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Panorama of our nearest galactic neighbor unveils hundreds of millions of stars

Astronomy & Space

In the decades following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope , astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe.

Strong negative associations with teenagers in AI models

A couple of years ago, Robert Wolfe was experimenting with an artificial intelligence system.

A smart ring with a tiny camera lets users point and click to control home devices

While smart devices in homes have grown to include speakers, security systems, lights and thermostats, the ways to control them have remained relatively stable.

Physics - Dec 19, 2024

By looking at individual atoms in tooth enamel, UW and PNNL researchers are learning what happens to our teeth as we age

Physics

Teeth are essential for helping people break down the food they eat, and are protected by enamel, which helps them withstand the large amount of stress they experience as people chew away.

Life Sciences - Dec 13, 2024

In the Field: UW Oceanographers and undergrads pursue tiny viral prize in Puget Sound waters

University of Washington oceanographer Robert Morris studies viruses - but not the viruses that get people worried. He studies viruses that infect ocean microorganisms, which are some of the most abundant living things on the planet.

Environment - Dec 6, 2024

Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained and forecast months out by patterns in winds

Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or even increased slightly from the late 1970s through 2015, despite rising global temperatures.

Life Sciences - Dec 5, 2024

That’s no straw: Hummingbirds evolved surprisingly flexible bills to help them drink nectar

Life Sciences

Hummingbird bills - their long, thin beaks - look a little like drinking straws. The frenetic speed at which they get nectar out of flowers and backyard feeders may give the impression that the bills act as straws, too.

Health - Nov 25, 2024

UW-led research links wildfire smoke exposure with increased dementia risk

As Baby Boomers hit retirement, about  1 in 6 Americans is now over the age of 65. The number of Americans living with dementia is projected to skyrocket - but the proportion of older Americans who develop dementia has actually decreased.

Environment - Jan 27

Q&A: How rate of CO2 rise can affect a global ocean current

As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's average temperature. How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide - and with it, the temperature - goes up matters for the ability of humans and ecosystems to adjust. A slower increase gives humans time to move away from low-lying areas and animals time to move to new habitats.

The carbon in our bodies probably left the galaxy and came back on cosmic ’conveyer belt’

Astronomy & Space

Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all'elements except hydrogen and helium - including carbon, oxygen and iron - only exist because they were forged in stellar furnaces and later flung into the cosmos when their stars died.

Innovation - Dec 18, 2024

Q&A: New AI training method lets systems better adjust to users’ values

Ask most major artificial intelligence chatbots, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, to say something cruel or inappropriate and the system will say it wants to keep things "respectful.

Environment - Dec 12, 2024

Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the ’warm blob’ in the Pacific Ocean

Murres, a common seabird, look a little like flying penguins. These stout, tuxedo-styled birds dive and swim in the ocean to eat small fish and then fly back to islands or coastal cliffs where they nest in large colonies.

Astronomy & Space - Dec 6, 2024

More than 10,000 supernovae counted in stellar census

Astronomy & Space

Since 2018 the  Zwicky Transient Facility , an international astronomical collaboration based at the Palomar Observatory in California, has scanned the entire sky every two to three nights.

Environment - Dec 4, 2024

Talking about climate and weather with the Office of the Washington State Climatologist

From its base at the southwest corner of the Seattle campus, the Office of the Washington State Climatologist provides expertise, tools and resources on "all things climate" to partners and communities across the state.

Environment - Nov 21, 2024

Fewer than 7% of global hotspots for whale-ship collisions have protection measures in place

According to the fossil record, cetaceans - whales, dolphins and their relatives - evolved from four-legged land mammals that returned to the oceans beginning some 50 million years ago.



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