Research

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Meet the 2024-25 WRF Fellows in chemistry and biochemistry
(September 30, 2024)
This image shows some of the research team’s 3D-printed pipes alongside a plastic toy shark. Sarah L. Keller/University of Washington
To make fluid flow in one direction down a pipe, it helps to be a shark
(September 25, 2024)
James De Yoreo
Flexible Circuits Made with Silk and Graphene on the Horizon
(September 20, 2024)
Nick Riley and doctoral student in his lab, in white lab coats.
The Mystery of Sugar — in Cellular Processes
(August 28, 2024)
Munira Khalil and Dianne Harris stand in front of the Legislative Building in Olympia, WA
A New Building to Enable Modern Chemical Research
(August 21, 2024)
A group of people enter Bagley Hall. Drumheller Fountain is in the background.
Free Radicals Club Hosts Chemistry Day for High School Students
(August 20, 2024)
In this artist's imaging, a quantum dot delivers deterministic single photons to a silicon integrated photonic circuit.
Breaking Boundaries: IMOD's Collaborative Approach to Research and Talent Building
(August 20, 2024)
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Xiaosong Li Named Associate Dean for Research
(July 19, 2024)
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Video interview with Nick Riley
(July 1, 2024)
David Ginger at the sample preparation laboratory for atomic force microscopy in the UW’s Molecular Engineering and Sciences Building.
Scientists solve chemical mystery at the interface of biology and technology
(May 1, 2024)
An illustration of a water molecule (where the hydrogen atoms are white, the oxygen atoms are red, and the electrons are gold) and a synchronized attosecond x-ray pulse pair (shown in pink and green) from an X-ray free electron laser. Nathan Johnson/PNNL
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
(February 16, 2024)
A group of two dozen people stand in front of a fountain.
Involving undergrads in chemistry research
(February 16, 2024)
Theberge in the lab with two students
How a Chemistry Lab is Transforming Clinical Research
(January 30, 2024)
Doug Reed wearing glasses and a collared shirt
Doug Reed receives Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award
(January 27, 2024)
Charles Campbell
Campbell receives Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
(September 8, 2023)
Three students stand side by side wearing yellow leis.
MEM-C: Moonshots & Island Voyages
(July 5, 2023)
A composite of three potraits: Alshakim Nelson, Ayokunle Olanrewaju, and Gundula Proksch
3D-Printed Microorganisms for Sustainable Construction Materials
(March 13, 2023)
Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado
Rivera-Maldonado wins award for bilingual climate science fact sheet
(November 30, 2022)
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A medical first: successful in utero treatment of rare genetic disorder
(November 28, 2022)
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A stalled project blooms: Ripples at edges of lily petals
(November 16, 2022)
Dianne Xiao
Dianne Xiao receives Packard Fellowship
(October 21, 2022)
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Seven UW faculty members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
(July 14, 2022)
Ashleigh Theberge
Blood Draws, To Go: COVID and Wildfire Studies by the Theberge Lab
(June 22, 2022)
Xiaosong Li stands near a stone pillar holding a molecular model
Xiaosong Li named Associate Vice Provost for Research Cyberinfrastructure
(June 21, 2022)
A scientist writes in a lab notebook
Undergraduate Research Awards
(June 15, 2022)
Madison Monahan stands between her mentors Brandi Cossairt and Jim De Yoreo in front of a banner that reads "Doctor in the House"
Exploring New Materials Through Collaboration
(June 14, 2022)
Jason Fontana wearing glasses
Unlocking Biotechnology with RNA
(June 6, 2022)
A cartoon depiction of the light-induced ferromagnetism that the researchers observed in ultrathin sheets of tungsten diselenide and tungsten disulfide.
Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials
(April 25, 2022)
This fluorescence microscopy image shows yeast vacuoles that have undergone phase separation. Credit: Luther Davis/Alexey Merz/University of Washington
Hungry yeast are tiny, living thermometers
(January 25, 2022)
Cover image from Materials Horizon special issue in honor of Prof. Seth Marder
Theory-guided design leads to new OEO material with record performance for hybrid devices
(January 19, 2022)
David Ginger at the sample preparation laboratory for atomic force microscopy in the UW’s Molecular Engineering and Sciences Building.
NSF to fund revolutionary center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies
(September 9, 2021)
Crews from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, headed by Matt Eberlein, work on a prescribed burn of underbrush on state land in North Eastern Washington.
Conducting research with at-home blood draws
(September 8, 2021)
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Two new UW partnerships funded by NSF seed grants
(September 3, 2021)
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Undergraduate Research Awards
(June 23, 2021)
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Cossairt honored as Finalist for Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
(June 15, 2021)
Dianne Xiao
Dianne Xiao receives DOE Early Career Research Award
(June 11, 2021)
ChromaTOF Tile example
Software launched for discovery-based analysis of complex samples
(April 6, 2021)
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Role of solvent molecules in light-driven electron transfer revealed
(March 25, 2021)
Cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, March 2021
A breakthrough chromophore for photonics applications
(March 23, 2021)
Illustration of light-driven electron transfer in a molecular complex
Role of solvent molecules in light-driven electron transfer revealed
(March 14, 2021)
fluorescence of organelles in cancer cells
Extracting invisible information from high-dimensional hyperspectral data
(March 11, 2021)
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List of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists includes seven from UW
(February 11, 2021)
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Alexandra Velian named 2021 Cottrell Scholar
(February 11, 2021)
Portrait of Dr. Tam'ra-Kay Francis
List of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists includes seven from UW
(February 10, 2021)
Portrait of Dr. Tam'ra-Kay Francis
Supporting Equity in STEM Research and Teaching
(January 17, 2021)
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Washington Research Foundation Fellowships Announced
(December 28, 2020)
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Levinson Emerging Scholar Award Winners Announced
(December 28, 2020)
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New approach using EELS spectroscopy
(December 14, 2020)
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Summer REU Opportunity - Clean Energy Bridge to Research at University of Washington
(November 20, 2020)
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Summer REU Opportunity at UW’s Molecular Engineering Materials Center (MEM-C)
(November 20, 2020)