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| Jul 25, 2026 | FAQs on Councilmember Lin’s legislation related to SEPA appeals | Council Bill 121215, my legislation related to SEPA appeals, will expedite Seattle’s ability to address our most pressing issues, from mitigating climate change to building more homes.
If we work together and plan strategically, we can have... |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Warren Buffett: The career advice ‘I told my own kids’ from an 1841 Ralph Waldo Emerson essay | Like many people, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett followed a parent’s career path: His father owned a stock brokerage firm before later embarking on a political career.
Needless to say, the younger Buffett stuck with investing an... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas | By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG, Associated Press
SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish... |
| May 6, 2025 | The Fertility Frontier: Navigating the Complex Landscape of IVF Access in America | In the United States, the quest for family-building through in vitro fertilization (IVF) resembles a marathon through a dense forest. The path is fraught with obstacles, from political resistance to financial burdens. As the nation grapples... |
| May 4, 2025 | Opinion: Rick Baldoz: From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian activists: The evolution of politically motivated deportations | I’m a historian of immigration, U.S. empire and Asian American studies. The current removal orders targeting student activists echo America’s long and lamentable past of jailing and expelling immigrants because of their race or what they sa... |
| Oct 22, 2024 | AG Ferguson: Washington successfully defends ban on the sale and distribution of DIY rape kits | Leda Health’s over-the-counter rape kits gather evidence that is rarely, if ever, admissible in court
TACOMA — A federal judge upheld Washington’s ban on selling and distributing over-the-counter sexual assault kits today, dismissing a laws... |
| Mar 13, 2024 | This week in Seattle history | Here is a look at some of the March events that shaped Seattle and Washington from HistoryLink, an online encyclopedia of state history.
March 8, 1921: Washington Gov. Louis F. Hart signed the Alien Land Bill barring non-white immigrants fr... |
| Feb 10, 2024 | It seems like everyone you know is moving. But our grandparents' generation actually did it much more. | Real Estate It seems like everyone you know is moving. But our grandparents' generation actually did it much more.
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| Feb 7, 2024 | I've been a tour guide in Italy for 16 years. My top recommendation is an incredible ancient port city that's way less crowded than Rome. | Travel I've been a tour guide in Italy for 16 years. My top recommendation is an incredible ancient port city that's way less crowded than Rome.
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| Aug 11, 2023 | What to know about latest COVID strain | While COVID-19 cases remain low in Seattle and Washington state, some researchers expect to see increased infections from a new strain that was named a variant of concern by the World Health Organization this week.
Driving the news: EG.5, a... |
| Jul 28, 2023 | New data shows Alzheimer's prevalence in Washington state | Data: Dhana, et al., 2023, "Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease dementia in the 50 US states and 3142 counties"; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios
About 10% of the approximately 1.3 million Washington residents aged 65 and older — or about 1... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Seattle's still big on car travel | The average Seattle metropolitan area household travels a total of 30,235 miles by car annually, which is just under the national average of nearly 30,500, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution.
The study explores household ... |
| Jun 5, 2023 | ‘We’ve Already Made Changes’ to the System: How Doulas Are Advancing Maternal Health Outcomes | As a doula for Austin-based Black Mamas ATX, Ebony Williams helps expectant mothers learn how to advocate for themselves during the birthing process. And she saw the effect of her work just recently when working with a patient from Malawi.
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| Jan 19, 2023 | Exploring the Possibility of Life Beyond Earth: What Is Astrobiology? | John Lopez, Tech Times 19 January 2023, 12:01 pm
Decades of space exploration have yielded countless claims of "first contact" with extraterrestrial life, but humanity's biggest question remains: Are we alone in the universe?
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| Oct 31, 2022 | 6 Tips for Better Time Management | Small business owners can sometimes feel there aren’t enough hours in the day to get things done. You may be busy all day, yet at the end of the day, you feel like you haven’t done half the things on your to-do list. This can make daily lif... |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Why VR could be the new dawn of pain, anxiety management | CDC data shows that more than 20% of Americans have chronic pain, with 36% of them having high-impact chronic pain.
