UW researchers have developed AI-powered headphones that automatically isolate conversation partners in a noisy soundscape. The system employs AI models that listen for the back-and-forth pattern of conversation and mute voices that aren’t following the rhythm. www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...
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A UW study had people work with LLMs to pick candidates for jobs, from computer systems analyst to nurse practitioner. Without suggestions, participants’ choices exhibited little bias. But when provided with recommendations, participants mirrored the AI’s biases. www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
@agu.org honored five @uofwa.bsky.social faculty and researchers from the @uwess.bsky.social and atmospheric and climate science departments this week at the annual meeting in New Orleans.
The waters bordering North America could soon be inhospitable to critical marine creatures if the Northeastern Pacific Ocean continues to acidify at the current rate, a new study shows. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
Let’s get one thing out of the way: All hummingbirds fight. Most species fight for food, using their tiny bodies and sharp bills to force competitors away from flowers. But the green hermit hummingbird fights to win a mate. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
A new study from @uofwa.bsky.social reveals that traumatic events can significantly dampen organizational risk-taking.
Emily Levesque, @uofwa.bsky.social astronomy, spoke with @king5news.com.web.brid.gy about the biggest and best discoveries to come from the James Webb Space Telescope this past year. Story: www.king5.com/article/weat...
Choosing highlights from 2025 for a video roundup is a tough task. UW video producers meet students, faculty and community members during some of the most exciting moments of their lives — from earning a degree to finding answers that will impact the world. Video: www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...
A new tool has shown to mitigate political polarization on X by nudging antidemocratic and extremely negative partisan posts lower in a user’s feed. The tool has the potential to give users more say over what they see on social media.
“The Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice,” follows scientists working with decades-old ice and sediment samples from Greenland to better understand long-term climate change. @uwenvironment.bsky.social professor Eric Steig is among the researchers featured.
During last fall’s salmon run @uwenvironment.bsky.social collected salmon environmental DNA from the air along Issaquah Creek. Combined with visual counts from the salmon hatchery, the eDNA allowed researchers to track salmon numbers during the fall migration. More www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
Research from @uofwa.bsky.social & Kaiser Permanente Southern California sheds new light on how the 2025 LA fires affected people’s health. The results suggest that people may rely more heavily on virtual health care during climate-related emergencies. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
The @uofwa.bsky.social is proud to announce that 56 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list from Clarivate.
Over 600 years ago, a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeastern Caribbean. Flooding scattered coral boulder across the island. These skeletons hold clues about tsunami history. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...
Bee experts wouldn’t have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, researchers added eight new bee species to a list of the state’s native pollinators. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
Analysis of data from the Cassini space probe has identified organic compounds within jets of water ice erupting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Some of the compounds have never before been identified on another world beyond Earth. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...
UW researchers discuss their study which surveyed 166 gamers about how video games sparked meaningful changes in their lives.
Quantum dots, which are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, are unique materials that generate very specific colors of light. Researchers hope that quantum dots can one day be useful for more than just illuminating TV screens.
A statewide initiative to put more healthy, climate-friendly grains on people’s plates has received a $19 million boost, which will sustain every step in building a network from the field to the fork.
@uwlaw.bsky.social has received a $7.1 million commitment from Honolulu-based real estate investor Jay H. Shidler to augment the technology and intellectual property programs at the school.