Eighty-four percent of political campaigns last year used Web sites designed to encourage participation in the political process, a University of Washington researcher found, up from less than 70 percent in 2000.
The high-tech industry may be mired in a slump but it continues to stoke a business revolution that could leave some regions behind, University of Washington researchers found from interviewing the chief information officers of 38 companies.
Adding composted biosolids rich with iron, manganese and organic matter to a lead-contaminated home garden in Baltimore appears to have bound the lead so it is less likely to be absorbed by the bodies of children who dirty their hands playing outside.
Archaeologists have uncovered another piece of evidence that seems to exonerate some of the earliest humans in North America of charges of exterminating 35 genera of Pleistocene epoch mammals.
Researchers have found a way to reverse what appears to be a universal decline in foreign language speech perception that begins toward the end of the first year. Nine-month-old American infants who were exposed to Mandarin Chinese for less than five hours in a laboratory setting were able to distinguish phonetic elements of that language.
University of Washington professors can help reporters with stories on terrorism and conflicts involving Iraq and North Korea.
Children need rich interactions with nature for their physical and psychological well-being. But they are growing up in increasingly bleak environments because of what a psychologist calls environmental generational amnesia.
Archaeological evidence from prehistoric hunters in Washington and Alaska adds new fuel to the ongoing debate over the belief that humans have a propensity to over-exploit their natural resource, and also indicated that early Indians' harvest of northern fur seals was sustainable.
In 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from a violent birth to the watery blue planet celebrated in pictures from space. Now in a news book, two University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the long process of devolving toward its final end.
America's top college graduates increasingly reject careers in science and engineering, University of Washington researchers have found, raising concerns about America's technological future.
Tools such as the Hubble telescope let astronomers peer deep into space, but the special-purpose Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope in New Mexico is shedding more light on our celestial neighborhood.
Social support may play a small but potentially important role in helping HIV-positive people adhere to the complicated schedules for taking their drug 'cocktails' and a pilot study suggests that individuals who had the support they needed are more likely to take their medicines.
Earth's most ancient fossils are hard to find, and finding evidence of life somewhere other than Earth promises to be as challenging, says a noted University of Washington astrobiologist.
Scientists have gathered the most direct evidence yet that parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are on a long-term, natural trajectory of melting.
When members of two species compete directly with each other, scientists believe the one that adapts most quickly has the upper hand. But new evidence suggests that in relationships that benefit both species, the one that evolves more slowly has the advantage.
Rain falling on snow is becoming a more-common phenomenon in northern latitudes. When it happens, ungulates such as reindeer and caribou can be cut off from a substantial portion of their food supply.
Lower rates of male religiousness is a form of risk-taking behavior just as criminality is and data from 57 nations around the world points to what seems to be a universal trend.
It has been widely believed that increased ultraviolet-B radiation was a major culprit in declining amphibian populations. Two new studies cast doubt on that assumption, and one lead author says the belief could have had negative impacts on efforts to save amphibians.
As the country marks the first anniversary of Enron's bankruptcy this week, University of Washington Business School research is questioning the ongoing claim that stock option compensations benefit executives to the detriment of shareholders.
Neuroscientists trying to tease out the mechanisms underlying the basis of human sympathy have found that such feelings trigger brain activity not only in areas associated with emotion but also in areas associated with performing an action.
An accepted assumption in astrophysics holds that it takes more than 1 million years for gas giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn to form from the cosmic debris circling a young star. But new research suggests such planets form in as little as a few hundred years.
Demonstrating the amount of wealth minority-owned firms contribute to the state even in a sluggish economy, winners of the University of Washington Minority Business Awards saw their revenues grow in 2001. The eight companies to receive awards tomorrow -- based in all regions of the state -- generated nearly a half billion dollars in revenue.
Even though it wasn't "the big one," last year's Nisqually earthquake caused damage to nearly 300,000 residences or almost one out of every four households in Washington State's Puget Sound area. The Feb. 28, 2001, quake caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damages to households in the region.
Secretin, touted as a possible cure for autism just three years ago, is not a magic bullet that relieves the symptoms of the developmental disorder, report researchers after the largest and comprehensive trials of the hormone.