The discomfort of this pain is arguably exacerbated by the rising prevalence of mental health conditions across the country,... |
| Apr 26, 2022 | Причинно-следственный анализ в машинном обучении | Что появилось первым: курица или яйцо?
Статистики давно уже нашли ответ на этот вопрос.
Причем несколько раз.
И каждый раз ответ был разным.
А если серьезно, то для машинного обучения становятся все более актуальными вопросы причинно-следст... |
| Sep 11, 2021 | Forget Opioids, Virtual Reality Could Be the Future of Pain Management | It's hard to overstate just how painful a process treating burn victims is – for burn victims, air itself is excruciatingly painful. They have to undergo weeks of undressing wounds, cleaning the tender skin of debris, slathering the area wi... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Should You Get Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccines While Pregnant? | A health care worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a ... [+] pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services, in Israel. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Accessible And Representative Toys Key For Development Of Kids With Disabilities | Kmart range of diversity dollsKmart |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Millions in SA should start shopping online soon - if data costs, deliveries are sorted out | (Image: Getty)
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Online shopping is growing fast in South Africa, with sales expected to reach R225 billion within five years.
E-commerce only accounts for 2% of South Africa's total retail spend.
But that's if deliveries to town... |
| Dec 15, 2019 | Delivering the goods: Drones and robots are making their way to your door | It's morning in Berkeley, California, and the Kiwibots are heading off to work.
These four-wheeled robots navigate sidewalks and even crosswalks taking food to hungry college students. "This is the future," said Kiwibots CEO Felip... |
| Oct 11, 2019 | A road map for including Latinos and African Americans in Alzheimer’s research | Alzheimer’s disease is the only leading cause of death in the U.S. that is still on the rise and that does not have a current effective treatment or cure. The limited inclusion of Latinos and African Americans in research will only worsen t... |
| Jul 1, 2019 | Vicis expands helmet line with new soft ‘cap’ for practices, 7-on-7 and flag football | (Vicis Photo)
High-tech football helmet maker Vicis today announced a soft helmet for use during practices, 7-on-7 and flag football. The Ultim cap is designed to protect players from head injuries when full pads and hard helmets aren’t bei... |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Here’s why two Y Combinator partners made a recruiting trip to the Univ. of Washington in Seattle | Cherry blossoms were in full bloom at the University of Washington earlier this month. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper)
The University of Washington has one of the world’s best computer science programs. MBA recruiters recently ranked the UW... |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Litesprite, maker of games that treat mental health, wins inaugural TRAILS healthcare competition | The Litesprite team accepts the top prize for the inaugural TRAILS competition at Cambia Grove, along with the competition organizers and judges. (Cambia Grove Photo)
Seattle startup Litesprite, which develops mobile games that treat mental... |
| Mar 7, 2018 | Stealthy startup Taproot Medical Technologies raises funds to develop next-gen biomaterials | University of Washington professor of chemical engineering Shaoyi Jiang. (University of Washington Photo)
Stealth-mode startup Taproot Medical Technologies has raised $1.25 million out of a $2.25 million round of funding, according to a fil... |
| Jan 22, 2018 | How to Become Less Addicted to Your Phone, Which Is Now Smarter Than You | Last year will likely remembered for many things — political turmoil, disastrous hurricanes, and the advent of cheap solar power among them. But the most enduring milestone may be that it was the year software finally became smarter than us... |
| Sep 27, 2017 | UW Remains Among Global Elite in Ranking of Innovative Universities | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The University of Washington remains among the top 10 most innovative universities in the world and holds its position as the highest-ranked American public university, as mea... |
| Aug 13, 2017 | Exclusive: Google buys Seattle health monitoring startup Senosis, bolstering digital health push | Computer scientist and electrical engineer Shwetak Patel. His most recent venture, Senosis, developed apps for smartphones that can help diagnose disease. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)
Shwetak Patel has struck again.
