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Among U.S. public institutions, the UW placed fifth.</p><p><a class="uw-btn btn-sm btn-none" href="https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/11/21/uw-among-best-universities-in-the-world-for-interdisciplinary-science/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tiles&utm_campaign=interdisciplinary-science-ranking">View ranking</a></p></div><div class="tile"><div><img alt="Photo illustration depicts a room with four people and overlay demonstrating the reach of the sound bubble." class="attachment-homepage-tile size-homepage-tile wp-post-image" data-attachment-id="17003" data-comments-opened="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}' data-image-title="sound-bubble-headphones-tile" data-large-file="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/11/19092242/sound-bubble-headphones-tile.jpg" 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href="https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/11/14/ai-headphones-sound-bubble-noise-cancelling/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tiles&utm_campaign=sound-bubble-headphones">Read story</a></p></div><div class="tile"><div><img alt="Still images from video snippets show how AI identifies in real-time what a clinician is holding." class="attachment-homepage-tile size-homepage-tile wp-post-image" data-attachment-id="16998" data-comments-opened="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}' data-image-title="error-detection-tile" data-large-file="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/11/15221300/error-detection-tile.jpg" data-medium-file="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/11/15221300/error-detection-tile-300x127.jpg" data-orig-file="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/11/15221300/error-detection-tile.jpg" data-orig-size="377,160" decoding="async" height="160" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/11/15221300/error-detection-tile.jpg" width="377"/> </div><strong class="category"> Engineering </strong><h3> Wearable cameras allow AI to detect medication errors </h3><p>A team led by researchers at the UW has developed a wearable camera system that detects potential errors in medication delivery with the help of artificial intelligence. </p><p><a class="uw-btn btn-sm btn-none" href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/wearable-cameras-allow-ai-to-detect-medication-errors?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tiles&utm_campaign=error-detection-camera">Read story</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="uw-charts"><div class="container"><div class="row"><h2 class="uw-fast-facts"><span>Fast Facts</span></h2><div 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