Adults often believe infants are off in their own world, but a new study indicates they are more tuned into the wider world and what people are doing than previously thought. Eyes are the key and babies are more likely to look at an object if another person turns toward it with open, not closed, eyes.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $9.5 million grant to the University of Washington to establish a new interdisciplinary Male Contraception Research Center.
It will be a moment tinged in history when the Stardust spacecraft flies by Asteroid 5535 Annefrank on Friday, testing many systems and procedures to be used in a comet enounter in a little more than a year.
A more personalized job placement program has led to nearly nine out of 10 University of Washington Business School master's in business administration graduates obtaining jobs within three months -- surpassing the average at the nation's so-called Top 30 business schools.
Future studies may find that ACE inhibitors, a class of drugs now taken by people with high blood pressure, could slow down or prevent the development of aortic valve calcium, say University of Washington researchers.
It is virtually impossible for a river or stream to first stop its flow and then reverse course. But an Antarctic ice stream has done just that and scientists from the University of Washington and other institutions are trying to figure out exactly why.
Researchers have proven that gene therapy can reverse the pathological features of muscular dystrophy in an animal model. Before, gene therapy had only been able to prevent further muscle-wasting in mice.
As Moroccans prepare for a historic election in two weeks, they will not just choose a new parliament for their nation, they will be steering the Arab world toward greater democracy and women's rights.
Jeff Bezos, president and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, is an anomaly among modern-day entrepreneurs. He still has his job. Unlike Bezos, many founders are replaced after launching a successful company, says a professor of management and organization at the University of Washington Business School in Seattle.
Scientists have learned more about the dynamics of post-glacial arctic climate change in the last five years than in the 50 years previous.
A birch bark manuscript from a Buddhist monastery, believed to have been written in the first or second century A.D. has been acquired by the University of Washington and will become a key component of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project.
The following University of Washington experts can help with many topics related to 9/11 and its aftermath.
Journalists covering the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath were unwittingly complicit to government and military communication strategies to rally public support, according to findings by University of Washington researchers.
People with low self-esteem are less motivated than people with high self-esteem to improve a negative mood, even when they are offered an activity that will change their frame of mind. The finding by American and Canadian researchers is contrary to the common belief that all people are motivated to break negative moods.
Clinical researchers have teamed together to perform the first human islet transplants in the Northwest. Three patients with type 1 diabetes received the transplanted islets, enabling them to produce their own insulin for the first time in decades.
The dust has been piling up in Earth's attic -- the moon -- for billions of years. Now some scientists, led by a University of Washington astrobiologist, want to sift through the accumulation to see if they can find evidence of the planet's earliest life.
The National Cancer Institute will provide $10.5M to the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Institute for Systems Biology for study of the progression and treatment of prostate cancer, such as the study of genes and proteins that make prostate cancer cells virulent and stimulate their deadly march into human bone.
Two leading autism researchers who know how numbing and confusing it can be for parents who receive a diagnosis that their child has autism and then must sort through the wide variety of treatment approaches available have written a book to help parents through the experience.
Make no mistake about it, University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz's new book is the print version of a 'chick flick.' The book, is targeted at women, and for a good reason.
A newly discovered gene plays a dramatic role in diabetes among rats, and is also present in nearly identical form in humans. The gene may be responsible for many cases of type 1 diabetes.
A newly described form of bacterial movement explains how some bacteria can thrive within the body and cause such problems as urinary tract infection and infections on biomedical devices.
The University of Washington Business School's executive education program appears to be dodging the revenue decline that has hurt similar programs at many of the country's business schools.
A group of anti-cancer agents that once produced dismal results in clinical trials could once again be a promising tool in fighting the deadly disease, thanks to research by a team of chemists at the University of Washington and in Germany.
Only two teams remain in the running for this year's National Basketball Association championship. Teams that want a better shot at making it to next year's finals might want to consider forfeiting their upcoming draft picks. A similar strategy emphasizing continuity should also be applied in the corporate boardroom, a University of Washington researcher says.
Six-month-old hearing infants exposed to American Sign Language for the first time prefer it to pantomime, lending new evidence that humans show a broad preference for languages over "non-languages."
As the world's spiraling population creates greater demand for resources, the southern Atlantic Ocean is becoming a more popular spot to consider for fishing and oil exploration. But researchers have found that such interest could prove detrimental to Falklands penguins, whose numbers already could be declining.
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