Sandi Doughton

The U.S. Geological Survey has invested more than $130 million in ShakeAlert, including for research, seismic stations, computer software and the telemetry that zaps out signals at lightning speed.

Blood samples collected before the vessel sailed in May showed that three of the 122 people aboard had robust levels of neutralizing antibodies — the type that block the virus from entering human cells — indicating they had been previously infected and recovered.

Video from a passenger on the Chicago-bound flight shows the man walking in the aisle and shouting that he would kill everyone on board “in the name of Jesus.”

The hollowed-out crater atop Mount St. Helens in Washington, where lava was flowing just a few years ago, now holds the world's youngest glacier.

Solar power remains a hard sell in the United States, but researchers in Washington have developed a way to harness the heat of the sun to boost the efficiency of conventional power plants.

Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a type of char in Alaska that puts ancient humans to shame when it comes to coping with a feast-or-famine environment.

University of Washington scientists have published the first comprehensive genetic map of an unborn child, a development that could help usher in a new era of prenatal testing for thousands of genetic diseases but also raises fears of eugenics-style pre-selection of baby traits.

Pacific Northwest scientists now can track minuscule motions of the Earth's crust as they happen, thanks to an expanded network of GPS sensors that covers the region like a blanket and beams back data almost instantly.

In nature, as in stock investing, the key to success is a diversified portfolio, says a new study by University of Washington biologists. Though they're all the same species, Bristol Bay sockeye comprise hundreds of populations, each adapted to its own river, stream or tributary.