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A poverty-stricken city on the murky shore of Lake Victoria, Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya. It also sits in the heart of a region with an alarmingly high HIV-infection rate: More than 18 percent of Kisumu County residents have the life-threatening virus, many of them unaware.
University of Washington | Children who suffer abuse are more likely to age faster, while those who endure food insecurity or neglect may develop more slowly, according to new research led by the University of Washington.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University of WashingtonStricter state sentencing laws in Washington have swelled the ranks of inmates serving life sentences to nearly one in five. And some lifers who opted to go to trial are serving much longer sentences than others who committed the same crimes and plea-bargained — raising questions about equitable…
University of Washington | A team of UW biologists has identified a key mechanism plants use to decide when to release their floral scents to attract pollinators.Their findings connect the production and release of these fragrant chemicals to the innate circadian rhythms that pulse through all life on Earth.
University of Washington | Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new method that gives drones a backup system in case GPS fails: An antenna on the ground that can tell a drone where it is.
University Research | University of WashingtonA long-term study that tracked how hundreds of species in The Carrizo Plain National Monument fared during the historic drought that struck California from 2012 to 2015 shows surprising winners and losers.
University Research | University of WashingtonSeven days a week, Sarah Schooler, ’15, suits up in chest-high waders, grabs her bear spray, hops a boat, and walks the length of Lake Aleknagik’s Hansen Creek, counting and categorizing every dead sockeye salmon she happens upon, calling out the sex followed by the parts of the body that were…
University of Washington | A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. More than 500 researchers, academics, and others from more than 40 nations contributed to the study.
University Research | University of WashingtonA study of 3,877 randomly selected patients found a significant link between three degenerative eye diseases – age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma – and Alzheimer’s disease.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Alzheimers | University Research | University of WashingtonWhen an underwater volcano erupted in April off the Oregon coast, researchers knew within minutes that something spectacular was happening more than 300 miles offshore. Precision hardware installed by the University of Washington last summer let scientists see its effects almost instantly from…
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