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UW researchers awarded Life Sciences Discovery grants
Philip Fleckman, professor of medicine, and Kenneth Schenkman, associate professor of pediatrics, have received grants from the Life Sciences Discovery Fund to commercialize their innovative health care technologies.
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Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact
UW researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for the development of more efficient materials.
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Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable 'brain tumor painting'
Researchers at the UW have been able to illuminate brain tumors by injecting fluorescent nanoparticles into the bloodstream that safely cross the blood-brain barrier – an almost impenetrable barrier that protects the brain from infection. Illuminating the tumors makes it easier for surgeons to distinguish them from healthy tissue and remove them.
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Scientists compile most comprehensive look ever at fish stocks
Twenty-one fisheries management researchers and marine ecologists – many of whom have been at odds with each other in the past over the state of the world's fisheries – have collaborated on a groundbreaking paper that puts forth a common way to look at fish abundance and exploitation as well as identifying management tools that have worked for rebuilding depleted fish stocks.
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Computers unlock more secrets of the mysterious Indus Valley script
A statistical analysis used in a study led by a UW professor reveals distinct patterns in the placement of Indus symbols, and creates a hypothetical model for the unknown language.
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School finances: Trimming teacher pay could reduce layoffs, larger classes
Marguerite Roza, a senior scholar at the UW Center on Reinventing Public Education and a research associate professor with the College of Education, says school districts facing budget gaps might avoid teacher layoffs by rolling back salaries.
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Crashing comets probably not the cause of Earth's mass extinctions
Most scientists agree that an asteroid collision ended the age of dinosaurs, but there’s uncertainty about how many other extinctions might have resulted from asteroid or comet collisions with Earth. New UW research indicates it’s unlikely that comet impacts caused any of Earth’s mass extinctions.
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Tina Albertson named 2009 St. Baldrick’s Scholar
Pediatric researcher Tina Albertson has been awarded $300,000 from the St. Baldrick's Foundation to study genetic factors that put children at risk for developing cancer.
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UW blog profile: Meet the 'Quantum Pontiff'
Dave Bacon, a research assistant professor in Computer Science and Engineering, offers a mix of science and silliness on his blog, “The Quantum Pontiff.”
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Official Notices
Regents cancel August meeting; blood drives scheduled; English Language Programs offers courses; grants offered for research on alcohol and drug abuse.
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