The Washington Post – The DNA technology used by PooPrints is the same as the kind popularized by television shows such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” professor Michael Court told the Seattle Times. “It’s like a crime scene for poop,” said Court, who specializes is pharmacogenomics at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. “When you already have DNA from a dog, you’ve created a reference bank library.”
Fox News – Fears of a serious natural-rubber shortage should have surgical glove, condom, and especially tire manufacturers shaking in their rubber boots. But Washington State University researchers have pinpointed a creative way to potentially create more natural rubber while also making use of what’s usually just a pesky weed. The study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry outlines the possibility of using the sap of prickly lettuce—an often bitter-tasting, wild relative of the more palatable cultivated lettuce—to manufacture rubber, Phys.org reports.