Michelle Ma--University of Washington News Office, Author Profile

Fish to Benefit If Large Dams Adopt New Operating Approach

December 19, 2017

A University of Washington team is investigating an emerging solution to help achieve freshwater conservation goals by re-env...

Are Petite Poplars the Future of Biofuels? Studies Say Yes

November 17, 2017

Even as researchers test poplars’ potential to morph into everything from ethanol to chemicals in cosmetics and deterge...

Probiotics Help Poplar Trees Clean up Toxins in Superfund Sites

August 16, 2017

Bacteria provide a microbial partner to help protect trees from the toxic effects of pollutants and break down the toxins pla...

Researchers Find More Efficient Way to Make Oil from Dead Trees

May 3, 2017

A University of Washington team has made new headway on a solution to remove beetle-killed trees from the forest and use them...

Put People at the Center of Conservation, New Study Advises

December 12, 2016

“We really need to think about people as we’re creating conservation initiatives," study's lead author says...

Mislabeled Seafood May Be More Sustainable, New Study Finds

November 8, 2016

A University of Washington study is the first to broadly examine the ecological and financial impacts of seafood mi...

Interactive Map Shows Where Animals Will Move Under Climate Change

August 31, 2016

The visualization draws upon flow models from electronic circuit theory, taking inspiration from existing visualizations of w...

Oceanographers Grow, Sequence Genome of Ocean Microbe Important to Climate Change

July 21, 2016

Very little is known about how marine microbes interact and carry out fundamental processes in the ocean, particularly in dee...

Scientists Give Paper Sensing Capabilities That Allow It to Connect to the Digital World

May 12, 2016

The method relies on small radio frequency (RFID) tags that are stuck on, printed, or drawn onto the paper to create interact...

Risk of Lead Poisoning from Urban Gardening is Low, New Study Finds

February 4, 2016

“We’ve shown that lead is harmful by eating the dirt, not from eating the lettuce grown in the dirt," researcher ...

Composting Food Waste Remains Your Best Option, Study Says

December 21, 2015

“You should definitely pay attention to where you put your food waste, and you should feel good you live in a place whe...

CO2 Emissions Change with Size of Streams and Rivers

August 13, 2015

All freshwater streams and rivers actually release carbon dioxide, but the source of those emissions has for years been uncle...

3-D Printed Blossoms a Growing Tool for Ecology

April 22, 2015

3-D printing has been used to make everything from cars to medical implants. Now, University of Washington ecologists are usi...

Study Shows Direct Brain Interface Between Humans

November 7, 2014

Sometimes, words just complicate things. What if our brains could communicate directly with each other, bypassing the need fo...

Fusion Reactor Concept Could be Cheaper than Coal

October 10, 2014

Fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true – zero greenhouse gas emissions, no long-lived radioactive waste, a nea...