#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
DiCorato: Our Lines of Defense: A Look into Nasal Immunity
From new member Allessandra DiCorato, a story about a scientist diving deeper into the immune system in our nasal passages. During COVID, the race against the virus had been between countries, labs, and researchers to find out how the pathogen affected humans and more...
Poor: AI Headphones to Help with Your Conversations
We’ve all had the frustrating experience of trying to hold a conversation during a loud party or at a noisy gathering, yet a solution may be on the horizon as new member William Poor pens. Researchers at the University of Washington have developed smart headphones...
Rose: Increasing Difficulty in Protecting Against Extinction
Among the most crucial environmental laws to have been in effect, the Endangered Species Act has been aiding anti-extinction and conservation efforts from the government, Ian Rose writes. Most notably it allows a survival of a species to take precedence over...
Harris: Meet the New Subsea Habit in Four Decades
Scheduled to be launched early next year, Vanguard will be the world’s first new subsea habitat in nearly four decades and will be home to researchers later on, Mark Harris writes. Its target location: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, where it will serve as a...
DeWeerdt: Autism-like Behaviors in Mice Spurred from Increased Cortical Activity in Childhood
A new finding shows that an increase, even if temporary, of cortical activity of newborn mice can lead to social-stunted growth in adulthood, Sarah DeWeerdt pens. This analysis further lends credence to the theory that autism is possibly from over excitement of...