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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia and is an “irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills,” according to the National Institute on Aging. It is characterized by the abnormal function of two proteins known as beta-amyloid and tau.
Editor’s note: Purple Rain is a column that explores relevant weather and climate topics in the Seattle region, highlighting research conducted by UW faculty.
Dr. Natalie Cobb and Dr. Pavan Bhatraju, physicians at the UW Medicine division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, and their co-authors published a study comparing critically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 to critically ill patients hospitalized with influenza.
A group of organizations including a team of UW researchers, UW spinout WiBotic, and space robotics company Astrobotic received a $5.8 million grant through NASA’s Tipping Point contract to study wireless charging in space and create a wireless charger that can work on the moon.
A UW Medicine professor is seeking to redefine the market for sex robots.
Patients admitted to the hospital with higher viral loads of COVID-19 have four times the risk of death within 30 days than those who present with lower amounts, according to new findings by researchers from the UW School of Medicine.
A team of UW astronomers has recently discovered a new way that galaxies die.
UW students are working through the Washington branch of the national nonprofit TeleHealth Access for Seniors to make medicine more accessible to older patients. Through community partnerships, they have donated 140 devices to local clinics and are looking to grow that number moving forward.
Editor’s note: Purple Rain is a column that explores relevant weather and climate topics in the Seattle region, highlighting research conducted by UW faculty.
As one of the leading research institutions in the country, the UW is constantly on the lookout for a big scientific breakthrough. The next major project? Tackling kidney regeneration therapy. The National Institutes of Health has recently sponsored a team of scientists from UW Medicine, Cle…
Over 80% of the world’s oceans are unexplored, but a team of researchers from the UW and their partners around the globe will soon be changing that. On Oct. 29, the UW was granted $23.5 million as part of a $53 million multi-institutiongrant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to buil…
Vikram Iyer, a researcher at the UW, has developed bug-sized tracking devices to track the Asian giant hornet, nicknamed the “murder hornet.” Iyer and the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) are working together to track and eradicate the beehive-targeting pests.
The Breakthrough Prize, also known as the “Oscars of Science,” was awarded to four UW professors this year for research regarding the life sciences and fundamental physics.
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