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Four UW professors win 2021 Breakthrough Prize — so-called ‘Oscars of Science’

UW News staff — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:00:47 +0000

Four �� professors were among the winners of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, which recognizes groundbreaking achievements in the life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics. David Baker, a professor in the UW School of Medicine’s department of biochemistry, won the prize for life sciences, while a team of UW physics professors, including Eric Adelberger, Jens Gundlach and Blayne Heckel, earned the prize for fundamental physics.

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UW researchers mark first detection of gravitational waves from collision of two neutron stars

James Urton — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:01:16 +0000

For the first time, scientists have detected gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars.

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Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction

UW News staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:10:17 +0000

For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the Earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos.

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A new single-molecule tool to observe enzymes at work

James Urton — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:00:26 +0000

A team of scientists at the �� and the biotechnology company Illumina have created an innovative tool to directly detect the delicate, single-molecule interactions between DNA and enzymatic proteins. Their approach provides a new platform to view and record these nanoscale interactions in real time. As they report Sept. 28 in Nature Biotechnology, this tool should provide fast and reliable characterization of the different mechanisms cellular proteins use to bind to DNA strands — information that could shed new light on the atomic-scale interactions within our cells and help design new drug therapies against pathogens by targeting enzymes that interact with DNA.

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