Posts Tagged ‘University of Washington’
Earthquake sensors on seafloor track whale songs
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Seafloor earthquake sensors are an inexpensive and noninvasive way to monitor the movements of fin whales that are vulnerable to collision with fast-moving ships. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 10:15 - 0 Comments
Can eating peppers help prevent Parkinson’s?
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Eating peppers may reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 6, 2013 16:04 - 0 Comments
Hundreds of possible ways to starve cancer
COLUMBIA U. (US) — An analysis of gene expression from 22 types of tumors has come up with hundreds of potential drug targets that could cut off cancer’s fuel supply. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 26, 2013 12:08 - 1 Comment
Why beers warm up faster in humid weather
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Condensation on a can of beer or soda provides more heat than the surrounding air, which means humid weather warms up your drink more than twice as much as dry heat does. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 22, 2013 11:05 - 4 Comments
Super-Earth planets snug ‘in the zone’
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Astronomers have discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside our solar system. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 18, 2013 11:48 - 0 Comments
West Antarctic ice loss still within normal range
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning dramatically, but the changes can’t be attributed with confidence to human-caused global warming, according to new ice core research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 16, 2013 15:03 - 2 Comments
Testosterone pumps up threats for tough guys
STANFORD (US) — The higher a man’s testosterone level, the more macho he’s likely to act when his masculinity is threatened, a new study finds. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 15, 2013 10:17 - 2 Comments
Hear the Big Bang in high fidelity
U. WASHINGTON (US) — New high-frequency audio recreates the likely sound just after the Big Bang—when the entire universe was ringing. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 13:57 - 0 Comments
Gene tied to double Alzheimer’s risk in African Americans
COLUMBIA (US) — African Americans with a specific gene variant have almost double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease compared with African Americans who lack the variant. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2013 14:30 - 0 Comments
Can nuclear fusion get us to Mars?
U. WASHINGTON (US) — To get astronauts to Mars, scientists are working with nuclear fusion—the same energy that powers the sun and stars. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 27, 2013 14:05 - 0 Comments
Color-code test finds 10x more biomarkers
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A new method for color-coding cells lets scientists illuminate 100 biomarkers to help analyze individual cells from cultures or tissue biopsies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 26, 2013 14:09 - 2 Comments
New docs: Fewer hours, but more mistakes
U. MICHIGAN (US) — New rules that require young doctors to work fewer hours without a break were supposed to protect patients from sleepy physicians, but a new study finds that medical errors may have actually increased. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 21, 2013 15:33 - 0 Comments
Trout gut balloons for annual food frenzy
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Once a year, a type of trout that lives in Alaska’s Chignik Lake watershed expands its stomach up to four times the usual size to go on a month-long eating binge. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
Political strife can breed drug-resistant HIV
BROWN (US) — Political violence can have the long-term consequence of increasing viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 6, 2013 16:43 - 0 Comments
‘Horsey’ teeth evolved in forest, not grassland
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Some prehistoric mammals got their big chompers from the gritty dust and volcanish ash in their food, new research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 5, 2013 13:30 - 1 Comment
Americans are living longer, but sicker lives
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Americans spend more years living with illness and disability than people in many countries, including Canada, Germany, and Israel. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 18, 2013 10:26 - 3 Comments
Killer fungus spares West Africa’s frogs
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A suffocating fungus that threatens amphibians around the world has skipped over the diverse frog population in West Africa. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2013 14:05 - 0 Comments
To find new drugs, beer acids get an ‘x-ray’
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists have figured out the exact configuration of the substances that give beer its distinctive flavor, and say the findings could lead to new pharmaceuticals. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 31, 2013 14:07 - 4 Comments
More sex when couples split chores traditionally
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Married couples who split chores by traditional gender roles have sex more often than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work. (more…)
