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The team reports one of the best results to date for a sodium-ion battery. It is able to deliver a capacity similar to a low-end lithium-ion battery and to recharge successfully, keeping more than 80 percent of its charge after 1,000 cycles.

The return-to-business guide developed for the Washington Wine Institute includes recommendations on winery procedures for dine-in service, employee safety and health, cleaning and sanitation and more.

The $2.85 million National Science Foundation grant will be used to develop curriculum and hands‑on projects that use geospatial technologies to improve STEM literacy.

Innovations in information processing such as writing and coinage were as critical to the development of early human societies as the internet is to us today, according to new WSU research.

Some of the most common mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and PTSD, might not be disorders at all, according to a recent paper by WSU biological anthropologists.

A team of WSU scientists discovered how a little-understood plant protein guides development of tiny cellular structures that regulate the flow of sap from roots to shoots, revealing a potential way to help crops survive in a changing climate.

An endowed deanship in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, and an endowed directorship in Cougar Athletics, are being established thanks to a generous future gift intention from Bruce Amundson and Julie Parker.

A team of WSU researchers has made it easier to test the chemical makeup of their red wine to get the vino they’re looking for.

Led by viral infection researcher Professor Santanu Bose, the WSU team is shedding new light on why some viral infections of the respiratory tract are so deadly.

The Zoonotic and Emerging Infectious Diseases Training Program will strengthen in‑country research capacity for detection and response to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

The Board voted to establish a Bachelor of Science in Viticulture and Enology degree as well as a Master of Science in Kinesiology degree at their virtual meeting on May 8.

Researchers found that wood frogs, known for their ability to survive being frozen through, are more susceptible to lethal ranavirus infections if they have been raised in ponds high in salinity from road deicer.

In compliance with social distancing guidelines, members of the Washington State University Board of Regents will conduct their May 7 and 8 meetings via Zoom.

Before the end of the century, rapid heating could mean 3.5 billion people will be living outside the climate ‘niche’ in which humans have thrived for 6,000 years, according to a new study led in part by a WSU scientist.

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, it leveled more than 230 square miles of forest, but it also opened a rare scientific opportunity to study how an ecosystem responds after an extreme disturbance.

As provost and executive vice president, Chilton will serve as WSU’s highest ranking academic officer, responsible for guiding all aspects of the university’s system-wide academic mission.