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Seattle weather: Warm fall day with plenty of sunshine, highs in the 70s
FOX 13 Meteorologist Claire Anderson has your week forecast. SEATTLE - It was a beautiful start to the week after a great weekend! Plenty of sunshine with a little bit of haze coming from the wildfires in eastern Washington. It was a beautiful...

Oklahoma names former Washington-state official as new cyber chief
Daniel Langley, who most recently served in Washington state’s information technology bureau, has taken a role as Oklahoma’s chief information security officer. Daniel Langley (LinkedIn) Langley spent more than two years at Washington Technology...

Wings, booze and heartbreak – what my research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom
Being from Buffalo means getting to eat some of the best wings in the world. It means scraping snow and ice off your car in frigid mornings. And it means making a lifelong vow to the city’s NFL franchise, the Bills – for better or worse, till...

Meet the Scientists who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Stockholm: Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell from the United States, along with Shimon Sakaguchi of Japan, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their groundbreaking work on peripheral immune tolerance. The body's powerful...

Immune System Breakthrough Wins Nobel Medicine Prize for US and Japan Scientists
Scientists from the United States and Japan were jointly awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their ground-breaking work on how the immune system avoids attacking the body's own healthy cells. According to Reuters,...

Seattle weather: Beautiful fall sunshine on Monday
By Monday afternoon, the sunshine will be plentiful with above-average warmth. Highs will climb into the upper 60s and low 70s during the day. SEATTLE - The beginning of the week will feature chilly mornings and sunny afternoons with warm high...

3 scientists receive Nobel Prize in medicine
STOCKHOLM -- Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi uncovered a key...

This Washington state scientist just won a Nobel Prize. Here's what it's for
Mary Brunkow’s research has already led to new developments in treatments for cancers and autoimmune diseases. SEATTLE — On Monday, a Seattle scientist, Mary Brunkow, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Her work, alongside two...

Seattle scientist among Nobel Prize winners for breakthrough immune research

Gala leaves Gold Coast in the shallows and Selkirk shows Seattle needs an extra shot of speed - when it comes to vital broadband
Borders towns are flying ahead of some of the world’s most famous cities when it comes to essential connectivity, with local residents and businesses in Galashiels and Selkirk set to benefit from the full fibre broadband speeds at their...

Local researcher wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine
UW alum Mary Brunkow, ’83, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine this morning.This photo was taken while she was on the phone with the Nobel Committee in Sweden. Mary said she initially missed the call because a strange number popped up on her phone —...

US and Japanese scientists win 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine for immune tolerance research
By Euronews Published on 06/10/2025 - 11:43 GMT+2 •Updated 12:51 Two US-based scientists and their Japanese peer, Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska...

Scientists win 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for immune system discoveries
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the immune system learns to tolerate the body’s own cells, according to the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska...

Seattle woman among 3 scientists who win Nobel Prize in medicine for immune system work
STOCKHOLM — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology...

Scientists Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win Nobel medicine prize
Open this photo in gallery:Osaka University professor Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi receives flowers at a news conference in Suita, near Osaka, on Monday, after he won the Nobel Prize in medicine.Mizuki Sakai/The Associated Press From insulin to the...

South City scientist’s work on immune system earns Nobel award
A Bay Area-based scientist has been awarded one of the world’s highest honors in medicine, The Nobel Foundation announced early Monday morning. Frederick Ramsdell, an immunologist and research leader at Sonoma Biotherapeutics in South San...

Seattle Has A Powered Train That Can Cross A Floating Bridge - Here's How It Works
Trains pass over all types of bridges to get where they're going, including typical steel girder and truss bridges seen all across America, trestle bridges, and even viaducts (think the Hogwarts Express of Harry Potter fame). Now, in a world...

Scientist who graduated from Portland high school wins Nobel Prize in medicine
A molecular biologist who grew up in Portland is one of the three researchers who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. Mary E. Brunkow graduated from St....

Why are there so many fruit flies in Seattle right now?
SEATTLE - Have you noticed fruit flies buzzing around more than usual in Seattle? From grocery stores to kitchen sinks, these tiny pests seem to pop up everywhere this time of year, hovering near anything even remotely sweet. Late summer is peak...

BOO Seattle 2025: What to know about the Halloween EDM festival at WAMU Theater
SEATTLE - Seattle's biggest EDM festival with even bigger names is back at the WAMU Theater this Halloween weekend for BOO Seattle 2025. The unique, spooky-themed electronic music event returns Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1. BOO Seattle is...