uwnews.org | RSS | Science news releases | University of Washington Office of News and InformationThis RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 in the Science category.Whether brown or red, algae can produce plenty of green fuel- August 27, 2008 Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced algae can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from lawn mowers to jet airplanes. Now an investment company that works with universities to commercialize early-stage technology invested in the University of Washington biology professor's work, forming a startup company called AXI.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43454 New space telescope gives UW physicist ringside seat for gamma-ray study- August 26, 2008 The newest space telescope is the payoff for years of work for a UW physicist.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43443 'Can you see me now' Sign language over cell phones comes to United States- August 21, 2008 A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard of hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43397 The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load- August 19, 2008 New research shows that sharing music and video files locally would be five times as efficient, relieving the stress on the Internet's major arteries. A research project that promotes a more neighborly approach to file sharing is attracting interest from the computing industry.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43281 Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment- August 17, 2008 A UW-led team has taken a sample of Lake Washington mud and successfully sequenced a complete genome for an unknown microorganism. The finding suggests a way to discover microscopic life in complex communities.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43240 New robot scouts best locations for components of undersea lab- August 12, 2008 Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry - the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments - has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington and Oregon. Successful selection of the two sites is a crucial step in developing an extensive sensor network above and below the seafloor on the Juan de Fuca Plate.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43224 Bugs put the heat in chili peppers- August 11, 2008 New UW research shows that bugs -- both the crawling kind and ones you can only see with a microscope -- are responsible for the heat in chili peppers.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43214 Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds- August 7, 2008 Brown tree snakes have come to embody the bad things that can happen when invasive species show up where they have few predators. But new research suggests that indirect impacts might be even farther reaching, possibly changing tree distributions and altering already damaged ecosystems.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43191 Simian foamy virus found in several people living and working with monkeys in Asia- August 1, 2008 A research team led by University of Washington scientists has found that several people in South and Southeast Asian countries working and living around monkeys have been infected with simian foamy virus (SFV), a primate virus that, to date, has not been shown to cause human disease. The findings provide more evidence that Asia, where interaction between people and monkeys is common and widespread, could be an important setting for future primate-to-human viral transmission.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43069 |