The University of Wash... |
| May 21, 2017 | 'STD-Verified' Dating App Is Startup Culture Via Nutshell: Frank, Unchecked, Inevitable | The new app is billed to suit people "who love having sex but like to have it safely," but sexual... [+] health experts say the benefits and risks of STI testing aren't so cut and dry. Screenshot via NeatClub |
| May 19, 2017 | Week in Review: Remembering the Seattle of Chris Cornell and Grunge | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle mourns the death of Chris Cornell, the Soundgarden front man and Seattle native synonymous with the city’s grunge sound. Some thoughts on that below, but first tech ne... |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Seattle Week in Review: Mech Bezos, Bay Area Capital, Family Leave | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Spring will get here eventually, and it will be more glorious for the wait. In the meantime, we’re looking back on a relatively quiet week in local tech, including: Amazon’s J... |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Seattle Week in Review: Healing Music Echoes Over ‘Voice City’ | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s still winter, and March, as the saying goes, is coming in like a lion—or a juvenile bald eagle—with snow in the forecast for the weekend. Again. We’re wrapping the week w... |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Seattle Week in Review: MSFT Calls for Exceptions to Immigration Ban | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 2/3/17 4:22 p.m. See below.] The Trump administration’s immigration ban remained a top concern for technology companies, including major Seattle-area stalwarts that t... |
| Jan 12, 2017 | ID Genomics consortium to build national database of bacterial ‘fingerprints’ to help doctors diagnose infection | Electron micrograph of E. coli bacteria. (Public Domain Photo)
There’s a reason bacteria take up almost an entire kingdom in our map of life: they are an endlessly complex and varied group of microorganisms, and that can become a real probl... |
| Nov 30, 2016 | How Project Sidewalk is making DC more accessible | As public transportation and ridesharing apps swell in popularity, we often talk about how walkable a city is: Can you get to work without a car? Can you walk to a grocery store, hospital and school from your home or office?
In D.C., the an... |
| Nov 4, 2016 | An inside look at the labs where doctors intentionally infect people with malaria | These little blood-suckers trying to poke through the mesh are all infected with malaria. Luckily, these ones have a strain that only infects mice. Kevin Loria/Business Insider
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| Nov 4, 2016 | Congressional funding for Zika is welcome but not enough to protect Americans | Eight months after President Barack Obama requested emergency funding to support the US response to the Zika virus outbreak, Congress finally passed a $1.1 billion funding package. The funding, though welcome, is only about half of what the... |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Seattle Week in Review: Read It While You Still Can | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A hard rain’s a gonna fall, and the wind begins to howl. Quick, before Typhoon Songda goes through bombogenesis and knocks out the power, catch up on this week’s leaf-clogged,... |
| Aug 29, 2016 | Overview: Health tech startups innovating the behavioral health space | About the authors: @DanGebremedhin is a Principal at Flare Capital Partners, an early stage Health Technology and Services focused VC Firm. He is a practicing physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and previously served as an Asso... |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Seattle biotech entrepreneur Ron Berenson raising cash for new startup | Ronald Berenson, serial entrepreneur, is heading up DMD Therapeutics. Photo: Conrado Tapado, CoMotion.
Ron Berenson has another biotechnology startup in the works, a new company by the name of DMD Therapeutics.
The Seattle-based company rec... |
| Aug 9, 2016 | University of Washington spinout C-SATS raises $3.2 M for medical performance review platform | C-SATS CEO Derek Streat. Photo from C-SATS.
