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Research Makes America

UW research makes America healthier, safer and more prosperous. But those gains are now at risk.

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#UWdiscovers

Killing cancer cells, precisely

Cancer treatment often comes with severe side effects. Two UW researchers are designing targeted therapeutics that can both treat cancer and restore healthy tissue.

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Precision at the smallest scale

Tiny tech transforms research in quantum computing, medicine and beyond at the UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility — part of a National Science Foundation network of nanotech expertise.

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Restoring marine ecosystems

Graduate students at the UW Global Innovation Exchange have developed an AI-powered underwater robot to track sea life that’s critical to keeping ocean ecosystems healthy.

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News & Events

A drone photo taken from above the Homer Spit, a 4.5 mile stretch that extends into the ocean. On the left, fiber optic cables are beneath the water.
Environment

Seismologists tapped into the fiber optic cable network to study offshore faults

UW researchers showed that they can monitor seismic activity at the ocean floor using fiber optic cables without disrupting telecommunications, creating a starting point for earthquake analysis.

Earthquake Research

UW doctoral student Meng-Yen Lin casts green cement samples into molds to cure and later test their structural properties.
Engineering

Seaweed-infused cement could cut concrete’s carbon footprint

Researchers at the UW and Microsoft developed a new type of low-carbon concrete that has a 21% lower global warming potential while retaining its strength.

Concrete research

Two children play a game on a desktop computer
Research

Puzzle game shows kids how they’re smarter than AI

UW researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles.

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Fast Facts

Honors & awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize

Undergrad research

8000+ undergraduate students participate in at least one quarter of research.