Chemistry

Jean-Sabin McEwen, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, has co-edited a special issue on computational catalysis in the journal Catalysis Today.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Internationally renowned scientist and Nobel laureate W.E. Moerner will give the S. Town Stephenson Distinguished Lecture at Washington State University on Tuesday, April 3.

Three WSU researchers recently received a grant to determine out how phosphorylase, an enzyme that plants and animals both have, works with photosynthesis.

WSU researchers awarded $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop molecular machines that self-replicate material. 

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts and Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University scientists have been awarded $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop molecular machines that self-replicate, producing pounds of 100-percent pure material. 

By Siddharth Vodnala, intern, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture

PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers from Washington State University and Tufts University have demonstrated for the first time that a single metal atom can act as a catalyst in converting carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, a chemical reaction that is commonly used in catalytic converters to remove harmful gases from car exhaust.

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts and Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – A team of scientists including researchers from Washington State University has shown for the first time that nicotine residue can be extracted from plaque, also known as “dental calculus”, on the teeth of ancient tobacco users.

An internationally recognized nuclear scientist, Clark will serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee.

By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – John Peters, director of Washington State University’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, has been named a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts and Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University scientists have created an injectable dye that illuminates molecules with near-infrared light, making it easier to see what is going on deep inside the body.