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Research Makes America

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ research makes America healthier, safer and more prosperous. But those gains are now at risk.

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Killing cancer cells, precisely

Cancer treatment often comes with severe side effects. Two ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ researchers are designing targeted therapeutics that can both treat cancer and restore healthy tissue.

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Precision at the smallest scale

Tiny tech transforms research in quantum computing, medicine and beyond at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Washington Nanofabrication Facility — part of a National Science Foundation network of nanotech expertise.

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Restoring marine ecosystems

Graduate students at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Global Innovation Exchange have developed an AI-powered underwater robot to track sea life that’s critical to keeping ocean ecosystems healthy.

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ doctoral student Meng-Yen Lin casts green cement samples into molds to cure and later test their structural properties.
Engineering

Seaweed-infused cement could cut concrete’s carbon footprint

Researchers at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ and Microsoft developed a new type of low-carbon concrete that has a 21% lower global warming potential while retaining its strength.

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Research

Puzzle game shows kids how they’re smarter than AI

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles.

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Research Makes America

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ research makes America healthier, safer and more prosperous. But those gains are now at risk.

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Honors & awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize

Undergrad research

8000+ undergraduate students participate in at least one quarter of research.