Natural & Physical Sciences

Computer sciences major, Sherry Wong uses her skills to study Astronomy by creating computer simulations to understand how galaxies form and evolve over millions of years.

L&S is proud to welcome dozens of new faculty members this year, across each of our four divisions. Our New Faculty Q&A series offers a closer look at their research and interests.

According to new research by the assistant professor of limnology, Earth's rising temperatures aren't driving an upswing in harmful algal blooms in North American lakes.

NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will be able to provide an infrared inventory of planetary systems—quite handy for astronomers, since such systems take millions of years to form. A research team including UW’s Assistant Professor of Astronomy Ke Zhang will seek the details found in infrared light—including quantities of water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, and ammonia.

L&S is proud to welcome dozens of new faculty this year! Our New Faculty Q&A's offers a sneak peek at their research and interests.

The awards recognize outstanding female juniors and seniors.

The paradox, which states that the whole of the data can look different than the sum of its parts, helps us understand that vaccinated people becoming hospitalized with COVID-19 doesn't mean the vaccines are ineffective.

Professor of Chemistry Bassam Shakhashiri, whose legendary public demonstrations of chemical phenomena thrilled audiences for five decades, retires from teaching.

Researchers in the Department of Botany are part of a team that has discovered Triantha occidentalis, a new carnivorous plant in Western Northern America.