Kuang-Ying "Eddie" Ting spends his time in our UWAL wind tunnels figuring out how to keep wings under control.

A&A’s Plasmawise Lab is selected for the first round of awards under Helion Energy's new university research

Joe Armas (A&A ‘98) has spent the last 20 years solving aerospace engineering problems at Otis Elevator.

Varanasi Fellow Kevin Manohar upsamples the hidden physics of turbulent flight.

Researchers create computational and physical models of the Moon to test harvesting power from magnetic anomalie

A&A is leading the development of nuclear fusion, harnessing the power of a manufactured miniature sun.

Mark Dunn’s simulations capture non-equilibrium effects previous plasma models missed.

Condit Fellow Spencer Kraisler resurfaces old math papers to speed up control theory.

Samuel Buckner's work on perception-aware rocket guidance wins the 2026 Best GNC Paper Award.

The UW Office of Research's new program helps faculty researchers engage and inspire the public about the benefi

University of Washington Provost Tricia R. Serio announced that Joel Thornton, a professor and chair of the College’s Department of Atmospheric and Climate […]

A team of researchers published a Science paper describing the massive landslide generated tsunami in Alaska last August. ESS Professor Gerard Roe and Research […]

Just over 1,100 years ago an earthquake on the Seattle fault rocked — and reshaped — the Puget Sound region. It lifted the sea floor and sent a powerful […]

The geologic carbon cycle has been an important tool for balancing carbon dioxide and stabilizing the climate of Earth over billions of years. The authors of […]

A research team, led by UW Biology Professor and ESS Adjunct Professor Gregory Wilson Mantilla, has identified a new species in the Cimolodon genus from a […]

Scientists have a new tool for estimating lesser known hazards in the Pacific Northwest: landslide dams and outburst floods. In a new study, published in […]

Recent ESS Colloquium speaker Assistant Professor Ching-Yao Lai (Stanford University) is interviewed.

The Hubble Space Telescope has generated the most comprehensive survey yet of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest galactic neighbor to the Milky Way. The new […]

NASA has awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant to establish a regional scientific consortium based at the University of Washington, in partnership with […]

Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could host microbial life. New results show that dusty ice could allow deeper layers to melt, while allowing […]

An international team including a UW scientist found that the water on one of Saturn’s moons harbors phosphates, a key building block of life. The team used […]

Scientists suspect that the red streaks crossing the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is a frozen mixture of water and salts, but its chemical signature […]

A planetary scientist worked with engineers to measure the physical limits of a liquid for salty water under high pressure. Results suggest where robotic […]

After years of preparation, a tiny satellite built by UW students is scheduled to launch early Saturday, Nov. 2, from a NASA flight facility in Virginia. The […]

A new model for plasma flow within the sun provides novel explanations for sunspots, the 11-year sunspot cycle, solar magnetic reversals and other previously […]