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Making the case: four Jackson School students are finalists in nationwide policy competition
The team of four made it to the final round of the national New York University Policy Case Competition.
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Breaking bottlenecks to the electronic-photonic information technology revolution
UW chemistry professor emeritus Larry Dalton is part of the research team that has achieved an optical communications breakthrough that could revolutionize information technology.
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After 30 years of R&D, breakthrough announced in dark matter detection technology, definitive search to begin for axion particles
The Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) at the University of Washington is the world's first experiment to be sensitive enough to "hear" the signs of dark matter axions.
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Why nuclear fusion is gaining steam – again
Scott L. Montgomery with the Jackson School of International Studies writes about the new future of fusion.
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If Tiny Dark Matter Particle Exists, This Experiment Is Now Ready to Find It
The research team at the UW have announced that the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) is officially sensitive enough to find the theoretically predicted axion.
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Solar-powered innovation on the Life Sciences Building
The new Life Sciences Building features windows that allow the sun to naturally light the space.
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Your data and Facebook
Communication Leadership Director, Hanson Hosien, on why privacy and transparency are more important than ever before.
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A Quantum Leap
A physics student explores the possibilities of quantum computing — with help from a Microsoft Research Fellowship.
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A Holiday Gift to Encourage Tech Pursuits
An I-LABS study is referenced in a personal essay on girls and technology.
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Google to give #1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.
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Using Facebook data as a real-time census
UW-led study demonstrates how present-day migration statistics can be obtained by the same data that advertisers use to target their audience on Facebook.
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A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters
Amazon's announcement that it's searching for a second HQ is generating a backlash in Seattle and elsewhere. Margaret O'Mara, a UW associate professor of history, is quoted.
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48-hour cybersecurity bootcamp
Legislators, faculty meet for 48-hour cybersecurity bootcamp
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.
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Hands free music
Dr. Thomas Duell, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a music professor at UW, invented an instrument that reads the electrical activity of the brain and turns it into musical notes.