C-SATS, a Seattle-based startup that facilitates performance reviews for surgeons, has raised $3.2 million in new funding, according to an SEC filing released today. The funds come after a $2.5 mi... |
| Jul 20, 2016 | Surgeons struggle to discuss adverse events with patients | “The patient was disgusted,” Gallagher recalled about the event that occurred before he came to Washington. “His family was furious … that after all the patient had gone through to get this test … we still couldn’t even figure out something... |
| May 29, 2016 | 150 Years of Hate: The Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan | Editor's Note: Although the presidential candidates, our media, and most importantly, Lawfare, tend to focus on the danger from Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, right-wing groups have been a more lethal terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland ... |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Biotech startup Engage wins the University of Washington’s first Health Innovation Challenge | Katherine Brandenstein, left, and Emily Willard, co-founders of Engage, took first place at the UW’s first Health Innovation Challenge. Photos/Clare McGrane.The University of Washington held its first annual Health Innovation Challenge (HIC... |
| May 1, 2015 | Seattle Roundup: Icertis, Blue Origin, UW President Search, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This week, we’re following funding news for a Bellevue, WA-based cloud contract management company, Icertis; Blue Origin’s successful test flight of its New Shepard space vehi... |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Seattle Roundup: Live Long and Prosper Edition | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Our hearts are heavy today with news of the death of Leonard Nimoy at age 83, who was Star Trek’s Mr. Spock and so much more. He exemplified his most famous character’s most f... |
| Feb 17, 2015 | What Should Be on the Next UW President’s Commercialization Agenda? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The University of Washington hired Michael Young as president nearly four years ago in large part because of his reputation as a leader in university commercialization and inn... |
| Jan 21, 2015 | Welcome to Tampa: A startup scene emerges in this beach paradise | Beach lifeguard tower in Clearwater, Florida at sunset. Photo via Shutterstock
Editor’s Note: GeekWire has partnered with UP Global and Chase to cover four Startup Week events around the country, starting with the Tampa Bay Startup Week fro... |
| Jul 11, 2014 | Seattle Roundup: Big Numbers, UW Incubator, Trupanion, Cray, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This week we’re reviewing reports on Northwest funding activity and Seattle building activity, both indicators—leading or trailing?—of the tech economy’s strength. We’ve also ... |
| Jul 2, 2014 | New record: University of Washington spun out 18 startups last year | Startups are sprouting out of the University of Washington at record pace.
The school announced today that it helped launch 18 startups in fiscal 2013, breaking last year’s record of 17. A majority of the companies, which received support f... |
| Jun 12, 2014 | Pixelberry Studios Tackles Teenagers’ Body-Image Issues With A New Mobile Game | According to recent studies, 80 percent of teenage girls and 20 percent of boys in the U.S. have struggled with negative body image. So Pixelberry Studios, which focuses on creating awareness about social issues through mobile games, and th... |
| May 23, 2014 | Stuck on Website ‘Help Island’? First UW iSchool Spinout Has the Answer | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Corrected 5/23/14, 10:53 am. See below.] The University of Washington Information School has more than a century of history, and now, it’s first startup company, AnswerDash, ... |
| Apr 2, 2014 | Can these startups save the world? Cooking-oil kiosks and more innovations from UW Enviro Challenge | The Grease2green team: University of Washington students Raustin Memon, Peter Shah and Kate Baker.
Down at the local grocery store, you can no doubt find a few kiosks. One may carry DVDs for rent, another might count your coins for you, or ... |
| Mar 4, 2014 | Michelangelo, the UW Innovation Emerging From an Unusual Place | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
There’s a new product emerging from the University of Washington. It was just granted a patent. It is being adopted by other high-profile institutions. And it’s showing promis... |
| Feb 16, 2014 | Dropbox’s hiring practices explain its disappointing lack of female employees | “If someone came in right now and announced that the zombie apocalypse had just started outside, what would you do in the next hour? What is something that you’re geeky about? What is a superpower you would give to your best friend?”
These ... |
| Feb 16, 2014 | Dropbox’s hiring practices explain its disappointing lack of female employees | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
“If someone came in right now and announced that ... |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Roundup: WTIA, Lytics, SwopBoard, Contour, Obama at Zillow & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
You may have heard earlier this week that a local technology entrepreneur purchased an old media company. In other news around the Northwest this week, the Washington Technolo... |
| Jul 17, 2013 | Roundup: UW Spinouts; Funding for Illumagear, Alpental Tech & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Corrected 7/17/13, 8:24 pm. See below.] The University of Washington is apparently exceeding the goals set by President Michael Young for accelerating commercialization of re... |
| May 22, 2013 | From shopping advice to walking devices, startups with UW ties show off their successful ideas | The entrepreneurial talent coming out of the University of Washington was on full display Tuesday evening at the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering.
