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March 4, 1998

Internet privacy and other emerging technology issues focus of 24th annual Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Computer Fair March 18-19

The oldest and largest technology show in the Pacific Northwest is just around the corner. The 24th Annual Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Computer Fair, which attracts up to 16,000 visitors, will be held March 18 and 19 at th e Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.

February 24, 1998

Nobel Prize-winner, acclaimed science photographer kick off Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Center for Nanotechnology

Nobel Laureate Steven Chu of Stanford University and acclaimed science photographer Felice Frankel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be keynote speakers at a March 6 seminar to formally kick off the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Center for Nanotechnology.

February 23, 1998

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ physicians comprise more than half of the “Best Doctors” in Western Washington

Physicians from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-affiliated hospitals in Seattle — Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Medicine constitute more than 50 percent of the Western Washington doctors in the latest regional listings of The Best Doctors in America.

February 20, 1998

Husband’s willingness to be influenced by wife, share power are key predictors of newlywed happiness, stability, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ study shows

According to a study published in this month’s Journal of Marriage and the Family. Active Listening techniques may fall on deaf ears where the success of a marriage is concerned.

February 10, 1998

New chemical processing technique being studied at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ may hold key to cleaning up Hanford, reducing industrial waste

A new technique for reducing waste from chemical processes involved in everything from petroleum refining to pharmaceutical manufacturing also may hold the key to cleaning up radioactive remains at eastern Washington’s Hanford nuclear site.

January 30, 1998

How do I love thee? Instead of counting the ways, ‘The Love Test’ offers couples 32 scientific quizzes to measure their relationship

Compiled by two Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ sociologists, “The Love Test” is designed to help individuals and couples explore the dynamics of their relationships by using scientifically validated self-quizzes.

January 12, 1998

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ conference helps women engineering students build bridges to top firms

Female students looking for mentors or role models in science and engineering often find themselves swimming upstream. The eighth annual Women in Science and Engineering Conference at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ aims to buoy the efforts of these students by providing workshops and networking opportunities with women scientists, engineers and managers from more than 30 top companies.

January 2, 1998

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ marks 50th anniversary of anti-Communist investigations with

In 1948, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ fired three tenured professors for alleged Communist sympathies. It was a controversial action in a time full of such actions. McCarthy, the blacklist, loyalty oaths-most Americans have heard of post-war anti-Commun ist fervor, though it is hard for those who didn’t live through it to understand what happened and why. To address some of those questions, the University will mark the 50th anniversary of the firings this winter with a series of events called the “All Powers Project.”

December 23, 1997

How to keep up with those New Year’s resolutions, researchers find commitment is the secret of success

In the next week or so, about 100 million Americans will venture down a well-traveled path paved with bold and sometimes hastily conceived New Year’s resolutions. All are not necessarily broken promises. According to a new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ survey, 63 percent of the people questioned were still keeping their number one 1997 New Year’s resolution after two months.

December 22, 1997

In 17 days at sea, four Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ undergraduates help investigate ocean’s ability to absorb greenhouse gas

Two days after their most recent research piece appeared in the journal Nature, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ oceanography professors Steve Emerson and Paul Quay set sail on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Thomas G. Thompson to seek more answers about subtropical oceans and how they absorb carbon dioxide, one of the so-called greenhouse gases.

December 9, 1997

Researchers puzzle over the source of mysterious, high-energy X-rays recorded above the Earth

What was found by three graduate students — Kirsten Lorentzen of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and Robin Millan and Jason Foat of the University of California at Berkeley — has scientists scrambling for an explanation: an intense stream of X-rays, occurring in seven bursts, each separated by only a few minutes and lasting for a total of half an hour. The evidence was clear that the high energy bursts came not from outer space, but from the Earth’s upper atmosphere.

December 1, 1997

Wake up during surgery? Chances are reduced with innovative new brain wave monitors at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medical Center

It’s every patient’s worst nightmare: the thought of undergoing surgery with inadequate anesthesia; of feeling the cut of the surgeon’s knife, but being unable to tell anyone that you’re not completely unconscious

November 26, 1997

New role for brain receptor in control of body weight – research findings identify pathway for development of drugs to treat obesity

People who are resistant to the hormone leptin may become obese due to difficulties receiving bloodborne messages that tell their brain to reduce food intake or burn off excessive weight.