September 16, 1998
UW gets $1.2 million Hughes grant for biological science education
The University of Washington today was awarded a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support undergraduate education in the biological sciences
August 31, 1998
Museum displays earliest known fossil of a toothless whale
The world’s oldest known fossil of a toothless whale, a previously unknown genus and species, has yielded clues about the evolution of the ocean-going giants. Now, after five years of study and preparation, it is on public display at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington.
August 27, 1998
Novel approach to measuring ocean temperatures proved successful
An experiment to devise a new method for tracking large-scale changes in ocean temperature associated with events such as El Niño and with global warming indicates that scientists can successfully use low-frequency sound transmissions to measure the temperature of vast expanses of ocean.
August 12, 1998
Eastern Washington outranks Texas for above-normal July heat
There’s no denying July was unbearably, deadly hot in Texas. But when it came to higher-than-normal mercury readings, Eastern Washington ranked well ahead of most of the Southwest.
July 24, 1998
Project Astro enters second year of stargazing for K-12 students
University of Washington astronomers, with an assist from local amateur astronomical societies, are preparing to head into Puget Sound-area schools for the second year to bring hands-on science experience to K-12 students.
June 29, 1998
February launch planned for UW mission to collect samples of comet dust
It might sound like something from a popular science fiction movie, but a University of Washington astronomy professor’s nearly two-decade dream of launching an unmanned spacecraft to collect interstellar dust from a comet is close to coming true.
June 26, 1998
Project Stardust Facts, Figures, and Timeline
STARDUST MISSION TIMELINE
1929: Hoagy Carmichael publishes the song “Stardust.
June 17, 1998
UW undergrads set for geology camp in Montana
A six-week camp in the rugged Montana backcountry promises to transform 20 University of Washington undergraduates into full-fledged geologists.
June 10, 1998
Brightest object in universe discovered by UW astronomer
The brightest object yet observed in the universe has been discovered by a University of Washington astronomer and his colleagues.
June 8, 1998
University of Washington plays key role in space map project
The University of Washington is a key player in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, an ambitious new effort to create the first-ever digital map of the heavens.
June 5, 1998
Physicists find evidence that neutrinos have mass
A physics collaboration that includes a team from the University of Washington has unveiled evidence indicating that subatomic particles known as neutrinos have mass.
June 3, 1998
Physics experiment produces highest-energy electrons and positrons ever created in man-made accelerator
Physicists at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva have created the highest-energy electrons and positrons, the anti-matter counterparts of electrons, ever produced in a man-made particle accelerator.
May 26, 1998
Increasing frequency of El Nino takes toll on Northern Hemisphere’s only penguins
El Nino means milder winters for some in the United States and flooding and mudslides for others. For the penguins living in the Galapagos Islands off South America, it means possible starvation.
May 8, 1998
UW senior well prepared to live on Greenland glacier
Hans-Peter Marshall seems to like the cold.
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