Natural Sciences Division

“The fabric of my life has been ever so enriched by each and every one of you.” A grey-haired gentleman is speaking during a sharing session at the close of UW EAR (Experience Auditory Rehabilitation), a conference for people with hearing loss and their communication partners. His voice cracks as he reaches for a tissue. “I haven’t used Kleenex in such a long while.”

After retirement, UW professors emeriti continue to gain recognition for their work, as evidenced by recent awards to biologist Robert Paine and author Charles Johnson.

The University of Washington Department of Biology has been awarded a $24,950 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF). The conservation grant recognizes the University's efforts to increase the Galapagos penguin population.

A study has found repeated exposure to a 'pseudoword' during late stages of pregnancy led infants' brains to react to it. Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, comments.

UW physicist have made the first-ever accurate determination of a solid-state triple point in a substance called vanadium dioxide, which is known for switching rapidly from an electrical insulator to a conductor.

William Beaty, a research scientist in the chemistry department discovered what he calls "traffic fluid dynamics," while watching drivers interact on the 520 bridge.

According to UW Research, a polymer discovery could make organic solar cells more competitive.

The notion of keystone species, the loss of which can reverberate throughout the food web, is a concept taken for granted today but was unheard of when University of Washington biologist Robert Paine pioneered it in the 1960s.

It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable "runaway greenhouse" stage, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington.

The chemical components crucial to the start of life on Earth may have primed and protected each other in never-before-realized ways, according to new research led by University of Washington scientists.

Could bumblebees be sending out good vibrations to tomato plants? One biology student thinks so and she is out to show declining bee populations could have a big impact on summer crops.

New climate model research by a UW astronomy student, has found planets orbiting cool stars actually may be warmer and less icy than their counterparts orbiting much hotter stars.

James Davenport, a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, recently made a map of the world using only runways, helicopter pads and airports.

A DNA-based technique developed by UW researcher Sam Wasser, helps researchers fight illegal poaching of African elephants.

Earning a PhD is accomplishment enough for most graduate students, but three recent grads received the A&S Graduate Medal along with their doctorates this spring