#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.
Apfel: Tide Power
The Northwest plugs into river energy, so why not the Puget Sound? Amelia Apfel, writing in Seattle Business Magazine, tells of an unusual—and global—collaboration involving the Snohomish County Public Utility District and the University of Washington working to...
Heisel: Rounding Down
Obesity rates are increasing, but William Heisel reports that people say they are losing weight. What’s going on? William tells us about a study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington that looked into the accuracy—or maybe...
Williams: Rocks!
NSWA board member David B. Williams celebrates his new book, Cairns: Messengers in Stone, coming soon to bookstores and available now by pre-order. A pile of rocks will never look the same. Is that a grave, an altar, or a border marking? Ask David yourself at the book...
Geggel: Concussion Spotting
Just in time for football season, Laura Geggel, an intern at Popular Science, reports on a blood test for concussions that could be more sensitive than just looking for something that looks weird on a CT scan. The test looks for brain proteins that leak into the...
McCarthy: Drug Double-whammy
Combination therapy is the future of cancer treatment, writes Michael McCarthy in the Puget Sound Business Journal. That is, if we can just find the right mix of existing and candidate drugs. And overcome the challenges of clinical trials. As you read the article,...