Solutions
June 1, 1994
Parkinson’s assist
Sport glasses that allow a viewer to watch TV while mowing the lawn may someday allow Parkinson's disease victims to walk at a normal pace.
Floss-free life?
Dental researchers at the UW reported that an experimental vaccine protects monkeys from gum disease.
Top-10 programs
Four UW graduate programs are in the top 10 in their respective fields, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey published March 21.
March 1, 1994
Clues to autism
First-birthday videos are helping UW researchers identify infants with autism two or three years earlier than previously possible.
Angioplasty study
If you want to avoid heart bypass surgery, you may want to "bypass" a hospital that does low volume work in another heart procedure—coronary angioplasty.
Electronic sniffer
The age of "Artificial Insmelligence" has arrived: UW engineers have cooked up an electronic nose.
Life-saving research
Through their discoveries about yeast, researchers have already saved millions of lives.
December 1, 1993
The human factor
Without human volunteers, vital UW research and the possible cures it generates wouldn't take place.
He says, she says
Research on the links, if any, between gender and language has raised hackles on both sides of the gender line.
Most abuse remembered
Psychology Professor Elizabeth Loftus recently interviewed 105 women about their memories of childhood abuse.
Stronger skis
UW engineers say they can help the last major U.S. manufacturer of downhill skis—Washington-based K2 Corp.—keep its competitive edge.
Disarming diabetes
Diabetic complications affecting the eyes, kidneys and possibly the nerves and heart don't have to happen, say UW diabetes experts.
September 1, 1993
New look at nerves
A new imaging technique that lets physicians see nerves in the human body may be the solution to that chronic back pain you've been complaining about.
Lineup concerns
The traditional police lineup may not be as fair a way to bring the bad guy to justice as previously believed.
Emerald mystery solved
Until UW scientists accidentally encountered a green iceberg in the Indian Ocean, the source of their unusual hue was a mystery.
The ultimate biotech
The emerging field of biomimetics draws on some of the most powerful source material imaginable: hundreds of millions of years of evolution.
Baby talk
UW findings challenge traditional theories of speech development and indicate that experience shapes language perception far earlier than once thought.
June 1, 1993
Fast-aging insects
Farmers need a way to turn harmful insects into grown-ups long before their natural time, a kind of "fountain of maturity" treatment. UW Zoology Professor Lynn Riddiford reported a breakthrough.
Turning cancer off
UW researchers have discovered a way to artificially make a cell cancerous and then reverse the process of unchecked cell growth.
Paint that ‘feels’
A UW researcher has invented a new paint for aircraft that promises better pressure readings at a lower cost.