The TODAY Show – But when someone is injured using workout equipment, it’s most likely to be on a treadmill. According to Janessa Grave, professor at the College of Nursing at Washington State University, treadmills are responsible for 66 percent of injuries on home exercise equipment. In a 2013 study on injuries connected to home exercise equipment, Graves found among adults over age 25, most injuries were sprains or strains. Older adults, ages 65 or older, had greater odds of being admitted to the hospital from a home equipment injury.
The Minnesota Star-Tribune – Scientists agree that human beings can be composted. Already countless farms across the country, including at least a third of Washington state’s dairy farms, compost the bodies of dead livestock. “I’m absolutely sure that it can work,” said Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, a soil scientist at Washington State University who serves on the advisory board of the Urban Death Project, a nonprofit that Spade founded.
The Times of India – Researchers from the Washington State University used Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010 to create hydrocarbons, the chief component of petroleum, similar to those in aviation fuels. The fungus produced the most hydrocarbons on a diet of oatmeal but also created them by eating wheat straw or the non-edible leftovers from corn production.