A map generated by the Stormwater Heatmap shows the levels of copper pollution in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. While largely benign for humans, copper can be toxic to aquatic plants and animals. The COVID-19 pandemic has made us familiar with the idea of a deadly threat that spreads invisibly. Polluted stormwater has a similar…
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Sound Life Sciences co-founders Shyam Gollakota (left) and Jacob Sunshine. (Univ. of Washington and Sound Life Sciences Photos) Google’s got a thing for Seattle health tech startups. The tech giant acquired Sound Life Sciences, a small University of Washington spinout that developed an app to monitor breathing, GeekWire has learned. A Google spokesperson confirmed the…