http://www.uwnews.org/ uwnews.org is the source for news and information about the University of Washington, Seattle. RSSMaster 1.0 (http://www.softtool.info/rssmaster) en-US A study of elderly patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in hospitals shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by CPR rose, and the proportion of patients who were successfully resuscitated and later discharged fell. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50720 7/2/2009 3:25:32 PM The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years. If the band continues to migrate at just less than a mile a year, which is the average for all the years it has been moving north, then some Pacific islands near the equator may be starved of freshwater by midcentury or sooner. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50686 6/30/2009 4:19:19 PM University of Washington engineers used a novel underwater manufacturing technique to build biomimetic cilia. The hairlike appendages mix tiny volumes of liquid to speed up biomedical reactions. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50683 6/30/2009 11:13:44 AM New research shows that, at least for some insects, wings that flex and deform, something like what happens to a heavy beach towel when you snap it to get rid of the sand, are the best for staying aloft. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50656 6/29/2009 2:07:00 PM Robotics experts to meet Sunday through Wednesday for an international conference. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50652 6/26/2009 12:04:42 PM Scientists trying to understand how the brains of animals evolve have found that evolutionary changes in brain structure reflect the types of social interactions and environmental stimuli different species face. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50618 6/23/2009 4:01:05 PM Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand how people settled and interacted in the inhospitable Kuril Islands. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50505 6/22/2009 10:04:08 AM A team of graduate students and faculty advisors in the UW's aeronautics and astronautics department are available today to show off the rocket they built from scratch. The team leaves tomorrow for Utah, where the rocket will compete to carry a 10-pound payload to 10,000 feet. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50499 6/22/2009 7:00:00 AM A team of researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University have found that Metropolitan Transit Authority subways had the highest average noise levels of all mass transit in New York City, with levels high enough to potentially increase the risk of noise- induced hearing loss. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50477 6/18/2009 12:56:00 PM A new study validates the most surprising and controversial finding about the Implicit Association test that about 70 percent of those people who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious preference for whites compared to blacks. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50463 6/17/2009 10:12:33 AM Weaving chitosan, found in the shells of crabs and shrimp, with an industrial polyester creates a promising new material for biomedical applications, including the tiny tubes that support repair of a severed nerve. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50407 6/16/2009 11:50:00 AM UW neuroscientists were delighted at the reactions of former President George W. Bush and Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki when an Iraqi reporter flung his shoes toward the two men during a Baghdad news conference. The reactions mirrored findings they found in studies about the human vision system. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50388 6/11/2009 8:50:55 AM Dr. Paul Farmer, subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and co-founder of Partners In Health, will speak about the current climate of global health on Thursday, June 18 from 6–7:30 p.m. in Kane Hall Room 130. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50371 6/10/2009 4:26:43 PM Researchers trying to uncover why premature birth is a growing problem in the United States and one that disproportionately affects black women have found that pre-pregnancy depressive mood appears to be a risk factor in preterm birth among both blacks and whites. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50363 6/10/2009 9:58:51 AM New calculations indicate that, in nearby star systems, tidal forces exerted on planets by their parent star's gravity could limit what is regarded as a star's habitable zone and change the criteria for planets where life could potentially take root. http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=50350 6/10/2009 8:32:35 AM