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| UW researchers to help develop chips of living cells | Researchers around the country will soon begin to grow tissue cells inside three-dimensional chips, in hopes of mimicking any organ for drug testing, a revolutionary project aimed at taking humans out of the early phases of clinical trials. |
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| National Moth Week kicks off with release of photographic encyclopedia of Northwest moths | It's National Moth Week. Have you made plans yet? Merrill Peterson, a biology professor at Western Washington University, has. With the help of colleagues from around the world, he has released an online encyclopedia of Northwest moths. This new catalog includes high-… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Sociologists Awarded $265,362 Grant to Study Relationship of Military Service and Troubled Behaviors | |||
| $65M federal grant helps UW turn lab research into medical products | As demands mount to see practical results from publicly funded research, the University of Washington says it's ready to transform researchers' discoveries into useful medical products. |
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| Cellphones can distract pedestrians, cause problems | The woman walking through the mall appears completely absorbed in her cellphone, not noticing the fountain in front of her until she tumbles into the water. |
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| Water Quality Decline Has Slowed | According to the latest Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program Annual Report for 2010-11 (Matthews et. al., 2012), our community’s primary drinking water source continues to decline in water quality. The rate of decline has slowed as indicated by some water quality parameters; however, other parameters… |
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| Biodiversity helps sustain human life, scientists say | Experts worldwide have long talked about the importance of preserving the diversity of life for the sake of beauty and wonder, or in the hopes of new medical discoveries, or for moral reasons. |
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| More Canadians Visiting Whatcom County | It looks like a lot more Canadians are visiting the U.S. these days. Data from Western Washington University's Center for Economic and Business Research shows the number of Canadian visitors to Whatcom County is up more than 11 percent so far this year. |
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| Border traffic into Whatcom County up 11.5 percent so far this year | Canadian border traffic into Whatcom County has increased significantly so far in 2012. The number of people traveling southbound through Whatcom's five border crossings (including Point Roberts) totaled more than 4.5 million in the first four months of the year, up 11.5 percent in… |
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| Car history as a future economic engine | Americans didn’t invent the automobile. The U.S. is no longer the world’s largest market for auto sales. In recent years domestic manufacturers have been eclipsed by various European and Asian producers when it comes to reputation for high performance, engineering, design, reliability and… |