Findings, June 2010

Columns, June 2010, pages 22-23.

What Are You Thinking?
A tool for measuring unconscious attitudes and beliefs.

Building Green Roads
UW researchers develop a system to rate the sustainability of road construction and maintenance.

Dinosaurs Grow Older
A fossil find in southern Tanzania pushes back the Age of the Dinosaurs.

Findings, June 2009

Columns.

Global Warming, Local Consequences
A report on a recent study of how climate change may affect the Pacific Northwest, and a roundup of other research on climate change at the University of Washington.

One Fish, Two Fish, Weird Fish, New Fish
A trippy finned creature discovered off the waters of Indonesia.

Hitting the Sweet Spot
Understanding why kids clamor for sugar.

Findings, March 2009

Columns, the University of Washington alumni magazine, has a four-page section called "Findings" that reports on the diversity of scientific research going on at UW. Since the March 2009 issue I have been writing this section. It consists of a short profile of a UW researcher (for March, that's the article on Richard Ladner linked in the post below), and a roundup of four or so short news articles on various recent research results. Here are the news articles from March:

Too Many Missed Shots
Getting a handle on childhood immunization rates

Knowing the Enemy
Towards better, more individualized therapy for brain tumors

The Healing Arts
An unexpected new approach to improving medical students' diagnostic skills

Warblers Do It, Sparrows Do It...
How birds learn to sing