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Scientists ramp up ability of poplar plants to disarm toxic pollutants
Scientists have long seen the potential for cleaning up contaminated areas by growing plants able to take up groundwater pollutants through their roots — but the process is slow and stops when growth does in winter. But new UW research raises the possibility that transgenic, or genetically engineered, trees might be right for such work.
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Improved forecasting of volcanic eruptions is part of Malone's legacy
When Steve Malone retired earlier this month, he could take satisfaction in the great strides that have been made in forecasting volcanic eruptions, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. He was in the vanguard helping to develop those forecasting methods when Mount St. Helens became a global icon in 1980.
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UW-initiated biosolids project wins national clean water award
The idea of using biosolids from King County to grow canola, the seeds of which can be refined into biodiesel, has won UW researchers a first-place National Clean Water Recognition Award, presented Monday in Washington, D.C.
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UW early contributor to Nobel prize-winning work by climate group
More than 50 UW faculty, affiliate faculty and students have contributed to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shares the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. They served as lead authors, contributing authors and reviewers for the panel's major reports assessing the science of what is happening with the world's climate, the causes behind that and what the future holds.
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Author/researchers describe their 'Fieldwork Connections'
In Fieldwork Connections, a UW researcher and two Chinese colleagues studying a minority group in China describe their work and how they came to be friends. The three will make a presentation on campus Oct. 25.
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Dawg TV? Public, 'private’ faces to UW both part of iTunes presentations
Wanted: UW videos and other multimedia materials of interest to people aged 18 to 35. The University wants to post the material to its iTunes U Web site, where it can be seen and downloaded by students, prospective students, their parents and possibly even younger alumni.
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Delaney to speak on ‘environmental renaissance’
John Delaney, the UW oceanographer who is leading the effort to build a cabled underwater observatory off the Washington and Oregon coasts, will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 30, about how the world is poised At the Leading Edge of an Environmental Renaissance.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, baby boomers headline Engineering Lecture Series
Driving a car across churning waters, creating new parts for aging bodies, building a “greener” airplane — all technologies to come through engineering. And all topics of the Engineering Lecture Series, beginning Oct. 23.
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