For the fourth installment of the Seattle Tech Meetup, five local st... |
| Jan 11, 2013 | In absence of accurate way to track medical errors, TEDMED panel ponders what’s to be done? | 6 Talk to your patients Griswold made a critical point on making patients feel comfortable enough that they can talk about or raise questions about their care. “A key challenge in safety is we don’t have to solve it ourselves. There is a tr... |
| Jan 2, 2013 | New Seattle Accelerator 9Mile Labs Wants To Build On TechStars Model | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Three startup devotees are launching a new accelerator program called 9Mile Labs in a bid to boost support for technology entrepreneurs in the Seattle area, testing demand in ... |
| Dec 11, 2012 | UW Spinout Funded by Madrona To Build Cheap Home Sensor Networks | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A team including a “genius” University of Washington professor and one of Seattle’s top serial entrepreneurs just landed $1.5 million from Madrona Venture Group and others to ... |
| Oct 22, 2012 | Mobile vet David Bluhm named UW entrepreneur-in-residence | Z2Live co-founder David Bluhm poses in front of Sgt. Ramsey, a character in Battle Nations. Photo: Annie Laurie Malarkey
Seattle entrepreneur David Bluhm has joined the University of Washington’s entrepreneur-in-residence program as part of... |
| Aug 9, 2012 | 4 things driving simulator innovation for surgical training | The decision by one Philadelphia medical center to do away with using animals as part of its pediatric training in favor of sticking to simulators reflects a national trend for training in relatively simple procedures. Although animals have... |
| Apr 26, 2012 | Fledge, a New Social Enterprise Incubator, Opening in Seattle | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Could Seattle become a center of innovation for social enterprise? Mobile and tech startup veteran Michael “Luni” Libes is betting on it with Fledge, a new incubator aimed at ... |
| Nov 30, 2011 | How Utah tops Washington: A university that spins out more startups with fewer dollars | Here’s the bad news: The University of Washington is not among the top schools for spinning out startup companies. Now, here’s the good news: The top school, according to a recent study by the Association of University Technology Managers, ... |
| Apr 26, 2011 | Incoming UW president arrives with tech transfer chops | Michael Young
Could newly-appointed University of Washington president Michael Young spark a wave of innovation and commercialization at the state’s largest research institution? If his track record at the University of Utah is any indicati... |
| Aug 18, 2010 | Institute for Systems Biology Makes it Official: It’s Moving to Seattle’s South Lake Union | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The worst kept secret in the local biotech real estate market is now official: The Institute for Systems Biology is moving to Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, into the... |
| Aug 6, 2009 | German study links debt, obesity and access to healthy food | The current financial squeeze has implications for household spending, and people may borrow more to make ends meet. In Germany, where the new study was conducted in 2006-7, 7.6 per cent of households (more than 6 million people) are over-i... |
| Apr 17, 2009 | How Seattle VCs Are Adapting to the UW TechTransfer Revolution (Part 2) | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[This is the second part of a series on how the process of identifying venture-backed startups and commercialization opportunities at the University of Washington is evolving—... |
| Apr 13, 2009 | Five Hot Prospects on the UW Faculty, from Engineering Dean Matt O’Donnell | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This is the time of year when I look for hot young prospects for my fantasy baseball team. Maybe that’s why it seemed natural to think of Matt O’Donnell, the dean of the Unive... |
| Feb 27, 2009 | Arzeda, Maker of Designer Enzymes, Prepares to Leave UW Roots with New Leader and VC Bucks | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
One of the biggest startup ideas at the University of Washington is getting ready to leave the academic nest. Arzeda, which designs custom-built enzymes on computers that can ... |
| Feb 20, 2009 | UW TechTransfer Announces Mentors | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The University of Washington’s Tech Transfer department officially announced its first crop of entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) and LaunchPad advisors for startups. The EIRs ... |
| Jan 30, 2009 | UW Starts Program to Train Faculty in the Art of Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The University of Washington’s TechTransfer department has launched a new program over the last four months that brings local entrepreneurs into the university to help academi... |
| Oct 24, 2008 | Welcome to Seattle, Al Gore—Can UW Startups Get Some VC Love? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Back in August, Luke sat down with the University of Washington’s incoming Vice Provost for Technology Transfer, Linden Rhoads. The serial tech entrepreneur talked about takin... |
| Jul 23, 2008 | User-developed games to be sold on Xbox Live for between $2.50 to $10 | Microsoft announced today that user-created games will be sold on Xbox Live through a new Community Games section starting this fall, with developers taking 70 percent of the revenue.
