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The annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
An international team of researchers has found that taking a single daily dose of an approved antiviral drug known as valacyclovir can reduce the transmission of genital herpes to uninfected partners by 50 percent.
KeyBank is contributing $250,000 to help fund the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 new biotechnology and medical research hub in the heart of Seattle鈥檚 South Lake Union neighborhood.
The Lymphoma Research Foundation announced last month that it will award $12.
Rachel used to think of herself as a very confident person.
The next program in the THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know) series sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Clinical Research will feature Dr.
One thing you won鈥檛 see a lot of in Bob Underwood鈥檚 photography portfolio is people, at least not in any recognizable form.
An exhibit currently in the lobby of the Fisheries Sciences Building represents a unique collaboration between a group of scientists and a young graphic designer.
Editor鈥檚 note: This is one of a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
In some parts of the world, tuberculosis is a growing concern because a form of the disease resistant to many antibiotics is on the rise; in other countries like India, where Dr.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a Seattle-based international resource on news media coverage of violence, has received five years of continued support from the Dart Foundation, with grants that will total more than $5 million.
The 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences Center will present its annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, in the lobby of the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center.
蘑菇视频 researchers who have developed the most effective treatment for a serious psychiatric condition called borderline personality disorder are looking for more than 200 Puget Sound residents as volunteers for a series of new studies designed to refine the therapy.
Tiny microheaters that can prompt chemical changes in surrounding material may provide the means to more easily grow replacement tissue for injured patients and form the basis for medical sensors that could quickly detect pathogens, according to researchers at the 蘑菇视频 who are the first to demonstrate the process.
The 蘑菇视频 is one of 13 major research universities teaming up under a $70 million federal grant to form the world鈥檚 largest network dedicated to studying science on the smallest of scales.
The 蘑菇视频 School of Music is hosting a new lectures series during winter quarter, titled 鈥淢usic in American Cultures.
Scientists have found that, despite a vast difference in precipitation between the north and south sides of the Himalaya Mountains, rates of erosion are indistinguishable across these mountains.
The Burke Museum is hosting its own 鈥渞oadshow.
A House Divided Against Itself: The Civil War as the Crucible for American Values is the title of this year鈥檚 History Lecture Series sponsored by the Alumni Association and the College of Arts and Sciences.
After five long years, the Stardust spacecraft is on its way home with a trove of microscopic particles gleaned from comet Wild 2 in a spectacular encounter the day after New Year’s.
On a campus known for its majestic scenery and verdant grounds the 鈥淧ink Beauty鈥� crab apple near the Department of Communication building has been a longtime favorite 鈥� maybe too long.
The 蘑菇视频 Tacoma will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly remodeled Cherry Parkes and Mattress Factory buildings at 1 p.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A memorial ceremony for Marsha Landolt, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost, and her husband, Robert Busch, will be held at 2 p.
Tiny microheaters that can prompt chemical changes in surrounding material may provide the means to more easily grow replacement tissue for injured patients and form the basis for medical sensors that could quickly detect pathogens
Memorial ceremony for Marsha Landolt, dean of the 蘑菇视频 Graduate School, and her husband, Robert Busch.
John F. “Randy” Hodgins, who has served as senior staff coordinator in the Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee since 1996, has been appointed Director of State Relations at the 蘑菇视频.
Obesity in the United States is in part an economic issue, according to a review paper on the relationship between poverty and obesity published in the January 2004 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The article suggests that the very low cost of energy-dense foods may be linked to rising obesity rates.
The 蘑菇视频 is one of 13 major research universities teaming up under a $70 million federal grant to form the world’s largest network dedicated to studying science on the smallest of scales.
After a nearly five-year chase, the Stardust spacecraft will finally meet comet Wild 2 on the day after New Year’s. It’s a moment Donald Brownlee has anticipated for nearly 25 years.
After a nearly five-year chase, the Stardust spacecraft will finally meet comet Wild 2 on the day after New Year’s. It’s a moment Donald Brownlee has anticipated for nearly 25 years.
The 蘑菇视频 College of Engineering is home to a new Center of Excellence program, focused on advanced materials for commercial airplanes.
With outbreaks of new and frightening infectious diseases such as SARS and monkey pox jumping from the animal kingdom to humans, tracking their spread is vital to public health efforts to contain them. A novel mathematical model now gives public health leaders another tool to assess the risk of new infectious disease emergence that emphasizes the potentially perilous role of pathogen evolution.
Scientists have found that, despite a vast difference in precipitation between the north and south sides of the Himalaya Mountains, rates of erosion are indistinguishable across these mountains.
Heavy rainfall causes both higher surface erosion rate and upheaval of underlying bedrock in the Washington Cascades mountain range, according to a study published in the Dec. 11 issue of the journal Nature.
Whistleblowers at the Hanford Nuclear Site got their health and safety complaints resolved fast and at a fraction of the usual cost through a unique mediation group that has gone out of business, according to a new report.