News
Thu, 03/26/2026 | UW News
Snowpack, wildfires and forest thinning
Researchers at the UW and The Nature Conservancy show that selective forest thinning in the eastern Cascades supports both snowpack and wildfire resilience.
Tue, 03/24/2026 | UW Aeronautics & Astronautics
Back to the future
Aeronautics and astronautics doctoral student Spencer Kraisler resurfaces old math papers to speed up spacecraft navigation.
Thu, 03/19/2026 | UW News
Marine energy tests
New marine energy technologies are put to the test at Harris Hydraulics Lab.
Tue, 03/17/2026 | UW News
Tracking fetal heart rate by smartphone
A UW-led research team has created DopFone, a system that uses a smartphone’s existing speaker and microphone to estimate fetal heart rate.
Thu, 03/12/2026 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
NASA selects EDGE satellite mission
The project uses laser measurements to create high-resolution 3D maps of the Earth’s surface and track how it changes over time.
Tue, 03/10/2026 | UW Foster School of Business
Health innovation challenge winners
Congrats to the engineering and computer science students whose teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 2026 Holloman Health Innovation Challenge!
Thu, 03/05/2026 | UW News
Gloves with a sense of touch
Doctoral student Devin Murphy explains OpenTouch Glove, a smart glove developed in the Wearable Intelligence Lab that's embedded with sensors to enable it to “feel” on its own.
Tue, 03/03/2026 | University of Washington
An engineer on skis
Nicole Zaino found adaptive sports while pursuing her Ph.D. Now, the mechanical engineering alum is heading to the Paralympics.
Fri, 02/27/2026 | UW News
Q-DREAM deepens global collaboration
The UW and Tohoku University Japan have announced Q-DREAM, joint research and education in quantum information science & engineering, disaster resilience, engineering and advanced manufacturing, and medicine.
Tue, 02/24/2026 | UW News
Expanding a partnership
The UW and Microsoft expand their relationship to enhance AI-learning and research with the aim of preparing Washington’s workforce for the future.