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Screenshot of hydrologic drought map with AI query: "Show me the drought condition in North America for August 2012"
Dec 19, 2025, 10:46 AM

Microsoft and NASA create AI agents that can help scientists anticipate floods and other water woes

Microsoft and NASA say they’re applying artificial intelligence to a challenge that has become increasingly urgent: how to cope with… Read More

Nov 20, 2025, 10:39 AM

Mount Rainier is not ready to erupt: Earthquake experts debunk report of increased seismic activity

Scientists at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network might blow their stacks over having to respond to a rumor about increased tremor activity at the Washington state volcano. Read More

Color-coded representation of mouse cortex
Nov 17, 2025, 11:11 AM

Scientists create a supercomputer simulation that can reveal how the brain works, neuron by neuron

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle’s Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying brain diseases Read More

Oct 10, 2025, 12:38 PM

Between hype and hope: Seattle biotech leaders size up AI’s real impact on drug development

Seattle biotech companies are using AI to design new medical treatments, but scientists caution the tech holds enormous promise, but needs to stay grounded in reality. Read More

Oct 7, 2025, 2:27 PM

How a scrappy biotech startup backed by Microsoft’s co-founders set the stage for two Nobel winners

The groundbreaking immunology research behind two Nobel Prizes awarded this week traces back to a largely forgotten biotech startup backed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Read More

AI-generated, color-coded illustration showing two mouse brain cross-sections
Oct 7, 2025, 2:00 AM

Scientists enlist AI to map regions of the brain in unprecedented detail — and that’s just the start

An artificial intelligence program identifies previously uncharted subregions of the mouse brain. Read More

Oct 6, 2025, 9:08 AM

Seattle scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell win Nobel Prize for immunology research

Seattle scientist Mary Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) won a Nobel Prize for research on the immune cells that prevent our body from attacking itself. Read More

Sep 23, 2025, 8:00 AM

Microsoft tames intense chip heat with liquid cooling veins, designed by AI and inspired by biology

Microsoft says it has developed a breakthrough microfluidics cooling system for chips, resembling the veins in a leaf and using AI to match the processor’s heat signature, promising greater overall efficiency in data centers. Read More

Jerome Lecoq points to an optical illusion graphic on a computer screen
Sep 15, 2025, 2:41 PM

Scientists shine a laser light on the brain cells that show us illusions 

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren’t actually there. Read More

Illustration showing laser beams passing between mirrors with colliding black holes and gravitational waves in the background
Sep 4, 2025, 11:00 AM

LIGO and Google create a new AI tool to supercharge the hunt for gravitational waves

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has already won its researchers a Nobel Prize — and now artificial intelligence… Read More

Aug 26, 2025, 6:00 AM

AI sidekick for scientists: Ai2 aims to spark big discoveries with Asta open-source agent platform

Yes, ChatGPT can draft a tricky email. But can a general-purpose AI assistant for the masses contribute to a big… Read More

Aug 14, 2025, 5:03 AM

Allen Institute for AI lands $152M from Nvidia and NSF to lead national AI project

Is this the Allen Institute for AI’s breakout moment? The U.S. National Science Foundation and chip powerhouse Nvidia will provide… Read More

Scarlett Johansson filming a scene for "Jurassic World: Rebirth"
Jul 4, 2025, 8:44 AM

Paleontologists dig into the facts and fiction in the latest ‘Jurassic World’ dinosaur movie

Nathan Myhrvold, a Seattle tech titan who also studies titanosaurs and other denizens of the dinosaur era, realizes that “Jurassic World… Read More

Set of color-coded mouse brain images
May 21, 2025, 8:00 AM

Researchers develop a new set of genetic tools designed to treat brain diseases

Scientists say they’ve put together a new kind of molecular toolkit that could eventually be used to treat a variety… Read More

Map of brain with graphs of brain activity
Apr 30, 2025, 8:00 AM

Study turns up new clues, new questions in the search for the roots of consciousness

Seven years after they started, neuroscientists have published the results of a landmark study that was designed to determine which… Read More

Apr 23, 2025, 3:16 PM

Nobel winner David Baker on moving from the ‘lunatic fringe’ to the protein design revolution

University of Washington biochemist David Baker is a hot ticket. Baker, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in October,… Read More

Apr 22, 2025, 12:00 PM

New leader at Washington State Academy of Sciences leverages experts to inform state officials

At the risk of sounding terribly reductionist, one could describe the Washington State Academy of Sciences as a super precise… Read More

Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid looking at computer screen with brain maps displayed
Apr 9, 2025, 8:00 AM

Scientists unveil new wiring diagram tracing millions of connections in a bit of brain tissue

Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be impossible 46 years ago: mapping the cells in a… Read More

Apr 2, 2025, 7:16 AM

From Nobel buzz to hiring halt: Trump funding cuts hobble UW protein design startup machine

Since 2014, UW Medicine’s Institute for Protein Design has spun off 10 startups, and the institute’s director, University of Washington… Read More

Feb 13, 2025, 11:00 AM

Researchers led by University of Washington Nobel winner achieve a scientific breakthrough

A team from the University of Washington led by Nobel laureate David Baker is using artificial intelligence to design effective… Read More

Microsoft screenshot showing satellite image of Hurricane Harvey with prompts from Earth Copilot
Nov 14, 2024, 8:00 AM

Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data

Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing… Read More

Scene from "Blade Runner 2049"
Nov 5, 2024, 8:56 AM

Will our AI creations ultimately achieve personhood? Here’s how it could happen

Some say artificial intelligence will be humanity’s greatest helper. Others warn that AI will become humanity’s most dangerous rival. But maybe there’s… Read More

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda
Oct 30, 2024, 4:10 AM

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… Read More

Illustration: Stylized cloud with molecular models and test tubes
Oct 21, 2024, 6:00 AM

Scientists turn to the cloud to streamline supercomputer calculations for chemistry

A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is finding new ways to accelerate the pace of… Read More

Oct 9, 2024, 10:45 AM

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

John Winters at Coast Guard hearing
Sep 26, 2024, 6:45 PM

Coast Guard hearing looks at the gaps in regulations that preceded Titan sub’s loss

The U.S. Coast Guard took a deep dive into the regulations governing submersibles today at a public hearing looking into… Read More

Underwater view of Titan sub wreckage, with labels
Sep 25, 2024, 4:00 PM

NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang

A pair of reports by the National Transportation Safety Board found evidence of imperfections in the carbon-fiber hull that was… Read More

OceanGate Titan crew
Sep 24, 2024, 3:16 PM

Submarine builder recounts how a trip in OceanGate’s Titan sub unnerved him

Karl Stanley has done more than 2,000 dives in submersibles that he’s built himself, so he was intrigued when OceanGate… Read More

Fred Hagen preparing for 2022 Titanic dive
Sep 20, 2024, 10:38 AM

OceanGate client recalls how Titan sub got tangled up in Titanic wreckage during dive

OceanGate’s Titan submersible briefly became tangled up in the wreck of the Titanic during a 2022 dive, a mission specialist… Read More

Renata Rojas on ship
Sep 19, 2024, 3:44 PM

Titanic traveler delivers a tearful plea for citizen science at OceanGate sub hearing

Amateur adventurer Renata Rojas took a trip to the Titanic in OceanGate’s Titan submersible in 2022, and she was aboard… Read More

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