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Seattle detectives arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the May 10 homicide at a University of Washington campus housing building; the 19-year-old victim died from stab wounds, and the suspect has been booked into King County Jail for murder after surrendering to Bellevue Police. Investigators are seeking information through the Violent Crimes Tip Line.
A 19-year-old University of Washington student was found dead in a Nordheim Court Apartments laundry room after a stabbing. Police are treating it as a homicide, have described a suspect, and are coordinating with UW police. The campus area was cordoned off and residents were told to shelter in place as investigators work the case and seek tips from the public.
David Baker, a computational biologist and professor at the University of Washington, accepted the Nobel Prize in chemistry in Sweden for his work with Demis Hassabis and John Jumper of Google DeepMind. The trio was recognized for developing techniques to decode and design proteins using artificial intelligence, potentially revolutionizing drug and material creation. Baker, the eighth UW faculty member to win a Nobel, directs the Institute for Protein Design and was recently named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in health.
Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered a unique ecological archive in expired cans of salmon dating back to the 1970s, containing well-preserved marine parasites called anisakids. By dissecting the salmon fillets, they found that the number of worms per gram of salmon had increased over time in certain salmon species, indicating the stability and recovery of the ecosystem. This accidental discovery could lead to further scientific insights and was published in Ecology and Evolution.