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Over the past five years mathematicians and other scientists have been working on devices that enable invisibility cloaks -- perhaps not yet concealing Harry Potter, but at least shielding small objects from detection by microwaves or sound waves.

A person was found dead outside a dormitory at University of Washington on Tuesday morning.

SEATTLE Police are investigating a body found outside a University of Washington residence hall Tuesday morning.

Whitworth President Beck A. Taylor announced that Greg Orwig, '91, has been named the school's vice president for admissions and financial aid.

The cemetery at Joint Base LewisMcChord was the site of a Memorial Day ceremony to honor fallen service members, yesterday.

A What kind of park should replace theA i»¿ Wellington Hills Golf and Country Club in WoodinvilleA is theA subject of a public meeting on Tuesday, May 29 by the Snohomish County Parks and Recreation Department.

Sen. Henry M. Jackson was remembered Monday during a Memorial Day program at Evergreen Cemetery.

Maximum allowable construction cost is $15 million. Tenant improvements are planned for the College of Engineering and the Center for Commercialization.

A gel that allows blood vessels to grow in precise shapes and respond to human cells in a manner similar to natural vessels might help jumpstart that process.

A string of burglaries targeting fraternity and sorority houses near the University of Washington campus has students on edge.

Newswise - Mice and monkeys don't develop diseases in the same way that humans do.

Memorial Day is sacred. On behalf of America's federal workers -- half of whom work directly with our nation's military -- we salute our fallen heroes and thank the men and women who are currently serving around the world and those who served to defend the United States.

The Honorable Susan L. Ziadeh, a graduate of the University of Michigan, has found success in the diplomatic community.

Emily O'Connor, new director of Lydia Place, prepares donated items for their auction on Thursday May 17, 2012 in Bellingham.

It's not his 6-foot-7 frame that earns him this distinction. Rather, it's his role in stamping out smallpox and helping to set a global agenda for tackling the world's worst health problem.

Here's my weekly column, which will also run Monday on the cover of the Philadelphia Inquirer's Health and Science section: There was no hanky-panky involved when a fairy-tale white foal was born to two brown Standardbreds at the Four Winds Farm in New Jersey.

If you saw the movie, Star Wars, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, you may remember the scene when Queen Padme was attended by robots while giving birth.A That was somewhat of the same insight into the future as "HAL 9000" in Stanley Kubrek's classic movie, "2001: A Space Odessey" was a foreshadowing into the age of artificial intelligence.A Medical ... (more)

The Congressional Budget Office toted up the consequences of the scheduled year-end budget cuts and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, then delivered the bad news.

A male song sparrow, reacting to a bird song from a small speaker, attacks a stuffed sparrow as it defends its territory in Discovery Park in Seattle, Wash.

Tom Collier is a bit of a character as, can be attested by the YouTube videos below.