Almost two years ago, Microsoft first announced its plan... |
| Jul 1, 2008 | Technology Alliance Tallies Up Economic Impact of Washington’s Tech Industry | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
We’re Number Four. That is, in terms of concentration of technology-based employment and R&D activity in the state, Washington ranks fourth in the nation (after Massachuse... |
| Jun 23, 2008 | Two-Minute Pitch Competition Yields Two Startups To Watch, in Internet and Energy | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
“Anyone know any investor jokes?” asks Carolynn Duncan of FundingUniverse. A pause, then someone on the side of the stage shouts “Yahoo!”
We’re at Seattle LivePitch, in the Yo... |
| Jun 19, 2008 | University of Washington Tech Transfer Group, LaunchPad, Is Looking for the Next Big Startup | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The University of Washington’s commencement ceremony may have been last weekend, but Jim Roberts and his team at UW TechTransfer aren’t winding things down—they’re gearing up ... |
| Jun 10, 2008 | iRobot enters the undersea robot market | The robot beat is busy today. iRobot has sold more than two million Roomba vacuum cleaner robots. Now it’s launching an underwater robot.
The Bedford, Mass., company has licensed the rights to the Seaglider underwater vehicle from the Unive... |
| Jun 29, 2007 | Koronis: Mutating HIV into extinction | (UPDATED: See below.)
Seattle’s Koronis Pharmaceuticals, a biotech focused on antiviral drugs that cleverly attempt to to drive viruses into extinction, got some serious validation yesterday when it raised $20 million to fund a mid-stage “p... |
| Jun 19, 2007 | iPhone development details leaking out of the Internet tubes | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| EV batteries need graphite – here’s what’s forecast for the vital mineral’s supply | The mineral graphite, as an anode material, is a crucial part of a lithium-ion (Li-on) battery. Electrek spoke with John DeMaio, president of the Graphene Division of Graphex Group and CEO of Graphex Technologies. Read on to learn what he h... |
| In absence of accurate way to track medical errors, TEDMED panel ponders what’s to be done? | The heartbreaking story of a young doctor recounting the medical mistakes she observed as a first year medical school student looking after a mother being treated for cancer reads like a worst case scenario. It didn’t matter that it was a n... |
| 4 things driving simulator innovation for surgical training | The decision by one Philadelphia medical center to do away with using animals as part of its pediatric training in favor of sticking to simulators reflects a national trend for training in relatively simple procedures. Although animals have... |
| Workers at the largest US ports who can make over $100,000 are negotiating a contract for the first time in 7 years. Here's the history of one of America's most powerful unions. | The MSC Isabella at APM Terminals, Port of Los Angeles. Associated Press
The union that represents the largest ports in the US is in the process of negotiating its contract.
The ILWU has said it does not plan to strike, but the supply-chain... |
| How the model minority myth holds Asian Americans back at work—and what companies should do | In some ways, Quincy Surasmith says he didn’t feel like an outsider growing up. Surasmith, who is Thai American and Chinese American, was raised in a part of L.A. that had a large Asian American community.
But while Surasmith excelled in hi... |
| Surgeons struggle to discuss adverse events with patients | Dr. Thomas Gallagher has been through many tough conversations with patients. He remembers once standing in front of a patient and the patient’s family, preparing to tell them about a mistake that had occurred.
“This is a topic I think abou... |
| The American appetite to tax the rich is high — and growing with each passing year | Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Washington state recently passe... |