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With $120M in its pocket, Juno Therapeutics aims to wipe out cancer by rewiring the immune system

One big problem with existing cancer therapies available today like chemotherapy and radiation is the collateral damage. While some medicine… Read More

Screw selfies: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is ‘science’

When Oxford University Press announced last month that the 2013 word of the year was “selfie,” I was actually a little… Read More

Geeks Give Back: Support Seattle Children’s Research Institute at this year’s GeekWire Gala

‘Tis the season to get geeky. And give back! We’re getting excited for the geekiest holiday bash of the season,… Read More

Seahawks owner Paul Allen puts up $2.4M to fund brain injury research

Paul Allen loves sports. The Microsoft co-founder is also passionate about understanding the human brain. So it makes sense why… Read More

Kona Medical raises $10M to reduce high blood pressure for people in China

Kona Medical has raised $10 million in a Series D round from Morningside Group to bring its novel ultrasound technology to patients in… Read More

Calling all scientists: Seattle’s first biotech hackerspace opens Friday

DIYbio in Seattle might just be back from the dead. Two years ago, a group of science enthusiasts tried to… Read More

Chemical computer: Researchers develop programming language to control DNA molecules

Programming languages tell computers what to do, and now researchers from the University of Washington want to do the same… Read More

These researchers just figured out how to control each other’s brains with the Internet

New research that just came out of the University of Washington is groundbreaking, utterly insane and straight out of a… Read More

Exo Labs reels in $1.25M to build iPad-enabled microscope cameras

Exo Labs, the Seattle startup that developed a microscope camera that can link to your iPad, just raised another $1.25 million… Read More

Bill Gates is helping turn your poop into drinking water

Drinking our own poop is not healthy. But when you take human waste, heat the crap out of it —… Read More

Seattle Children’s cites early progress fighting cancer by reprogramming blood cells

Marking a milestone in the fight against cancer, Seattle Children’s Research Institute this afternoon reported that the first patient in… Read More

Got a science or math degree? Here are the best places to find work

If you graduated with a science, tech, engineering or math degree — also known as “STEM” — and want to… Read More

Ballmer, Myhrvold make Top 100 list recognizing CEOs impacting science, tech education

Two Washington CEOs — and former Microsoft colleagues — made a Top 100 CEO list for executives that were recognized… Read More

Want to control a computer with your brain? Better practice

Research has already shown the potential for brain-computer interfaces and how people can control machines such as robotic limbs simply by… Read More

Nike Accelerator Spotlight: GeoPalz motivates kids to exercise with reward system

Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based… Read More

Exo Labs crowdfunding iPad-enabled microscope cameras for schools

Exo Labs, the Seattle startup that developed a microscope camera that can link to your iPad, now wants to put… Read More

Bill Gates leads $35M round to help make science research more accessible

Bill Gates has put in a lot of time and effort to help eradicate some of the world’s most-deadly diseases,… Read More

Collaborate.org: A global intelligence dashboard that visualizes the world’s data

Dr. Kevin Montgomery was working at NASA when he had his “A-ha” moment. During a trip to Hawaii, he visited a… Read More

UW’s Ed Lazowska: ‘Washington is the ass end of the donkey in just about every aspect of education’

The incredible talent that the University of Washington pumps out every year was on display during Tuesday’s Seattle Tech Meetup,… Read More

Rapid extraction: University of Washington researcher develops speedy DNA device

The concept of extracting and analyzing human DNA is, for most of us, a little out of the knowledge comfort… Read More

Here’s why this do-it-all science instructor is the 2013 National Teacher of the Year

When Jeff Charbonneau begins class everyday at Zillah High, he says the same thing: “Welcome to paradise, everybody.” No, Zillah High… Read More

UW-Bothell becomes first university in Wash. to create School of STEM

A recent survey showed that an estimated 30,000 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) jobs in Washington will go unfilled in the… Read More

Washington bill could make CSE classes count for math, science credit

A new bill in the Washington State Legislature may allow computer science classes to count as a math or science requirement… Read More

Code.org video featuring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and other coding geeks goes viral

Code.org, the non-profit created by entrepreneurs Ali and Hadi Partovi, has struck a nerve with its video about the importance… Read More

Geek of the Week: This chemist and his team are hacking molecules for cheaper energy

Anyone who has shopped for a ring knows that platinum doesn’t come cheap. Existing fuel cells rely on this precious… Read More

Ed Lazowska: The iPad wouldn’t be here without federal research dollars

University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska is known for his strong opinions. And he got to share some… Read More

How Yoky Matsuoka created the modern robotic hand, and what the rest of us can learn from her

Editor’s Note: Yoky Matsuoka, the former University of Washington computer science professor, is one of the subjects of the new book,… Read More

Seattle snapshots: Northern Lights put on a great show

Monday night provided a rare opportunity for space-enthusiasts and photographers as the Northern Lights were visible around the northern part… Read More

Microsoft wants to create more homegrown engineers using higher H-1B fees

How’s this for a creative twist? Microsoft today suggested that the federal government let employers, including itself, pay higher fees… Read More

Bill Nye takes on creationism; Solavei’s cell plan; and other top stories of the month

August usually is a quiet time on the tech beat, but not this summer. We were busy keeping tabs on… Read More