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Geek of the Week: Fred Hutch’s Steve Pergam caught a ‘bug’ for infectious diseases and research

Although Steve Pergam grew up with parents who were both physicians, he was never pushed to be a doctor as… Read More

UW app emits sonar from smartphone to detect opioid overdoses by monitoring breathing rate

You may have heard of naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdoses so effective that the U.S. Surgeon General recommended people carry… Read More

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman sets his sights on Mount Kilimanjaro and $1M for cancer research

As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making… Read More

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AI2’s Semantic Scholar spices up academic search engine with blogs, videos and more

You wouldn’t use an academic search engine to look for cat videos — but if there’s a video with cats… Read More

Curious about whether robots can be curious? University of Washington joins initiative to find out

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but will it make for a more intriguing robot? That’s the question researchers are… Read More

Internet littered with cat poop headlines after study links parasite to entrepreneurial drive in humans

My aversion to scooping poop out of my cat’s litter box could be preventing me from realizing my career potential!… Read More

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Listen to this playlist, designed by a psychologist to support subjects tripping on ‘magic’ mushrooms

Listening to music can be a very personal journey for some people, serving as a guiding light or emotional girder,… Read More

UW researchers discover how to hack into smartphones and TVs to track body movements

Hackers and spies no longer need special surveillance equipment to track your location and movements. Researchers from the University of… Read More

‘How are your tweets feeling?’ Researchers find connection between Twitter users’ emotions and flu outbreaks

Imagine if public health workers could monitor social media to take the emotional temperature of a specific population and use… Read More

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UW’s lip-syncing Obama demonstrates new technique to turn audio clips into realistic video

Researchers at the University of Washington are putting former President Barack Obama’s words into his own mouth to demonstrate breakthrough… Read More

Students create game to help acrophobes confront their fear of heights in virtual reality

For people afraid of heights, leaning over a wall when rock climbing could cause feelings of terror and nausea. Being… Read More

WeChat parent Tencent is opening an A.I. lab in Seattle led by former Microsoft researcher

Tencent, the Chinese tech titan behind WeChat and a wide range of other services, plans to double down on artificial intelligence… Read More

‘The oceans are rising and so are we.’ Photos, tweets, and more from Seattle’s March for Science

It’s a soggy Seattle Saturday but that didn’t deter thousands of activists from marching for climate research and sound science policy… Read More

Cancer researcher blends the best of startups and science to pioneer a new model for the industry

There are two basic models for scientific research — industry and academia — and each has its strengths. Academia can support sustained, long-term… Read More

Meet the ‘Salmon Cannon:’ This high-tech contraption sends fish flying over dams and other barriers

Hydroelectric energy is hugely important to Washington state. It accounts for about one third of Washington’s energy consumption, more than any other… Read More

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The $10 million molecule: Juno Therapeutics’ acquisition of RedoxTherapies could improve cancer treatment

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics has acquired RedoxTherapies for $10 million, to secure exclusive rights to a molecule that may provide a new… Read More

Watch today: Fred Hutch hosts Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Summit in Seattle to accelerate search for a cure

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to rally around a lofty goal: Landing on the moon. Today, Vice… Read More

University of Washington partners with Disney to develop cheap touch-sensitive paper

Despite a wealth of cheap screens, printing information on paper is often still easier than sending it out digitally. But a new connected… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Seattle Sounders seeking Senior App Developer to join the team

Technology is being embraced all over Seattle, including on the soccer pitch. The Seattle Sounders FC are currently seeking a… Read More

Why apps like Tinder and OkCupid make you unhappy: Study says ‘choice overload’ leaves singles wanting

What happens to relationships when finding a date is as easy as requesting a ride or ordering take-out? We certainly love… Read More

Toyota’s research chief just told a CES crowd that there’s a long way to go before self-driving cars safely hit the road

LAS VEGAS — Nearly everywhere you turn at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show people are talking about self-driving cars. But… Read More

How computers broke science – and what we can do to fix it

[Editor’s Note: Ben Marwick is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Washington. This article was originally published on The Conversation. It’s republished… Read More

See-through snapshots: Microsoft and UW tech takes pictures that are more than skin deep

They may not be X-ray specs, but the University of Washington and Microsoft Research are working together to let you… Read More

Researchers build extra brainy smart homes to monitor aging adults

The smart homes coming out of Washington State University have a higher IQ than your average cyber-enhanced abode. Their homes… Read More

Geek of the Week: 15-year-old Sriharshita Musunuri is a thermoelectrics innovator

At 15 years old, Sriharshita Musunuri has a resume that would be impressive for a graduate student. Which is all the… Read More

Allen Institute for Brain Science lands $4.75M grant to study brain diseases

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has landed a $4.75 million grant from a federal initiative to help it further… 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

When technology – and time – overtake research

For the past three decades, I have been a psychological test subject. Not in a creepy NSA-and-tin-foil-hat kind of way,… 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

Here’s why 36 million Americans still don’t use the Internet

Many of you reading this article would probably agree that life without the Internet would be a little troublesome in… Read More

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