Science
January 12, 2011
Iceberg snaps, produces strange song
Want to hear one of the biggest icebergs of the last decade crack up? UW researchers compressed a five-hour event in Antarctica into a two-minute audio file that you can listen to.
December 15, 2010
Polar bears still on thin ice, but cutting greenhouse gases now can avert extinction
New research indicates that if humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly in the next decade or two, enough Arctic ice is likely to remain intact during late summer and early autumn for polar bears to survive.
December 13, 2010
Calculating tidal energy turbines effects on sediments and fish
Engineers are developing computer models to study how changes in water pressure and current speed around tidal turbines affect sediment buildup and fish health.
November 8, 2010
Tiny marine creatures could help diagnose the health of Puget Sound
University of Washington researchers are using tiny sea creatures called foraminifera to help diagnose the health of Puget Sound.
November 1, 2010
Molecular imaging and therapy center to develop, commercialize technologies
Ultrasound could soon be a way for spotting cancerous cells before a tumor develops, precisely monitoring how a person responds to treatment or delivering genetic therapies.
August 19, 2010
Surf your way to a deep-ocean research expedition
Journey 300 miles off the Washington-Oregon coast and dive nearly a mile deep into the ocean as scientists and 20 students use underwater robots to explore, map and sample methane ice deposits, an underwater volcano and seafloor hot springs spewing water up to 570 degrees F.
Slow-moving ‘earthquake’ under Olympic Peninsula will be well recorded
UW seismologists have begun recording a slow-moving and unfelt seismic event under the Olympic Peninsula, and it promises to be the best-documented such event in the eight years since the regularly occurring phenomena were first discovered.
August 21, 2008
Underwater scout: New robot searches out best locations for components of undersea lab
Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry — the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments — has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington and Oregon.
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