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Released: 27-Jun-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Protein Data Takes Significant Step Forward in Medicine
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University are part of a nationwide effort to learn more about the role of proteins in cancer biology and to use that information to benefit cancer patients.

   
Released: 26-Jun-2017 6:30 PM EDT
Night Shift Work Associated with Diminished Ability to Repair DNA Damage
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

A Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study, led by epidemiologist Dr. Parveen Bhatti, found that night shift work is associated with reduced ability to repair DNA lesions. Over time, DNA damage that is not repaired will cause mutations that can lead to cancer.

22-Jun-2017 11:00 AM EDT
Microscope Can Scan Tumors During Surgery and Examine Cancer Biopsies in 3-D
University of Washington

A new UW microscope could provide real-time results during cancer-removal surgeries, potentially eliminating the 20 to 40 percent of women who have to undergo multiple lumpectomy surgeries because cancerous breast tissue is missed the first time around.

Released: 23-Jun-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Cut U.S. Commercial Building Energy Use 29% with Widespread Controls
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The U.S. could slash its energy use by the equivalent of what is currently used by 12 to 15 million Americans if commercial buildings fully used energy-efficiency controls nationwide.

Released: 20-Jun-2017 12:05 PM EDT
UW-Led Scientists 'Closing the Gap' on Malaria in India
University of Washington

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India.

   
13-Jun-2017 9:05 PM EDT
To Connect Biology with Electronics, Be Rigid, Yet Flexible
University of Washington

Scientists have measured a thin film made of a single type of conjugated polymer — a conducting plastic — as it interacted with ions and electrons. They show how there are rigid and non-rigid regions of the film, and that these regions could accommodate electrons or ions — but not both equally.

13-Jun-2017 7:05 PM EDT
Fred Hutch Study Suggests NSAIDs Improve Survival for Certain Colorectal Cancer Patients
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Among long-term colorectal cancer survivors, use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, is associated with about a 25 percent reduction in all-cause mortality, according to new research from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Released: 15-Jun-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Gonzaga Alumna Monique Rizer Gives Backas Executive Director of Opportunity Nation
Gonzaga University

SPOKANE, Wash. – Monique Rizer, a 2001 Gonzaga University graduate, knows the transformative impact of education. After attending various postsecondary institutions, she entered Gonzaga at age 22, married, and with a 2-year-old son. Now she is directing a bipartisan national initiative focused on providing opportunities for others.

Released: 12-Jun-2017 7:05 PM EDT
Battery Based on PNNL Tech Given EPA Green Chemistry Award
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL and UniEnergy Technologies, which produces a battery based on technology developed at PNNL have been honored with an EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award.

Released: 12-Jun-2017 11:05 AM EDT
'Documents that Changed the Way We Live': Podcast by UW's Joe Janes Now a Book
University of Washington

A popular podcast by Joe Janes of the University of Washington Information School is now a book. "Documents that Changed the Way We Live" is being published this month by Rowman & Littlefield.

Released: 8-Jun-2017 11:00 AM EDT
Tackling infectious disease – one protein at a time
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A team of scientists in the Pacific Northwest has solved the 3-D structure of 1,000 proteins from more than 70 organisms that cause infectious disease in people. The proteins come from microbes that cause several serious diseases, including tuberculosis, Listeria, Giardia, Ebola, anthrax, C. diff., Legionella, Lyme, chlamydia and the flu.

6-Jun-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Scientists Discover a 2-D Magnet
University of Washington

A team led by the University of Washington and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has for the first time discovered magnetism in the 2-D world of monolayers, or materials that are formed by a single atomic layer.

Released: 6-Jun-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Hiding in Plain Sight: New Species of Flying Squirrel Discovered
University of Washington

A new study published May 30 in the Journal of Mammalogy describes a newly discovered third species of flying squirrel in North America — now known as Humboldt's flying squirrel. It inhabits the Pacific Coast region of North America, from southern British Columbia to the mountains of southern California.

Released: 6-Jun-2017 7:05 AM EDT
Seeing the Forest and the Trees to Find Parasitic Reactions That Lead to Battery Failures
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Detailed view of the atomic scale and mesoscale changes in a troubling layer offers insights for a better battery

1-Jun-2017 12:45 PM EDT
SWOG Clinical Trials Added More Than 3M Years of Life for Cancer Patients, Fred Hutch Researcher Reports
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

For an investment of $125 for each year of life gained since the 1950s, the National Cancer Institute-funded SWOG clinical trials program has added 3.34 million years of life for cancer patients in the United States because of successful therapies that were proved through its trials.That is the conclusion of an analysis, led by a faculty member at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, of outcomes data from 193 randomized Phase III clinical trials tested by SWOG.

Released: 2-Jun-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Catching the IMSI-Catchers: SeaGlass Brings Transparency to Cell Phone Surveillance
University of Washington

University of Washington security researchers have developed a new system called SeaGlass to detect anomalies in the cellular landscape that can indicate where and when IMSI-catchers, cell site simulators, Stingrays and other cell phone surveillance devices are being used.

Released: 2-Jun-2017 2:05 PM EDT
UW, UW Bothell Scientists Explain New Discovery in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
University of Washington

The announcement that a third collision of black holes has been detected three billion light years away validates the work of hundreds of scientists, including teams at the University of Washington and UW Bothell.

Released: 2-Jun-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists Launch Global Agenda to Curb Social and Human Rights Abuses in the Seafood Sector
University of Washington

As the United Nations Oceans Conference convenes in New York, a new paper calls on marine scientists to focus on social issues such as human rights violations in the seafood industry.

Released: 1-Jun-2017 7:05 PM EDT
Immune Responses From Early Study of Novel Sarcoma Vaccine
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

The critical component of an experimental vaccine led to an escalating immune response in patients with sarcoma, an indicator of its potential anti-cancer effects. The findings will be presented by Dr. Seth Pollack, a physician-scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, June 5 in a poster at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.

Released: 1-Jun-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Video Shows Invasive Lionfish Feasting on New Caribbean Fish Species
University of Washington

Researchers from the University of Washington and Smithsonian Institution have reported the first observed case of lionfish preying upon a fish species that had not yet been named. Their results, published May 25 in PLOS ONE, may indicate an uncertain future for other fish found in the largely unexplored deep-ocean coral reefs.



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