The 75-station pattern is typical for summer and fall cruises by CalCOFI, which has collected data on marine life and ocean conditions off the California…
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This shows the amount of ice gained or lost by Antarctica between 2003 and 2019. Dark reds and purples show large average rates of ice…
A watercolor-like illustration of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis. Credit: Alice C. Gray By shuffling DNA in and out of one gene, syphilis…
Language skills are a stronger predictor of programming ability than math knowledge, according to a new University of Washington study. Here, study co-author Malayka Mottarella…
A cougar sits over its kill site in northeastern Washington. The photo was captured using a wildlife camera. Credit: Melia Devivo/Washington Department of Fish and…
A Soyuz spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2017 using a conventional, fuel-intensive engine. UW researchers have developed a mathematical model that…
A polar bear in Baffin Bay, West Greenland in 2012 seen from the air. Credit: Kristin Laidre/University of Washington Polar bears are spending more time…
An Aedes mosquito with pollen sacs on its eyes feeding from Platanthera flowers. Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get…
Eastern California’s Mono Lake has no outflow, allowing salts to build up over time. The high salts in this carbonate-rich lake can grow into pillars.…
Focused laser light generates an optical “tractor beam,” which can manipulate and orient semiconductor nanorods (red) with metal tips (blue) in an organic solvent solution.…
Comparison of high-resolution x-ray crystallography results (gray) with Foldit player-designed protein models (rainbow). Cross sections show detailed comparisons of the core sidechains. Credit: Foldit, Advanced…
A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from near extinction, a new study shows. A population of humpback whales in the…
This is a CT-scanned image of the piranha Serrasalmus medinai. Note the ingested fish fins in its stomach. Credit: University of Washington Piranha fish swap…
The Northern clingfish can hold tightly to rough, slimy surfaces. Credit: Petra Ditsche The finger-sized Northern clingfish employs one of the best suction cups in…
The layout and major features of the KATRIN experimental facility at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Credit: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology An international team of…
Each cell of a developing nematode worm embryo is cataloged at the molecular level in a new paper out in Science. In this visualization of…
Patients on chronic opioid prescriptions who came off opioids were three times more likely to die of an overdose in the years that followed, a…
Handwritten notes from David J. Masiello, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. Credit: David J. Masiello / U. of Washington At human…
First cells on ancient Earth may have emerged because building blocks of proteins stabilized membranes. Life on Earth arose about 4 billion years ago when…
The roof of the tunnel is covered in hoar frost, spiky ice crystals that form as moisture in the air solidifies in the minus 6…