by Chris Tachibana | Aug 31, 2014 | ScienceWire
Madeline Ostrander @madelinevo harvested a bumper crop of kudos and quarrels for her balanced article in The Nation on GMOs, anti-GMO activists, big agro corporations, and the FDA—all fighting over your dinner. Madeline takes a 360-degree view of the issue in...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 31, 2014 | ScienceWire
Fall means football, head injuries and neuroscience. Robin Lindley, writing for History News Network @myHNN, links the latter two in an interview with science writer Sam Kean. Their conversation uncovers how brain trauma and illness are the basis for modern...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 31, 2014 | ScienceWire
What’s Thomas Edison looking for in Elliott Bay and can University of Washington Professor Benjamin Bradshaw find it first? Go to Bernadette Pajer’s book event at 6 pm, Saturday 27 September at the UW Jacobsen Observatory UW Campus, 4324 Memorial Way NE,...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 31, 2014 | ScienceWire
Move over micro, writes Sally James (@jamesian) in Alaska Airlines Magazine. Smaller is better and nano is newer. Read her story to see how scientists at the University of Washington are developing next-generation nanocomponents of cars, solar panels, and water...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
Science Day to staff hires—Ellen Kuwana covers it all for Seattle Children’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research. In the June issue of the Center’s newsletter (link downloads a pdf), Ellen introduces us to its exceptional providers and staff, including the...