Articles about science

New species of hammerhead shark named after Paul Allen, who funded critical research

Nine years after throwing his support behind an initiative aimed at protecting sharks and their habitats, Paul Allen has a… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2022 recap: Tech and civic leaders share insights and vision for the future

Navigating the future of work. Learning how to fight against burnout. Taking on cybersecurity threats. Gathering community. Connecting with old… Read More

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The first sustainable mega-region? Former Gov. Chris Gregoire on Cascadia’s climate quest

Business, governmental and environmental leaders from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia met at the U.S.-Canada border this week to plan… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2021 recap: Leaders and luminaries share insights at our annual conference

It was really nice to be back. The GeekWire Summit returned to Seattle and took a page out of our shared… Read More

Geek of the Week: Vulcan’s W. Andre Perkins uses machine learning to help predict climate change

Growing up outside a town in Wisconsin, out in the woods with dial-up internet and his parents, sister, cats, horses,… Read More

GeekWire Summit recap: Final week highlights include T-Mobile CEO and COVID-19 data gurus

This year’s GeekWire Summit may have looked a little different — a fully virtual experience stretched across three weeks. But… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Future doctor Nicole Magaki wants to make health care more accessible

Nicole Magaki doesn’t just want to be a doctor. She wants to help doctors help more people. A 17-year-old from… Read More

Protein design and physics earn UW professors a pair of prestigious Breakthrough Prizes

Researchers at the University of Washington working on both protein design and the understanding of gravity have been awarded the… Read More

David Shoultz seeks tech and science solutions as Washington Research Foundation grants director

As the new director of the grants program at the Washington Research Foundation, David Shoultz joins at a unique time… Read More

Catch her drift: UW sea ice scientist Maddie Smith set to embark on one-of-a-kind polar expedition

Maddie Smith is ready to drift through life for a little while. But it’s not because she’s lost focus. In… Read More

Concure Oncology raises $2.5M for breast cancer treatment that fights tumors with radioactive seeds

Concure Oncology has raised $2.5 million in new capital for breast cancer treatment that uses radioactive seeds to prevent tumors… Read More

Coronavirus Live Updates: The latest COVID-19 developments in Seattle and the world of tech

Update, June 3, 2020: Follow ongoing coverage via our Coronavirus Outbreak special coverage section. Follow @geekwire for updates. Send us… Read More

UW treating COVID-19 patients with antimalarial drug — researcher calls it ‘very promising’

Researchers and physicians at the University of Washington in Seattle are treating patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using a drug best… Read More

Amazon pledges $20 million to accelerate COVID-19 diagnostic testing

Amazon is pledging $20 million to accelerate diagnostics, research and testing in the fight against COVID-19. The company announced the… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Bezos fields criticism despite $10B climate pledge; Seattle braces for The Big One; and more

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. PBS’s Frontline profiled the Amazon empire and painted a… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Nintendo president speaks; D&D for a good cause; and more

— Nintendo is on a roll. Though its current console, the Nintendo Switch, doesn’t boast the same type of processing… Read More

Geek of the Week: Fred Hutch’s Jeanne Chowning committed to diversity and inclusion in science

Dr. Jeanne Ting Chowning is a lifelong educator with a passion for science — and a commitment to making sure… Read More

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Scientists pursue new genetic insights for health: Inside the world of ‘deep mutational scanning’

It has been nearly two decades since scientists accomplished the first complete sequencing of the human genome. This historic moment… 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

University of Washington joins $106M ‘Weill Neurohub’ effort to fight brain diseases

The University of Washington, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are launching a research network aimed at finding new treatments… Read More

Seattle startup wants to revolutionize medicine for kids with world’s first gummy drugs

Connie Wan is no different than any other parent who has struggled to get a little kid to take medication… Read More

Geek of the Week: Intertox scientist Anne Galyean is also a mountain biking weekend warrior

As Anne Galyean set a course to move up through the ranks of a science career, another path sent her… Read More

Washington State Univ. spinout Dewey Scientific raises $1.25M to cultivate better cannabis buds

Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding… Read More

Allen Institute researchers show how cells divide in first-of-its-kind 3D model

One of the most basic biological dramas is now available in interactive 3D. Researchers at the Allen Institute for Cell… Read More

Bryte brings AI-powered bed and tech for improving sleep to its first retail location near Seattle

Bryte, a Bay Area-based company that promises a better night’s sleep through its AI-powered smart bed, is bringing its bright… Read More

Bill Nye gets heated and tells us to ‘grow up’ in fiery global warming take during ‘Last Week Tonight’

Bill Nye has finally reached his burning point. The famed “Science Guy,” who used far-less-salty language while explaining science to… Read More

52 years after Seattle woman was killed, police use family DNA and latest science to identify the killer

On July 13, 1967, Susan Galvin was found dead in a parking garage elevator at Seattle Center. The 20-year-old administrative… Read More

Geek of the Week: Membrion’s Greg Newbloom filters out the hard stuff to focus on simple ideas

Forget the hashtag #nofilter. Greg Newbloom is all about filter. Or, filtering. Especially as it all relates to science and… 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

Forget software bugs, this startup is focused on insects that could change the agriculture industry

Some of the most intriguing farming in Washington is taking place not among the valleys or rolling hills of the… Read More