April 12, 2019
Moms and dads who encourage candid talk about college life can help their children survive and thrive amid the tricky transition to higher education, says a WSU scientist.
Research
April 3, 2020
A WSU-led study published in Nature Communications found that drylands around the world will expand because of future climate change, but their average productivity will likely be reduced.
March 30, 2020
WSU infectious disease epidemiologist Eric Lofgren said that while extreme social distancing measures may prove unsustainable, some intermediate steps may need to be put in place to weather the outbreak.
March 19, 2020
WSU researchers found that students who learned with seductive details, irrelevant but interesting information, performed lower on learning outcome measures than those who learned without those extra details.
March 17, 2020
A new study by a WSU psychologist explores how living in a big city or small town can help shape an infant’s behavior.
More Research
March 9, 2020
In a paper published in Nature Energy, a collaborative team, including WSU and Los Alamos National Lab researchers, has developed a less expensive water electrolysis system that offers a way to store energy in the form of hydrogen fuel.
February 27, 2020
From Instagram selfies to an ancient tattoo tool, WSU research reached a potential audience in the billions last year.
November 25, 2019
Inhaled cannabis reduces self-reported headache severity by 47.3% and migraine severity by 49.6%, according to a recent study led by Carrie Cuttler, a WSU assistant professor of psychology. The study also found no evidence that cannabis caused “overuse headache,” a pitfall of more conventional treatments.
June 14, 2019
College students who viewed alcohol advertisements that included objectified images of women were less likely than others to report intentions to intervene in alcohol-facilitated sexual assault situations.
June 11, 2019
Alex Fremier will collect water, fish and sediment samples in the Lower Amazon River Basin with the aim of learning where microplastics occur in the regional web of human food.
June 6, 2019
Surprisingly high levels of pollutants, including formaldehyde and possibly mercury, have been found in carefully monitored homes. Researchers discover levels vary throughout the day and increase as temperatures rise.
June 5, 2019
By dining on pests and reducing growers’ need to spray insecticides, earwigs are unappreciated predators that have important benefits for agriculture.
June 4, 2019
A WSU-led research group has found a way to turn daily plastic waste products into jet fuel.
May 31, 2019
WSU research sheds new light on what “peer” really means and how separating that term from “friend” will help address adolescent drinking.
May 29, 2019
Their work is a powerful new tool for addressing a bevy of regulatory concerns and commercial claims as non-medical marijuana, hemp and CBD products become more commonplace.
May 20, 2019
The technique uses a liquid mold that can be manipulated with magnets to create lenses in a variety of shapes and sizes.
May 17, 2019
Knodler was awarded 2019 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease funding for her research exploring pathogenic microbes of the gut.
May 16, 2019
WSU research shows there is an opportunity for developing wine tourism in Washington State and Oregon by marketing characteristics such as natural vineyards and organic practices.
May 14, 2019
WSU researchers and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians will evaluate whether medicinal cannabis reduces opioid use and pain and improves the physical and mental health of clients at the Tribe’s Qwibil Natural Healing and Research Center.
May 10, 2019
A team of Washington State and Tufts University researchers have uncovered fundamentals in how mirror-image molecules interact, a discovery that could have implications in biochemistry, medicine, and industry.
May 9, 2019
The plant-based material surpasses the insulation capabilities of Styrofoam, is very lightweight and can support up to 200 times its weight without changing shape.