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A close up of a penny on a black-and-white grid. To the right of the penny is a tiny microchip, about 1/20th the size of the penny.

Thu, 11/06/2025 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Developing high frequency electronics

Hossein Naghavi is designing microchips that use high frequency terahertz electronics, combining integrated circuit design with advanced electromagnetic techniques.

A woman in a blue lab coat and safety goggles holds an instrument to load a sample into a reactor in the lab

Tue, 11/04/2025 | UW Chemical Engineering

Advancing water treatment

Chemical Engineering graduate student Joelle Scott is exploring new methods to remove toxic forever chemicals and other contaminants from wastewater.

Illustration of a laptop on a table, with an angelic halo above it.

Fri, 10/31/2025 | UW College of Arts & Sciences

Can machines learn morality?

UW researchers at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and in the Allen School are exploring the potential for training AI to value altruism.

Gray blobs of liquid metal are scattered within a black background.

Wed, 10/29/2025 | UW News

"Liquid metal" composites

UW researchers created a recyclable composite material of liquid metal droplets, which can be connected together to form an electrical circuit.

A diagram shows four outlines of a human body, each with different areas highlighted in a different color.

Mon, 10/27/2025 | UW News

Improving targeted drug delivery

UW researchers design programmable proteins that use logic to improve targeted drug delivery.

UW campus exterior

Thu, 10/23/2025 | UW News

Neurodiversity and Employment Institute

The Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the UW to support the launch of the UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment.

UW logo statue on campus

Tue, 10/21/2025 | UW News

Amazon AI PhD Fellowships

Nine UW Ph.D. students in engineering and computer science are part of Amazon's new AI Fellowship program. The UW is one of nine universities to receive funding.

CoreView machine next to a laptop

Thu, 10/16/2025 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Making a difference in cancer diagnoses

A first-of-its-kind medical technology is providing a new approach to biopsy imaging for faster breast cancer diagnoses at a hospital in Kumasi, Ghana.

UW QuantumX research program undergraduates

Tue, 10/14/2025 | UW QuantumX

Undergraduate quantum research

Ten students recently explored cutting-edge quantum research as part of QuantumX’s first NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.

Digital Culture Shock book cover

Wed, 10/08/2025 | UW News

Digital culture shock

Allen School Professor Katharina Reinecke's new book explores how "technology is never culturally neutral."