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July 2, 2009    Health and Medicine 
Survival rates for elderly patients receiving in-hospital resuscitation (CPR) did not improve from 1992 to 2005
A study of elderly patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in hospitals shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by CPR rose, and the proportion of patients who were successfully resuscitated and later discharged fell.
June 30, 2009    Science    Environment 
Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years. If the band continues to migrate at just less than a mile a year, which is the average for all the years it has been moving north, then some Pacific islands near the equator may be starved of freshwater by midcentury or sooner.
June 30, 2009    Technology    Science    Health and Medicine 
Stirred, not shaken: Bio-inspired cilia mix medical reagents at small scales
Stirred, not shaken: Bio-inspired cilia mix medical reagents at small scales
University of Washington engineers used a novel underwater manufacturing technique to build biomimetic cilia. The hairlike appendages mix tiny volumes of liquid to speed up biomedical reactions.
June 29, 2009    Science 
Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid
Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid
New research shows that, at least for some insects, wings that flex and deform, something like what happens to a heavy beach towel when you snap it to get rid of the sand, are the best for staying aloft.
June 26, 2009    Technology 
Media advisory: Aquatic robots, autonomous planes at UW robotics conference
Robotics experts to meet Sunday through Wednesday for an international conference.
June 23, 2009    Social Science 
Changes in brain architecture may be driven by different cognitive challenges
Changes in brain architecture may be driven by different cognitive challenges
Scientists trying to understand how the brains of animals evolve have found that evolutionary changes in brain structure reflect the types of social interactions and environmental stimuli different species face.
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June 22, 2009    Science 
Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands
Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands
Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand how people settled and interacted in the inhospitable Kuril Islands.
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June 22, 2009    Science    Technology 
Media advisory: UW team takes off tomorrow for rocket competition
Media advisory: UW team takes off tomorrow for rocket competition
A team of graduate students and faculty advisors in the UW's aeronautics and astronautics department are available today to show off the rocket they built from scratch. The team leaves tomorrow for Utah, where the rocket will compete to carry a 10-pound payload to 10,000 feet.
June 18, 2009    Health and Medicine 
Got ear plugs? You may want to sport them on the subway, researchers say
A team of researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University have found that Metropolitan Transit Authority subways had the highest average noise levels of all mass transit in New York City, with levels high enough to potentially increase the risk of noise- induced hearing loss.
June 17, 2009    Social Science 
Study supports validity of test that indicates widespread unconscious bias
A new study validates the most surprising and controversial finding about the Implicit Association test that about 70 percent of those people who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious preference for whites compared to blacks.
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June 16, 2009    Technology    Science    Health and Medicine 
Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair
Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair
Weaving chitosan, found in the shells of crabs and shrimp, with an industrial polyester creates a promising new material for biomedical applications, including the tiny tubes that support repair of a severed nerve.
June 11, 2009    Social Science 
If the shoe flits, duck: A real-life example of humans' dual vision system
If the shoe flits, duck: A real-life example of humans' dual vision system
UW neuroscientists were delighted at the reactions of former President George W. Bush and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki when an Iraqi reporter flung his shoes toward the two men during a Baghdad news conference. The reactions mirrored findings they found in studies about the human vision system.
June 10, 2009    Campus    Health and Medicine 
Renowned global health figure Dr. Paul Farmer speaks at UW June 18
Renowned global health figure Dr. Paul Farmer speaks at UW June 18
Dr. Paul Farmer, subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and co-founder of Partners In Health, will speak about the current climate of global health on Thursday, June 18 from 6--7:30 p.m. in Kane Hall Room 130.
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June 10, 2009    Health and Medicine    Social Science 
Pre-pregnancy depressed mood may heighten risk for premature birth
Researchers trying to uncover why premature birth is a growing problem in the United States and one that disproportionately affects black women have found that pre-pregnancy depressive mood appears to be a risk factor in preterm birth among both blacks and whites.
June 10, 2009    Science 
New definition could further limit habitable zones around distant suns
New calculations indicate that, in nearby star systems, tidal forces exerted on planets by their parent star's gravity could limit what is regarded as a star's habitable zone and change the criteria for planets where life could potentially take root.
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