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May 15, 2018

STEM for All Video Showcase features six UW projects

  Family-focused science lessons, robotics for young children and touch-based programming for the visually impaired are among the 91自拍 91自拍 videos featured in the STEM for All Video Showcase, funded by the National Science Foundation. The weeklong online event, in its fourth year, highlights more than 200 projects from universities around the country and allows viewers to vote for their favorites. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淭ransforming the Educational Landscape.鈥� Researchers from the UW have submitted projects from the…

May 3, 2018

Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies

A depiction of the crystal structure of chromium triiodide (CrI3), with chromium atoms shown in purple and iodine atoms in yellow. The black arrows represent the electron "spins," which are analogous to tiny bar magnets.

In a study published online May 3 in the journal Science, a 91自拍-led team announced that it has discovered a method to encode information using magnets that are just a few layers of atoms in thickness. This breakthrough may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics by enabling data storage at a greater density and improved energy efficiency.

May 2, 2018

Researchers develop an app for crowdsourced exercise plans, which rival personal trainers in effectiveness

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Researchers at the 91自拍 and Seattle University have created CrowdFit, a platform for exercise planning that relies on crowdsourcing from nonexperts to create workout regimens guided by national exercise recommendations and tailored around user schedules and interests.

May 1, 2018

Apps for children should emphasize parent and child choice, 91自拍ers say

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Parents don鈥檛 need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, 91自拍ers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New 91自拍 shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.

March 15, 2018

With new 鈥榮huffling鈥� trick, 91自拍ers can measure gene activity in single cells

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Researchers at the 91自拍 and the Allen Institute for Brain Science have developed a new method to classify and track the multitude of cells in a tissue sample. In a paper published March 15 in the journal Science, the team reports that this new approach 鈥� known as SPLiT-seq 鈥� reliably tracks gene activity in a tissue down to the level of single cells.

February 15, 2018

Five UW scientists awarded Sloan Fellowships for early-career 91自拍

Five faculty members at the 91自拍 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, include Maya Cakmak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Jiun-Haw Chu, assistant professor of clean energy and physics; Arka Majumdar, assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics; Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy; and Chelsea Wood, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.

January 31, 2018

91自拍, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team up to make the materials of tomorrow

The Department of Energy鈥檚 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the 91自拍 announced the creation of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology 鈥� or NW IMPACT 鈥� a joint 91自拍 endeavor to power discoveries and advancements in materials that transform energy, telecommunications, medicine, information technology and other fields.

January 24, 2018

#MemoriesInDNA Project wants to store your photos in DNA for the benefit of science 鈥� and future generations

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Researchers from the Molecular Information Systems Lab at the 91自拍 and Microsoft are looking to collect 10,000 original images from around the world to preserve them indefinitely in synthetic DNA manufactured by Twist Bioscience. DNA holds promise as a revolutionary storage medium that lasts much longer and is many orders of magnitude denser than current technologies.

January 16, 2018

Researchers program biomaterials with ‘logic gates’ that release therapeutics in response to environmental triggers

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Drug treatments can save lives, but sometimes they also carry unintended costs. After all, the same therapeutics that target pathogens and tumors can also harm healthy cells. To reduce this collateral damage, scientists have long sought specificity in drug delivery systems: A package that can encase a therapeutic and will not disgorge its toxic cargo until it reaches the site of treatment 鈥� be it a tumor, a diseased organ or a site of infection. In a paper published Jan….

December 5, 2017

Making humanity’s challenges smaller and smaller: UW launches Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems

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The 91自拍 has launched a new institute aimed at accelerating 91自拍 at the nanoscale: the Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems, or NanoES. The institute will pursue impactful advancements in a variety of disciplines 鈥� including energy, materials science, computation and medicine. Yet these advancements will be at a technological scale a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair.

Two UW professors elevated to IEEE Fellows

Two faculty members in the 91自拍 College of Engineering have been elected as 2018 fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Tom Furness, professor of industrial and systems engineering, was honored for 鈥渓eadership in virtual and augmented reality鈥� and Siddhartha 鈥淪idd鈥� Srinivasa, professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, was recognized for 鈥渃ontributions to robotic manipulation and human-robot interaction.鈥�

November 16, 2017

UW receives top honors from CleanTech Alliance for 91自拍 and support in energy innovation, industry partnerships

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The CleanTech Alliance has presented the 91自拍 with the organization’s 2017 CleanTech Achievement Award. The honor recognizes the UW’s dedication to 91自拍 and development of transformative clean energy technologies, facilities, pipelines for startups and industry partnerships. The award was announced on Nov. 8 at the annual meeting and 10th anniversary of the CleanTech Alliance, a Seattle-based consortium of more than 300 businesses and interest groups across six U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The organization cited the UW’s…

October 17, 2017

Flexible ‘skin’ can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force

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UW and UCLA engineers have developed a flexible sensor 鈥渟kin鈥� that can be stretched over any part of a robot鈥檚 body or prosthetic to accurately convey information about shear forces and vibration, which are critical to tasks ranging from cooking an egg to dismantling a bomb.

October 12, 2017

UW names second CSE building the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering

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The 91自拍 Board of Regents on Thursday approved the naming of the new computer science building under construction on the Seattle campus as the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering. The naming of the building was made possible by gifts from Microsoft Corp. and a group of local business and philanthropic leaders who are longtime friends and colleagues of the couple.

September 25, 2017

UW to host $15.6M NSF-funded center for innovation, education in materials science

The 91自拍 is home to a new national center of excellence for 91自拍, education and training in materials science. The Molecular Engineering Materials Center is funded by a $15.6 million, six-year grant from the National Science Foundation as part of its highly competitive Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) program.