by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
Coming up on a year after Hurricane Maria, James Urton writes about University of Washington researchers working to restore electricity to Puerto Rican residents. For UW News, James describes how engineers and public health experts are bringing solar/battery nanogrids...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
A summer update from Andrea Watts about the aftermath of forest wildfires: The trees are obviously scorched but what happens to the soil? For the United States Department of Agriculture Pacific Northwest Research Station Science Findings, Andrea writes about changes...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
Writing for Wired, Mark Harris brings us up to date on the green, yellow, and orange dockless shared bikes that Seattle-area residents and visitors can’t help noticing and sometimes tripping over. From the Pronto bikeshare failure to the current LimeBike, Ofo,...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
ICYMI: Lisa Stiffler won a Society of Professional Journalists award for her story in InvestigateWest on how climate change is affecting the Puget Sound and our region’s oyster industry. If you want to read, revisit, and share, here’s the piece, with...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
Sandi Doughton’s excellent science journalism and earthquake expertise were recognized with a Society of Professional Journalists award for Government and Politics Reporting. Here’s the story in the Seattle Times with Daniel Gilbert, if you missed it or...