Mapes: Good Sleep During Cancer

Mapes: Good Sleep During Cancer

Writing for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Diane Mapes (@double_whammied) explains why cancer disrupts sleep and what cancer patients can do to regain good sleep if they find themselves tossing and turning all night. She talks to an expert about the health benefits of...
Schubert: AI Proteins

Schubert: AI Proteins

In GeekWire, Charlotte Schubert (@schubertcm) takes us inside Seattle companies that are using new AI tools to generate protein designs, spun out from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. Proteins are the workhorse molecules of the body and are...
Berkowitz: The (Scientifically) Perfect Joint

Berkowitz: The (Scientifically) Perfect Joint

If you want to get high quickly, finely ground marijuana in that joint is the way to go — science proves it! writes Rachel Berkowitz for Scientific American. In fact, research shows that particle size is even more important to a joint’s intoxicating effects than the...
Yan: Lead-Tainted Turmeric

Yan: Lead-Tainted Turmeric

In a feature for Undark, Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) takes us to Bangladesh’s spice markets, where vendors sell turmeric — until recently, often color-enhanced with lead chromate. The country practically eliminated turmeric adulteration through a multinational collaboration...
Takahama: Pioneering Transplant

Takahama: Pioneering Transplant

Elise Takahama (@elisetakahama) tells the inside story of a pioneering heart-liver transplant at UW Medicine, in which doctors saved the life of a heart-failure patient by replacing not only her heart, but also her healthy liver. By replacing her liver, the doctors...
Hede: Next-Gen Battery Design

Hede: Next-Gen Battery Design

For the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Karyn Hede (@KarynHede) writes about the lab’s new flow battery, which maintained its ability to store and release energy for more than a year of continuous charge and discharge — a record.Designed for energy storage on...