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Dec. 31, 2007 | The
Seattle Times
Nano-level
university labs give leg up to businesses |
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Thirteen nano-level university laboratories across the
country -- including the NanoTech User Facility at the University of
Washington -- are hiring themselves out to businesses eager to make
their mark in the millennium of the minuscule.
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Dec. 10, 2007 | Seattle
Business Monthly
Best
of Business 2007 |
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Healionics, a spinoff from Buddy Ratner's
bioengineering lab, was named most promising new biotech firm. The
company's porous material, the "Gore-Tex of biomaterials," is being
tested for treating glaucoma in dogs.
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Dec. 28, 2007 | The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle's
state of the waters: Murky |
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Seattle Public Utilities on Thursday released the
most detailed study ever done on the creeks and small lakes in this
city, and possibly any other urban area. The story it tells is murky.
Civil engineer Derek Booth is quoted.
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Dec. 5, 2007 | Crosscut
Seattle
Stormwater
runoff: An impermeable problem |
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Our built environment has forced the ecosystem to
accommodate precipitation in high and fast volumes. The rush of water
from pavement and compacted landscape destroys the natural order. It's
also a huge source of Puget Sound pollution. Civil engineer Derek Booth
is quoted.
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Dec. 25, 2007 | Skagit
Valley Herald
Warming's
impact on Skagit water |
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Early research by climate-change scientists suggests that
the Skagit River will flow higher in the flood-prone winter months and
lower in the summer, when salmon, farmers and thirsty residents need it
most. Civil engineer Alan Hamlet is quoted.
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Dec. 14, 2007 | Centralia
Chronicle
Local
governments face complex situation |
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A scientific picture of last week's flooding is
only beginning to take shape as state and federal researchers study the
water's rampage through both rural and urban landscapes. Susan Bolton,
professor of forest resources and adjunct professor of civil and
environmental engineering, is quoted.
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Nov. 30, 2007 | The
UW Daily
Dedication
drives UW race car team to competition |
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It’s 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night, and most of
the campus has shut down until the following day, but in the basement of
the mechanical engineering building a dedicated group of individuals is
hard at work designing and constructing its year-long project: a
formula-style race car.
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Nov. 30, 2007 | Technology
Review
Software that
learns from users |
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Computers are a pain to use because they're stupid, says
UW computer scientist Pedro Domingos. He's using artificial intelligence
to help personal computers understand and organize information, and
learn and automate routine tasks.
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