains why the nuclear power option is needed … with toasters!

If renewable energy is on the rise in America, why should we even bother with nuclear power? Seattle tech maverick… Read More

Trump’s pick for transportation secretary plays it safe on Seattle transit spending

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, held back from a commitment to continue supporting transit projects that… Read More

Hearing hints at clashes over immigration, pot and cyber issues with Jeff Sessions as attorney general

Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions faced a wide range of questions during today’s Senate hearing on his confirmation as attorney… Read More

UW Hyperloop team fuels its final dash to the national pod races with crowdfunding

The University of Washington’s Hyperloop team is getting ready to compete in a set of pod races aimed at blazing… Read More