Research

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.

Leslie New will spend three years on the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, studying endangered whales found off the coast of Russia’s Sakhalin Island.

Affirming statements like ‘eat your lentils if you want to grow bigger and run faster’ are more effective at getting kids to make healthy food choices than simply presenting foods repeatedly without conversation.

Expiration dates on milk could eventually become a thing of the past with new sensor technology from WSU scientists.

The initiative is funded by a $30 million grant from USAID as part of a program to initiate Centers of Excellence in water, energy and agriculture in Egypt.

The College of Veterinary Medicine has become the first in the nation with an accredited simulation training program developed for and devoted to veterinary care.

Celestina Barbosa-Leiker shared early results from an ongoing study investigating how opioid use disorder affects men and women differently at WSU Health Sciences’ Inland Northwest Research Symposium on April 23.

The immense amounts of data being created by next-generation sequencing technologies make the kind of annotation errors the WSU team found especially problematic.

A new study led by a team of WSU neuroscientists has brought scientists closer to identifying the causes of disturbed sleep in autism.

Join WSU Tri-Cities undergraduate students as they present research and art projects as part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition April 30 – May 3.

A team of Washington State University psychologists is looking for new parents in the Pullman/Moscow area to participate in a study investigating how parent‑child interactions influence the development of a baby’s brain and behaviors.

WSU research finds that the setting where alcohol is consumed, not just the consumption itself, has a major impact on the use of aggressive tactics.

Over 100 senior capstone projects, club presentations, and student internship posters in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture will be featured.

Deepti Singh is trying to understand why weather patterns in the region are becoming harder to predict, with rain falling in unusual amounts and locations, putting billions of lives and livelihoods at risk.

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.

WSU researchers have found a way to make food taste salty but with less of the sodium chloride tied to poor health.