#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.
Hickey: Drop Everything
Can a drop of water on a lotus leaf inspire a cell phone app? Hannah Hickey writes about this scientific zen koan in a story about nanotextured surfaces invented by researchers at the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering....
Nelson: Greensell
Giant flatscreens and environmentalism are completely compatible in Bryn Nelson’s New York Times article on marketing energy-efficient products. Find out what that little orange EnergyStar tag means to you, the planet, and the store that wants to sell you a 60-inch,...
Tompa: Snipping Out Viruses
An HIV infection is forever. But Rachel Tompa, in Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s VIDD Vitals, writes about research on a possible cure for HIV, herpes, and other viruses that hide in our bodies, stitching their own genetic information into ours. Could teeny...
Martin: Go to Bed
Up your game on the court and at the office with a simple tip from Michelle Wallar Martin. Get enough sleep. In her article in Alaska Airlines Magazine, Michelle digs into a study on sleep and athletic performance, and asks experts how much and what kind of sleep we...
Illman: Team Players
Science and Technology Centers use team science to tackle big problems: from managing the information of the modern world to monitoring melting polar ice. Deborah Illman is a National Science Foundation Senior Fellow at the University of Washington, studying the...