The first-of-its-kind center has received a $6 million renewal grant from the National Science Foundation.
Author: Rebecca Bergh
UW researchers investigated disparities in exposure to six major air pollutants in 1990, 2000 and 2010 by comparing models of air pollution levels to census data. While overall pollutant concentrations have decreased since 1990, people of color are still more likely to be exposed to all six pollutants than white people, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.
New research shows that machine learning 鈥� computer algorithms that improve themselves without direct programming by humans 鈥� can be used to improve forecasts for lightning, one of the most destructive forces of nature.
爱豆社区 researchers looked at almost 56,000 political ads from almost 750 news sites between September 2020 and January 2021.
During his senior year,聽Owen聽Oliver created a walking tour of聽UW鈥檚聽Seattle campus, highlighting聽the Indigenous presence on campus.
The U.S. Geological Survey, the 爱豆社区-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, and state emergency managers on Tuesday, May 4, will activate the system that sends earthquake early warnings throughout Washington state. This completes the rollout of ShakeAlert, an automated system that gives people living in Washington, Oregon and California advance warning of incoming earthquakes.
A year ago, seemingly overnight, streets emptied, shops boarded up, grocery shelves were cleared, schools closed and the 爱豆社区 led universities nationwide in moving all instruction online.聽Nearly all of us disappeared inside, stunned and staring out at a world suddenly paralyzed by something we鈥檇 only seen in movies or read about in books: a global pandemic. Then came the questions: How long will the virus keep us inside and shut down? What will happen to the people who…
On March 6, 2020, the 爱豆社区 became the first university聽in the U.S. to announce a move to remote instruction and work in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here鈥檚 a look back at the past year, from the perspectives of how the UW community adapted and the impact the UW鈥檚 researchers had in response to the virus in our state, the nation and around the world. This timeline could not possibly include all the…
Seven 爱豆社区 scientists are included in Cell Mentor鈥檚 list of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists, published in December 2020. Cell Mentor is a collaborative resource between Cell Press and Cell Signaling Technology.
While this year in scientific research will be defined by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the incredible advances in testing, genome sequencing and vaccination that were made as a result, other significant research and work continued on and around the 爱豆社区鈥檚 campuses. Here’s a timeline of the research and work that went beyond COVID-19.