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Newswise:Video Embedded qa-as-ai-changes-education-important-conversations-for-kids-still-happen-off-screen
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Released: 16-Aug-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Q&A: As AI changes education, important conversations for kids still happen off-screen
University of Washington

Jason Yip, a UW associate professor in the Information School, discusses how parents and schools can adapt to new technologies in ways that support children’s learning.

Released: 14-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
These organizational changes can shake up company hierarchy
University of Washington

How people initially react to organizational change depends on their placement within their work groups’ status hierarchy, according to new research from Elijah Wee, assistant professor of management in the University of Washington Foster School of Business.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-algorithm-ensnares-its-first-potentially-hazardous-asteroid
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Released: 31-Jul-2023 9:50 AM EDT
New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
University of Washington

An asteroid discovery algorithm — designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming 10-year survey of the night sky — has identified its first “potentially hazardous” asteroid, a term for space rocks in Earth’s vicinity that scientists like to keep an eye on.

Newswise: Study looks at Achilles' heel of insulin pump technology
Released: 28-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Study looks at Achilles' heel of insulin pump technology
University of Washington School of Medicine and UW Medicine

A study of insulin pumps shows that repeated use sometimes results in pump sites becoming fibrotic, irritated and less effective at delivering insulin.

Newswise: Q&A: UW researcher discusses just how much energy ChatGPT uses
Released: 27-Jul-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Q&A: UW researcher discusses just how much energy ChatGPT uses
University of Washington

Training a large language model, such as ChatGPT, uses on average roughly equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of over 1,000 U.S. households, according to Sajjad Moazeni, University of Washington assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who studies networking for AI and machine learning supercomputing.

Newswise: With a new app, smart devices can have GPS underwater
Released: 24-Jul-2023 8:05 PM EDT
With a new app, smart devices can have GPS underwater
University of Washington

A team at the University of Washington has developed the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smart devices. When at least three divers are within about 98 feet of each other, the app tracks each user’s location relative to the leader.

Newswise: Researchers put a new twist on graphite
18-Jul-2023 8:15 AM EDT
Researchers put a new twist on graphite
University of Washington

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington reports that it is possible to imbue graphite — the bulk, 3D material found in No. 2 pencils – with "exotic" physical properties similar to graphite’s 2D counterpart, graphene.

Newswise: Learning from superheroes and AI: UW researchers study how a chatbot can teach kids supportive self-talk
Released: 18-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Learning from superheroes and AI: UW researchers study how a chatbot can teach kids supportive self-talk
University of Washington

Researchers at the University of Washington created a new audio chatbot, Self-Talk with Superhero Zip, aimed to help children speak positively to themselves. This chatbot is “a ‘Sesame Street’ experience for a smart speaker.”

   
Newswise: In historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant
Released: 13-Jul-2023 11:50 AM EDT
In historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant
UW Medicine

Doctors in Seattle are reporting a history-making case in which a patient received two donor organs, a liver and a heart, to prevent the extreme likelihood that her body would reject a donor heart transplanted alone. In this innovative case, the organ recipient’s own healthy liver was transplanted, domino-like, into a second patient who had advanced liver disease.

Newswise: Neurons that track, regulate blood-sugar levels are found
Released: 11-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Neurons that track, regulate blood-sugar levels are found
University of Washington School of Medicine

Understanding how this blood-sugar detection system works and how these neurocircuits operate would give researchers and doctors greater insights into how our brains regulate our blood sugar and, perhaps, how to target them therapeutically to treat metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity, according to the study authors.

Newswise: UW-developed dental lozenge could provide permanent treatment for tooth sensitivity 
Released: 10-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
UW-developed dental lozenge could provide permanent treatment for tooth sensitivity 
University of Washington

The peptide-guided treatment builds new mineral microlayers that penetrate deep into the tooth to create effective, long-lasting natural protection. The ultimate goal is to provide easily accessible relief for the millions of adults worldwide who suffer from tooth sensitivity.

Newswise: New biodegradable plastics are compostable in your backyard
Released: 10-Jul-2023 12:25 PM EDT
New biodegradable plastics are compostable in your backyard
University of Washington

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timescale as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin.

Newswise: Marine heat waves caused mass seabird die-offs, beach surveys show
Released: 6-Jul-2023 8:50 AM EDT
Marine heat waves caused mass seabird die-offs, beach surveys show
University of Washington

New research led by the University of Washington uses data collected by coastal residents along beaches from central California to Alaska to understand how seabirds have fared in recent decades. The paper, published July 6 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, shows that persistent marine heat waves lead to massive seabird die-offs months later.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Research led by UW undergrad shows ultrafine air pollution reflects Seattle’s redlining history
University of Washington

The most comprehensive study yet of long-term ultrafine particle exposure found that concentrations of this tiny pollutant reflect Seattle's decades-old racial and economic divides.

Newswise: Long COVID is not a single condition, study finds
Released: 29-Jun-2023 6:25 PM EDT
Long COVID is not a single condition, study finds
University of Washington School of Medicine

This study is clinically significant because it shows how the long-term symptoms from the virus changes its presentation over time, noted Kari Stephens, senior author and the Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professor and research section head in the Department of Family Medicine and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Newswise: Researchers make a quantum computing leap with a magnetic twist
Released: 27-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers make a quantum computing leap with a magnetic twist
University of Washington

A team led by scientists and engineers at the University of Washington has announced a significant advancement in quantum computing. They have detected signatures of “fractional quantum anomalous Hall” (FQAH) states, promising step in constructing a type of fault-tolerant qubit.

Newswise: An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers
Released: 21-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers
University of Washington

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created an app called FeverPhone, which transforms smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware.

   
Newswise: Phosphate, a key building block of life, found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Released: 14-Jun-2023 4:35 PM EDT
Phosphate, a key building block of life, found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
University of Washington

An international team has found that the water on one of Saturn’s moons harbors high concentrations of phosphates, a key building block of life. The team detected evidence of phosphates in particles ejected from the ice-covered global ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Newswise: Rural health workers faced unique stressors in pandemic
Released: 13-Jun-2023 5:40 PM EDT
Rural health workers faced unique stressors in pandemic
University of Washington School of Medicine

“One of the main takeaways from our study is that rural health workers have core competencies in cross-sector collaboration, systems thinking and in engaging the community,” said Kett, who is a research scientist at the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington School of Medicine.



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