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Nov. 19, 2008 Technology Health and Medicine Environment

Track your fitness, environmental impact with new cell phone applications
Researchers at the University of Washington and Intel have created two new cell phone applications, dubbed UbiFit and UbiGreen, to automatically track workouts and green transportation.

Nov. 18, 2008 Campus
UW over-enrolled by more than 1,000 students
Undergraduate students returned to the University of Washington this fall in numbers well above what was expected, resulting in the Seattle campus having about 1,100 students more than predicted and authorized under the state budget for the UW.

Nov. 18, 2008 Campus Politics and Government
Stephen E. Hanson selected as vice provost, UW Office of Global Affairs
Hanson is the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Political Science. He begins in Global Affairs on Jan. 5.

Nov. 18, 2008 Social Science
Stress hinders rats' decision-making abilities
Neuroscientists from the University of Washington have found that a single exposure to uncontrollable stress impairs decision making in rats for several days, making them unable to reliably seek out the larger of two rewards.

Nov. 17, 2008 Technology Science

Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching
University of Washington researchers are grabbing hold of the fleeting Web and storing historical Web sites that users can easily search using an intuitive application called Zoetrope.

Nov. 13, 2008    Health and Medicine
What do you have in mind? Ethical questions in neuroscience
New methods for examining and influencing brain activity have led to better treatments for disabling neurological and psychiatric diseases, but they also pose ethical questions about their use inside and outside of medicine.

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Nov. 12, 2008    Business Technology
Save money and resources: free energy assessments for 20 Seattle-area businesses
Energy experts from the University of Washington want to help local businesses cut their utility bills.

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Nov. 12, 2008 Science Environment

New book will tell much you didn't know about Northwest weather
UW atmospheric sciences professor's book explains many phenomena of Northwest weather.

Nov. 10, 2008 Arts and Humanities

Web site exposes previously undocumented KKK activity in Washington
UW scholars have shined new light on one of the darkest chapters of Washington history -- the days when the Ku Klux Klan was a temporary force in the state.

Nov. 6, 2008 Campus
John Vinson selected as UW chief of police
John N. Vinson, who currently is undersheriff for the Isabella County Sheriff's Department in Mount Pleasant, Mich., has been selected as the chief of police at the University of Washington. His appointment will be effective in February 2009.

Nov. 5, 2008    Health and Medicine
Newly tested compound makes Gram negative bacteria less virulent
A newly tested compound appears to inhibit certain mechanisms that make Gram-negative bacteria virulent disease agents.

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Nov. 5, 2008 Health and Medicine
UW researchers find that having a big heart is not always a good thing
A cell signaling pathway that abnormally promotes heart muscle cell growth invariably leads to unhealthy enlargement of the heart. Researchers have recently discovered that the heart's overproduction of a molecule known as A-kinase anchoring protein-Lbc amplifies these harmful signals.

Nov. 5, 2008    Science

DNA provides 'smoking gun' in the case of the missing songbirds
DNA evidence shows conclusively that males from a North American warbler species interbred with females from a related species and took over a large part of the other species' range.

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Oct. 30, 2008    Politics and Government
Are all precinct voting sites created equal? Maybe not
Lower-quality voting sites may discourage people from casting their ballots.

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Oct. 30, 2008    Health and Medicine
Friend or foe? How the body's clot-busting system accelerates atherosclerosis
UW scientists are discovering how the body's over-production of clot-busters speeds up artery wall damage, knowledge that may point to new ideas for preventing heart disease and strokes.

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Oct. 29, 2008    Science

Scientists find evidence of tsunamis on Indian Ocean shores long before 2004
A quarter-million people were killed when a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines the day after Christmas in 2004. Now scientists have found evidence that the event was not a first-time occurrence.

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