The natural sciences provide us with methods to investigate and understand ourselves, our world, and the universe, from the subatomic to the cosmic level. As we learn more about our world, we also come to understand our place within it as individuals and as a species. Discoveries in the sciences, often emerging from basic research, transform society as they address everything from disease to global warming.
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Departments
- Department of Applied Mathematics | Fact Sheet
- Department of Astronomy | Fact Sheet
- Department of Biology | Fact Sheet
- Department of Chemistry | Fact Sheet
- Department of Mathematics | Fact Sheet
- Department of Physics | Fact Sheet
- Department of Psychology | Fact Sheet
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences | Fact Sheet
- Department of Statistics | Fact Sheet
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Natural Sciences News
A Closer Look at Teens & Digital Technology
The impact of digital technology on teens' mental health is the focus of a new course developed by Lucia Magis-Weinberg in the UW Department of Psychology.
How a Chemistry Lab is Transforming Clinical Research
Ashleigh Theberge's UW lab creates bioanalytical chemistry tools. Some are transforming how clinical studies can be conducted.
Protecting Ghosts of the Forest
Lisa Dabek (PhD, Psychology, 1994), senior conservation scientist at the Woodland Park Zoo, studies and protects tree kangaroos in the cloud forests of Papua New Guinea.